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Canadiens' David Savard out indefinitely with upper-body injury

The Montreal Canadiens will be without defenceman David Savard indefinitely, the club announced Monday.

Savard suffered an upper-body injury in Monday's 3-1 victory over Buffalo, in a game where he blocked several shots during an epic series of plays.

In the 11th minute of the third period, while the Canadiens were clinging to a 2-1 lead and killing a penalty, Savard made his biggest block, kneeling in front of Tage Thompson’s one-timer and taking the full force of it off his forearm.

The 33-year-old was hurt on the play but still stepped in front of Thompson’s shot again seconds later.

It knocked Savard’s skate blade off and left him helpless for another 30 seconds.

The Canadiens have called up Gustav Lindstrom from AHL Laval on an emergency basis.

— With files from Sportsnet's Eric Engels

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