The care Charlie McAvoy received when he injured his shoulder in Team USA’s opening game against Team Finland in the NHL 4 Nations Face-Off has been a hot topic.

On Tuesday morning, the Bruins announced that the journeyman defenseman is headed back to the AHL after two games in Boston. The move leaves Boston, at least temporarily, with just six healthy defensemen until they either recall another defenseman or Charlie McAvoy returns to action.

With the 4 Nations Face-Off final at the TD Garden on Thursday, Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy's injury is dominating headlines locally and nationally.

Boston's star defenseman remains in the hospital and won't play in the 4 Nations Face-Off final vs. Team Canada.

Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy shared his first public comments following his injury with Team USA at the 4 Nations Face-Off, posting on Instagram about the experience and his subsequent hospitalization.

The anticipation inside TD Garden in Boston is palpable Thursday night as the United States faces Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off championship, an exciting

Boston defenseman Charlie McAvoy remains in the hospital with a “significant injury” to his right shoulder that developed an infection, the Bruins said on Wednesday, a day after he was scratched from the 4 Nations Face-Off.

Boston Bruins alternate captain Charlie McAvoy was unavailable for Team USA in Thursday night's epic showdown against arch-rival Team Canada in the 4 Nations Face-Off Final. McAvoy was forced to miss the game after undergoing a procedure on Tuesday to "cut out and clean an infection,

Boston Bruins defenseman Charlie McAvoy shared his first public comments following his injury with Team USA at the 4 Nations Face-Off, posting on Instagram about the experience and his subsequent hospitalization.

Bruins coach Joe Sacco said he "wouldn’t expect (McAvoy) in the short-term" as the franchise defenseman remains hospitalized.

Team USA and Team Canada are duking it out for the right to call themselves the champions of the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament, but the former is playing without a key part of their lineup. Defenseman

Charlie McAvoy will be out week-to-week after suffering an injury at the 4 Nations Face-Off -- and the Bruins are not happy.