The Canadiens have announced that defenseman Kaiden Guhle, who had surgery to repair a lacerated quadricep, will be out indefinitely.

The Montreal Canadiens will have to make do without their top shutdown defenceman. Kaiden Guhle is out indefinitely after undergoing surgery on a lacerated quadriceps muscle, the Canadiens announced Wednesday.

The Montreal Canadiens announced that defenseman Kaiden Guhle sustained a lower-body injury during Tuesday’s 4-1 loss to the Winnipeg Jets. Guhle sustained the injury early in the third period of the game after taking an awkward spill into the boards when making a pinch in the offensive zone,