Video: Hoglander a Bloody Mess After Taking a Shot to the Face

The Vancouver Canucks have been a disappointment this season but one of their bright spots has been Swedish rookie, Nils Hoglander.

On Monday night, Hoglander and the Canucks took on the Toronto Maple Leafs for a third consecutive game and even though you would think some bad blood would spill over, it was actually Hoglander's own teammate that created a bloody mess.

It was with about 6 minutes left in the first period, Canucks defenseman Jordie Benn was trying to wrist one on net to get a tip and apparently never saw Hoglander standing just above the circles because Benn smoked him right in the face.

Warning, there's a lot of blood:

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