A New Blood Test Could Help the N.H.L. Solve Its Concussion Problem

BOSTON — On May 10, on his first shift, Brad Marchand tumbled to the TD Garden ice. It took him time to get up. 

Bruins HC Jim Montgomery says Brad Marchand is day-to-day with an upper-body injury after this play where he collided with Panthers’ Sam Bennett in Game 3.

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Once he did, the woozy Boston Bruins captain nearly toppled over. Without assistance from James van Riemsdyk, Marchand might have fallen again or tumbled through the open door of the Bruins bench.

Marchand, in all likelihood, had suffered a concussion. The Florida Panthers’ Sam Bennett had punched Marchand in the face, unseen by

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