Haydn Fleury has been released from the hospital and was back with the Winnipeg Jets on Wednesday, one day after being taken from the ice on a stretcher in the first period of a 4-3 overtime loss to the Vegas Golden Knights at Canada Life Centre in Winnipeg.
"He's got a broken nose, a bruised back," coach Scott Arniel said. "Obviously, it's not at first what we thought. It's not as serious as when we're seeing him go off on a stretcher. He was banged up pretty good, he felt it. But it's great to see him here today and see him around the room."
The defenseman slid hard into the end boards after being hit by Golden Knights forward Keegan Kolesar while attempting to clear the puck out of his defensive zone at 13:16. Fleury's head and upper body made principal contact with the boards on the collision.
No penalty was assessed to Kolesar on the play.
The Jets announced Fleury was fully alert and moving his extremities upon his departure to the hospital. Fleury has been placed on injured reserve retroactive to Tuesday, and forward Danil Zhilkin was recalled from Manitoba of the American Hockey League.
Arniel said it's still being determined whether Fleury sustained a concussion.
"You've got to kind of wait and see on it," Arniel said. "You bang your head that hard ... I'm not saying it's a concussion yet, but he still has to go through the next few days here and see how he feels. He may wake up three days from now and feel great [or] he may wake up three days from now and have some issues."
Fleury doesn't have a point in 17 games this season for Winnipeg (15-21-5), which has lost 10 in a row (0-6-4) entering its game against the Edmonton Oilers on Thursday (8 p.m. ET; SNW, TSN3).
