"It's one of the hardest things I've had to go through on the ice. I don't really know what to say. I just kept thinking about him the whole game. I just hated seeing that. I hated the whole part of it. Just something you never want to see," said Hamilton, who along with Foegele, are two of Svechnikov's locker room buddies. "I feel so bad for him, and hopefully he gets better soon. The game doesn't really matter when something like that happens. You can't get that out of your head. I hope he's going to be OK."
Brind'Amour had to gather his words when asked about it at the beginning of his postgame press conference.
"Svech means a lot to us. Young kid, just turned 19. He has a special bond, I think, with our group and me too," he said. "When you see that, it makes you sick. I'm still sick to my stomach about it."
It's an extremely unfortunate development for the Canes, who have lost the forward who arguably possesses the most raw talent on the team.
"That's our brother, and we stand up for each other," Foegele said. "We knew we needed to get this win, not just for us, but for him."
Micheal Ferland also departed the game in the first period and did not return with a reaggravated upper-body injury.
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Game 4 is set for Thursday night at PNC Arena, a chance for the Canes to even up this series before it heads back to Washington.
"It was a big win, but it's just one," Williams said.
"We just played hard," Brind'Amour said. "We understand it's one game, but it's nice to play the way we played."