The Toronto Maple Leafs’ preseason match against the Montreal Canadiens on Saturday turned into a heated affair, with two fights erupting following a knee-on-knee collision that ended with Habs forward Patrik Laine leaving the arena on crutches.

So much of the Canadiens' optimism this season was based on Laine's ability to be a game-changer. Now, he might be gone.

Montreal Canadiens’ forward Patrik Laine left Saturday’s preseason game against the Toronto Maple Leafs with a lower-body injury. The team would confirm via social media that Laine would not return to the game.

The Toronto Maple Leafs have won both NHL pre-season games against the Montreal Canadiens, bringing home a physical 2-1 win on Saturday evening at the Centre Bell.

Preseason hockey can either be meaningless, boring hockey, or sheer chaos. Saturday night’s Toronto Maple Leafs game against the Montreal Canadiens was the latter.

Patrik Laine left the preseason game between the Montreal Canadiens and Toronto Maple Leafs with an apparent leg injury Saturday. The Canadiens announced he would not return. The forward was injured in a knee-on-knee collision with Toronto forward Cedric Pare at 3:49 of the first period at Bell Centre in Montreal.

The pre-season game between the Toronto Maple Leafs and Montreal Canadiens saw a lot of action early. Saturday’s game opened with Canadiens defenceman David Reinbacher heading for the locker room, seemingly limping and in considerable pain,