Canadiens Notebook: Tomas Plekanec out long-term with a back injury

Tomas Plekanec received a silver stick before Wednesday night’s 3-2 win over the St. Louis Blues at the Bell Centre, honouring him playing in 1,000 NHL regular-season games. He played in his 1,001st that night, but it will be a while now before the 35-year-old centre plays in game No. 1,002.
The Canadiens announced Friday that Plekanec has been placed on the injured-reserve list with lower-back injury and he could be out for a while. He did not travel to Ottawa with the team on Friday afte