Montreal Canadiens confirm the worst for David Savard.

The Montreal Canadiens have confirmed a bit of bad news on Saturday night, much to the disappointment of their fans.

According to an official announcement from the Canadiens, defenseman David Savard has been shut down for the remainder of the season due to a knee injury. That injury was suffered this past Tuesday against the Philadelphia Flyers, and with the Canadiens having no possibility of making the playoffs it seems they have opted to play it safe with Savard moving forward.

The Canadiens were already decimated by injuries with Carey Price, Sean Monahan, Paul Byron, Juraj Slafkovsky, Cole Caufield and Arber Xhekaj all on either injured reserve or long-term injured reserve, and the loss of Savard will only compile their problems on the injury front.