from George Richards of the Miami Herald,

Al Montoya, making his first start in almost three weeks, left Monday’s 3-1 loss to the Kings after apparently being hit in the head while trying to stop Nick Shore from scoring.

Roberto Luongo came in to play facing a 1-0 deficit with 11:19 left in the period and made 20 saves in relief.

“All I know is he left the game,’’ coach Gerard Gallant said of Montoya. “They were driving the net trying to score and something caught him in the neck or the head. He was pretty sore, obviously couldn’t come back.”

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