MONTREAL – Artem Anisimov appeared to suffer a left leg injury at the end of the first period and did not return when the Blackhawks faced the Montreal Canadiens on Tuesday night.
Joel Quenneville said after the game that Anisimov is listed as "day-to-day" with what he described to be a lower-body injury.
"Not serious," Quenneville said. "So we’ll see how he does over the next two days."
The Blackhawks were defending against the Canadiens in the final seconds of the second period. Anisimov was battling for the puck in the corner when Alexander Radulov fell into Anisimov’s legs. Anisimov was down for several moments, grabbing around his left ankle before trainers had to help him off through the Zamboni tunnel.
Anisimov suffered a lower-body injury in the first period of the Blackhawks’ victory over the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 1. He missed the rest of that game as well as the Blackhawks’ game against the Islanders on March 3.
Anisimov set up Patrick Kane for Kane’s 31st goal of the season in the first period on Tuesday. The assist gave Anisimov a new career high in points (45). His previous high was 44, set in 2010-11 with the New York Rangers.