The video, although from a wide angle, is still pretty gnarly. After all, a skate to the face is still a skate to the face.
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Johnson was immediately taken to the locker room to get stitched up with the Avalanche leading 2-0 in the second period. He logged 14:02 of ice time before suffering the cut.
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But because Johnson is a hockey player, he was back on the ice in a matter of minutes.
Just last year, Detroit’s Drew Miller took a blade to the face that narrowly avoided slicing his eyeball in half. He asked to play the very next day.
UPDATE: Johnson could joke about it after the game, a 2-1 Avs victory:
