Max Pacioretty leaves in pain after suffering strange non-contact injury

Carolina Hurricanes forward Max Pacioretty missed nearly three months while recovering from an Achilles tear and was finally back in the groove when he landed back in a nightmare on Thursday.

In a strange yet scary sequence towards the end of the game against the Minnesota Wild, Pacioretty injured his right leg — the same leg on which he had Achilles surgery — and needed be helped off the ice.

When looking back at the play, Pacioretty is nowhere near anyone that could have caused the injury. He had the puck near the Wild net and was pivoting to make a pass back to Seth Jarvis, but his leg gave out and he fell on the ice. He remains motionless and had to be helped off and down the tunnel.

After the game, there was little update on Pacioretty’s condition though chatter emerged that he could have injured the same Achilles. Insider Luke DeCock revealed that head coach Rod Brind’Amour stated that Pacioretty will undergo an MRI on Friday.

However, “based on Brind’Amour’s comments he’s already had a Thompson test on it. “It doesn’t look good” “What’s more than likely happening here.”

There should be an update on Pacioretty prior to Saturday’s game versus the Islanders. In the five games he played since his return to action, his firsts with Carolina, Pacioretty scored three goals.

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