Montreal Canadiens' Injury Updates: Dobson's Return, Anderson & Slafkovsky's Status

0:00It's April 28th. I'm Corey with The Story, and this is Candida News today, local news powered by AI. Montreal Canadian fans got some worrying news after Tuesday's practice, with forwards Josh Anderson and Gerard Schlafkowski, plus defenseman Mike, Matheson, all sitting it out. The series against the Tampa Bay Lightning sits dead, even at two games to two, and game five hits to Florida on Wednesday. Anderson and Schlafkowski both stuck around on the ice longer after some heavy checks in Sunday's game four. That physical play left them banged up, and now the team is holding its breath ahead of the next match-up. Meanwhile, defenseman Noah Dobson made a surprise appearance, skating an hour early with Matheson in the director of hockey development, Adam. Nicholas. He ran through a few drills and fired some shots, showing real progress. Anderson has been sideline since blocking a shot against the Columbus Blue Jackets late in the regular season. He missed the final two games then, and the first four of this series, with the Habs

1:01originally planning a re-evaluation around April 12th. No fresh updates dropped today. As the Canadians push for that series lead, all eyes stay on these injury returns, could spell the difference down the stretch.