After less than six minutes of play, Alexander Steen gave St. Louis the lead against Calgary with a sharp direct shot.

But despite the goal, and even though the reigning Stanley Cup champions won by 5-4 after penalties, it was not only happy faces for the Swedish veteran after the match.

“Couldn't play

At the end of the second period he was forced to cancel the match due to an injury to the lower body.

- I don't know how serious it is, he just said he couldn't play anymore. we will see what the doctors say after the examination tomorrow, coach Craig Berube told the overall media corps after the match.

It was the second game in a row that a Swedish was injured for St Louis. Yesterday Oskar Sundqvist suffered a lower body injury when the team met Vancouver. Therefore, he was not present yesterday. It's unclear how long he'll be gone.