The Boston Bruins are awaiting word on the severity of Brad Marchand's injury, which would affect either the team on the ice or the front office's plan for the NHL trade deadline.

A game removed from getting hit into the boards, Brad Marchand was not cleared for game action against the Wild.

Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand has left their game at Pittsburgh in the first period with an upper-body injury.

PITTSBURGH — Bruins captain Brad Marchand, clobbered into a corner by Penguins defenseman P.O. Joseph, exited play Saturday afternoon early in the first period, requiring help off the ice by a team trainer and teammate David Pastrnak.

Bruins captain Brad Marchand, who left Saturday's 3-2 victory at Pittsburgh in the first period with an upper-body injury, did not play in Sunday's 1-0 loss to the Wild, with Boston interim coach Joe Sacco saying "there's really nothing to report yet.

Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand is unlikely to return to Saturday's game against the Pittsburgh Penguins after suffering an upper-body injury in the first period.

In their 3-2 victory over the Penguins that went down to the final white-knuckle seconds – just their second road win since the Christmas break – captain Brad Marchand was lost to a scary injury in the first period, making it the third straight game they had to finish down a man.

Bruins head coach Joe Sacco has now provided an update on Marchand, and it is less-than-ideal. Sacco confirmed that Marchand will not be in the lineup for the Original Six club on March 2 against the Minnesota Wild.