The Washington Capitals lost two of their depth players in the third period after an unfortunate collision in the defensive zone.

Jonas Siegethaler and Richard Panik got their wires crossed after a faceoff and crashed into each other. Siegenthaler fell to the ice

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The two players’ heads collided. Panik immediately left the ice after the play. Siegethaler fought through the rest of his shift before getting off the ice.

Jonas Siegenthaler and Richard Panik both leave the ice after colliding into each other in the defensive zone pic.twitter.com/5Tm39GZHdy

— Ian Oland (@ianoland) October 17, 2019

He could be seen grimacing on the bench.

Siegenthaler was in a lot of pain on the bench pic.twitter.com/WaXz1ulDrc

— Ian Oland (@ianoland) October 17, 2019

Both players were eventually ushered to the locker room where the Capitals announced they had upper-body injuries and would be lost for the rest of the game.

Capitals defenseman Jonas Siegenthaler (upper body) and forward Richard Panik (upper body) will not return and will be re-evaluated tomorrow.

— CapitalsPR (@CapitalsPR) October 17, 2019

Siegenthaler also had to go to the locker room and go through concussion testing after absorbing this high hit from Nathan MacKinnon on Monday.

Jonas Siegenthaler went to the locker room after absorbing this high hit from Nathan MacKinnon pic.twitter.com/YQvVHD1a4G

— Ian Oland (@ianoland) October 14, 2019

Siegenthaler would pass the test and be healthy enough to practice Tuesday.

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