Patrik Laine, who was benched late in Wednesday's Game 2 loss after a difficult first two period, is out for Game 3 due to an upper-body injury.

Montreal’s Patrik Laine is out for Friday’s Game 3 of the Canadiens’ first-round playoff series against Washington due to an upper-body injury.

During Game 2 of the series against Washington, Laine was playing a rather ordinary game and didn’t seem to be enjoying it, so much so that Martin St-Louis benched him during the third period. Many thought this was to punish the Finnish forward.