Montreal Canadiens will be without Jake Evans 4-6 weeks
Montreal Canadiens veteran Jake Evans will miss four to six weeks because of a lower-body injury, the team announced Saturday.
As the club returns from the NHL holiday break, it will do so without the 29-year-old forward, who exited in the first period of a Dec. 20 4-0 win over the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Evans, a 2014 seventh-round pick of the Canadiens, has five goals and 10 points in 34 games this season. Last season, shuffling onto a few different lines for coach Martin St. Louis, Evans had a career season, posting 13 goals and 36 points while averaging 15:33 time on the ice.
The Canadiens will take on the Tampa Bay Lightning on Sunday.
