After the injury on Friday night to Travis Hamonic (out 2-4 weeks), Bernard-Docker had every reason to hope he'd return to the lineup in a full-time role for the foreseeable future. Instead, the Senators called up Nikolas Matinpalo from Belleville for Monday morning's practice.

Today during the Ottawa Senators' practice, Jacob Bernard-Docker went hard into the boards and could not put weight on his leg on his way off the ice. In hockey, players know that there are risks associated with simply playing the sport.

The Ottawa Senators could be without one of their top defenseman after an unfortunate injury. At a recent practice, defender Jacob Bernard-Docker reportedly took a hard fall into the boards and exited in pain.