The Seattle Kraken once watched Jaden Schwartz miss six weeks with a 2023 upper body injury. But Saturday's ailment against the Ottawa Senators brought another level of scary. Schwartz went down hard in the rink after taking a skate to the face.
The scene unfolded with Eeli Tolvanen delivering a huge hit on Nick Cousins. But the impact of the hit forced Cousins' right leg and skate to lift up. Schwartz's face skated right into the bottom of Cousins' skate, causing him to bleed.
Wow. Scary one there.
Eeli Tolvanen laid a huge hit on Nick Cousins, and Cousins' skate came up and clipped Jaden Schwartz in the face.
Schwartz was down for a while, bleeding on the ice, but he went down the tunnel on his own power. #SeaKraken pic.twitter.com/QyeBYgi5eN
— Sound Of Hockey (@sound_hockey) March 8, 2026
Miraculously, Schwartz managed to get up under his own power and head back into his locker room with his NHL Injury.
How Kraken-Senators fared before and after Jaden Schwartz injury
Ottawa controlled the tempo and the puck on the ice inside Climate Pledge Arena.
Seattle managed to strike first off Jacob Melanson's goal off a wrist shot, occurring at the 8:45 mark of the first period.
Tyler Kleven tied things up, however, with 9:19 to go. Kleven's snap shot came via an assist by Shane Pinto. Dylan Cozens then broke the tie with 13:35 left. Pinto later tacked on the third goal off a deflection at the 1:34 mark of the second. Ottawa took the 3-1 lead into the third intermission.
Schwartz, meanwhile, spent 6:27 minutes on the ice until his injury occurred. Chandler Stephenson earned the most action at under nine minutes before the start of the third.
Seattle entered the contest with a 29-23-9 overall record which placed them fourth in the Pacific Division. Ottawa carried a 30-22–9 mark but sat in sixth place in the Atlantic Division.
