Oilers' Darnell Nurse left bloodied after hit to head from Maple Leafs' Reaves

TORONTO (AP) — Edmonton defenseman Darnell Nurse was bloodied and had to be helped to the locker room after taking a hit to the head from Toronto forward Ryan Reaves early in the second period Saturday night in the Maple Leafs' 4-3 overtime victory.

Nurse wheeled around his net and was caught high by Reaves before crashing to the ice. Nurse stayed down for a few minutes inside a hushed Scotiabank Arena as he was attended to by trainers. He didn't return to the game.

Reaves was assessed a match penalty and a game misconduct. He exchanged words with Edmonton captain Connor McDavid before heading down the tunnel.

While Edmonton coach Kris Knoblauch didn’t provide an injury update, Nurse was spotted in the hallway outside the locker room with a cut over his swollen right eye.

“It’s a dangerous play,” Oilers forward Ryan Nugent-Hopkins said. ”(Reaves) has got to know that Nursey doesn’t see him coming and choose the right path there, and he doesn’t. It’s tough to see one of your teammates on the ice like that. Dangerous play.”

The 29-year-old Nurse has two goals and seven assists in 17 games this season.

“Penalty kill, power play, 5-on-5 minutes,” Knoblauch said. “He’s a very important piece of our team, especially how well he had been playing this last week or two.”

The 6-foot-2, 225-pound Reaves has been suspended three times in his 15-year NHL career, twice for hits, for a total of six games.

“That’s the side of the game you never want to see,” Maple Leafs winger Bobby McMann said. “Guys are playing hard. I don’t think he was trying to finish high like that — I know he wasn’t. He’s just playing it hard and trying to get through guys, trying to win a hockey game. Sometimes you clip a guy the wrong way."

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Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) is attended to by medical personnel and teammates after colliding with Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ryan Reaves (75) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) is attended to by medical personnel and teammates after colliding with Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ryan Reaves (75) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) lays on the ice after colliding with Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ryan Reaves (75) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ryan Reaves (75) collides with Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Maple Leafs right wing Ryan Reaves (75) collides with Edmonton Oilers defenseman Darnell Nurse (25) during the second period of an NHL hockey game, Saturday, Nov. 16, 2024 in Toronto. (Christopher Katsarov/The Canadian Press via AP)

SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — A plane with malfunctioning landing gear veered off the runway, hit a fence and caught fire Sunday at an airport in southern South Korea, killing at least 28 people, according to the emergency office and local media.

The emergency office said the fire was almost put out and rescue officials were trying to remove passengers from the Jeju Air passenger plane at the airport in the southern city of Muan. It said the plane with about 180 people was returning from Bangkok.

South Korean media outlets including Yonhap news agency reported that at least 28 people had died in the fire. The Muan Fire Station said it couldn't immediately confirm the casualty reports. It said emergency workers pulled out at least two passengers.

Yonhap reported the plane veered off the runway and collided with a fence. Emergency officials said they were examining the exact cause of the fire.

Local TV stations aired footage showing thick pillows of black smoke billowing from the plane engulfed with flame.

The incident came as South Korea is embroiled into a huge political crisis triggered by President Yoon Suk Yeol’s stunning imposition of martial law and ensuing impeachment. Last Friday, South Korean lawmakers impeached acting President Han Duck-soo and suspended his duties, making Deputy Prime Minister Choi Sang-mok to take over.

Choi ordered officials to employ all available resources to rescue the passengers and crew, according to Yonhap news agency.

Fire engines work to extinguish a fire at the Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Maeng Dae-hwan/Newsis via AP)

Firefighters and rescue team members work at the Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Maeng Dae-hwan/Newsis via AP)

A rescue team prepares to work at Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Maeng Dae-hwan/Newsis via AP)

Firefighters work to extinguish a fire off the runway of Muan International Airport in Muan, South Korea, Sunday, Dec. 29, 2024. (Maeng Dae-hwan/Newsis via AP)