Boston Bruins forward Patrice Bergeron suffered some sort of mysterious injury that sidelined him for the second period of Game 5 and forced him to leave the United Center sitting in the back of an ambulance, and Sportsnet's Nick Kypreos reported that Bergeron may have suffered a spleen injury.

Pro Hockey Talk's Joe Yerdon was monitoring early-morning Tweets, and he found that Bergeron flew back to Boston with his Bruins teammates, who spent Saturday night in Chicago, per the Bruins themselves:

Boston Bruins General Manager Peter Chiarelli issued the following update today, June 23, on forward Patrice Bergeron: Patrice was discharged from the hospital Saturday night and will be flying home with the team this morning.

And TSN's Bob McKenzie suggested that Bergeron did not suffer a spleen injury, though there is no report as to whether Bergeron pulled a Bart Simpson and said, "Oh, my ovaries!"

We All Bleed Red on YouTube found that Don Cherry suggested that Bergeron tore a rib muscle in his post-game analysis: