Jets' Morgan Barron receives 75 stitches after skate cuts face: 'It was an unlucky play'

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The Winnipeg Jets took a 1-0 series lead over the Vegas Golden Knights on Tuesday with a 5-1 victory, but it could have cost them forward Morgan Barron for the rest of the series or even the playoffs.

Barron took a skate to the face in the first period of the game in a scramble near the net. By the time the second period was underway, Barron was back on the bench and looking to make the most of his next appearance.

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Vegas Golden Knights center Chandler Stephenson, #20, helps Winnipeg Jets center Morgan Barron, #36, after Barron cut his face on a skate during the first period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

He needed 75 stitches but managed to play again.

"I was trying to figure out if the puck went in because it was pretty close," Barron said. "I saw the skate coming. It was an unlucky play. The first thought was that I could see out of the (right) eye was the main thing."

He was wearing a full cage on his head when he came back out onto the ice.

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Winnipeg Jets center Morgan Barron, #36, gets his face cut on the skate of Vegas Golden Knights goaltender Laurent Brossoit, #39, during the first period of Game 1 of an NHL hockey Stanley Cup first-round playoff series Tuesday, April 18, 2023, in Las Vegas. (AP Photo/John Locher)

"Looks like he got attacked by a shark," Jets center Adam Lowry said. "It’s a scary thing. We’re all so worried about the puck crossing the line, and all of the sudden we see a trail of blood