Boston Bruins captain Brad Marchand is officially out and "week-to-week" with an upper body injury, interim coach Joe Sacco announced Tuesday.

Marchand missed Sunday's 1-0 loss to the Minnesota Wild one day after being injured on a hit by Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman P.O Joseph, with Marchand's head hitting the boards. After receiving attention from a trainer for several minutes, Marchand was helped from the ice.

Sacco would not specify whether it was a head injury for Marchand, 36, who has a history of concussions. The winger has 47 points in 61 games this season, second on the Bruins.

"Obviously, a hard guy to replace. We're going to miss him. But it creates opportunities for other guys now to step up," Sacco said.

Georgii Merkulov, a 24-year-old rookie, skated in Marchand's place on Boston's No. 2 line next to Charlie Coyle and Elias Lindholm.

"It's not one guy that's going to come up and be Marchy. No one's going to do that," Coyle said. "He brings so many elements to the game that we're going to miss. So we can all take a piece of that and help out that way."

The timing of the injury couldn't be worse for the Bruins. There was talk that Marchand, in his 16th season with Boston, could be moved before Friday's NHL trade deadline, as he's in the last year of his contract. But the Bruins are also in the Eastern Conference wild-card race, two points in back of Detroit for the final playoff berth, although the Red Wings have two games in hand. Stathletes currently gives the Bruins just a 4.9% chance of making the postseason.

Marchand won gold with Team Canada at the 4 Nations Face-Off last month.

"He's disappointed. Any time a player is injured and misses time, they're disappointed. But he'll be back," Sacco said.

Montreal Canadiens forward Jake Evans is off the trade market after he received a four-year extension. The deal carries an annual average value of $2.85 million.

Evans, 28, gets a raise after playing under a three-year deal that carries a modest $1.7 million price tag.

Evans is having a career year with 12 goals and 16 assists in 61 games. He had 29 points in 2021-22.

He's been durable in Montreal, as well, skating in all 82 games last season, and is likely a fit on his new team's second or third line.

Selected in the seventh round of the 2014 draft by Montreal, Evans is a study in perseverance and blooming into his NHL resume with time and patience on the organization's behalf.

The Edmonton Oilers are positioning themselves for the playoffs, acquiring forwards Trent Frederic and Max Jones from the Boston Bruins in a multiteam trade on Tuesday.

New Jersey is the third-party facilitator of the transaction. The Devils retained 50% of Frederic's salary in the deal, sending Boston the rights to unsigned draft choice Petr Hauser and receiving unsigned draft choice Shane Lachance from Edmonton.

The Bruins subsequently traded Jones and Hauser to Edmonton for prospect Max Wanner, St. Louis' second-round pick in 2025 (belonging to Edmonton) and the Oilers' own fourth-round selection in 2026.

The NHL trade deadline is Friday.

Frederic is the centerpiece of the trade, though. The 6-foot-3 winger is a physical scorer who's strong on the forecheck, contributes on the penalty kill and adds some bottom-six depth for Edmonton going into the postseason. The Oilers will have to wait for him though since Frederic was put on injured reserve with a lower-body injury and is considered week-to-week. He was hurt a week ago against Toronto.

The 27-year-old was Boston's first-round pick (29th overall) in 2016 but has struggled to find his place in the organization. Frederic has just eight goals and 15 points in 57 games this season for a Bruins team still fighting to stay in playoff contention. He's also a pending unrestricted free agent this summer, further incentivizing Boston to capitalize on the trade market.

This could be the first move of the Bruins unloading players at the deadline for the first time in a long time. They are currently two points out of the final wild-card spot. The big question mark is what happens to captain Brad Marchand. He is also currently injured and talking to the team about a new contract. But he could be moved if nothing materializes.

Jones will offer the Oilers some insurance as well. He has played most of this year in the American Hockey League but could be another depth option for the Oilers if needed.

Edmonton is currently second in the Pacific Division.

Barcelona coach Hansi Flick says it is not his job to decide if the LaLiga leaders should bring Neymar back this summer.

Neymar, 33, left Al Hilal for boyhood club Santos in January, but he only signed a short-term deal, leaving the window open for a possible return to Europe later this year.

Reports in recent weeks have suggested the Brazil international is pressing to re-join Barça, who he left for Paris Saint-Germain in a world record transfer worth 222 million in 2017.

"It's not my job," Flick said in a news conference ahead of Wednesday's Champions League game against Benfica when asked if he would be interested in signing Neymar.

"I said this before. Now I am really focused on this team until the end of the season because we have big opportunities.

"We want to keep them focused and the coach has to be focused as well. This is not my job, this is a job for [sporting director] Deco and the club, so they will do this."

Neymar has scored three goals and provided three assists since signing for Santos, with his ultimate goal to remain fit for the next year and go to the 2026 World Cup with Brazil.

There was interest from MLS side Chicago Fire prior to his return to Brazil, but, while a move to the United States remains a possibility, ESPN have previously revealed Neymar wants to return to Europe ahead of the tournament, which will be hosted by the U.S, Canada and Mexico.

Flick, meanwhile, insists his focus is purely on Wednesday's first-leg match of the last 16 against Benfica in Lisbon.

Barça are among the favourites to win the competition this year, with some suggestions they have been handed a favourable pathway towards a potential final.

"In this phase, there is no easy game," said Flick, knocking back the idea Barça should breeze through to the latter stages of the competition.

"Every team deserves to be here in this step. Also Benfica, who are a fantastic team.

"Tomorrow we play in a great stadium. It's a special atmosphere. They are pushing a lot, they push their team. It will be really tough for us tomorrow."

The two teams met in the league phase this year, too, with Barça coming from behind to win an incredible game 5-4 in January.

"I hope we are better prepared for the counter-attack they have and the dynamic they showed in the match four weeks ago," Flick added.

"They are one of the best transition teams in the Champions League. [Coach] Bruno [Lage] has done a great job; they are confident in how they want to play.

"They have their idea how they want to play; we have ours. I think both of us have a good strategy, so we will see what happens."

The teams will meet again in the second leg next Tuesday, with the winners facing either Borussia Dortmund or Lille in the quarterfinal in April.

One of Manchester United's most significant supporters groups has urged match-going fans to wear black to Sunday's clash with Arsenal at Old Trafford in protest over the Glazer family's ownership and direction of the club.

"The 1958" issued a statement on Tuesday asking supporters to join a march before kick-off as the club deals with growing financial uncertainty and a historically bad Premier League season.

Last September, the club posted a net loss of $144 million in their accounts for 2023-24, while the latest figures shared in February showed they paid a compensation bill of 14.5 million ($18.2m) to Erik ten Hag, his coaching team and former sporting director Dan Ashworth after their respective dismissals this season.

The numbers also showed that United's debt interest payments in the last six months summed to 18.8m.

Meanwhile, a number of cost-cutting and fundraising measures have been introduced since Sir Jim Ratcliffe's INEOS group completed a minority share purchase of 27.7% on Feb. 20 last year. The policies include the recent decision to make all tickets 66 regardless of age and two waves of redundancies.

Ruben Amorim replaced Ten Hag in October but there has been no upturn in form, the latest blow coming in a penalty-shootout defeat to Fulham in the FA Cup on Sunday.

"The club is slowly dying before our eyes, on and off the pitch and the blame lies squarely at the current ownership model," The 1958's Steve Crompton said in the release.

"The club is facing financial armageddon. Debt is the road to ruin. Sir Matt Busby would be turning in his grave at the current plight of one of the world's greatest football institutions which is being brought to its knees and in many ways becoming a laughing stock."

"The club is going backwards and it's likely to get even worse," the statement added. "We urge fans to rise up, unite and join us at 3 p.m. on Sunday as we march to the ground and protest against the despised Glazers and the club's deliberate assault on fan culture."

United have been under the control of the Glazers, who also own the NFL's Tampa Bay Buccaneers, since a leveraged buyout in May 2005 that handed United more than 500m worth of debt.

Even before the Glazers bought United, they encountered hostility from the club's supporters who were angered by the prospect of the previously debt-free and prosperous team being forced into taking on a huge level of debt.

It will mark the second successive week of fan protest at Old Trafford after United fans joined the Football Supporters Association's "Stop Exploiting Loyalty" campaign over ticket prices against Fulham.

Arne Slot allegedly told referee Michael Oliver "if we don't win the league, I'll f---ing blame you," in the aftermath of Liverpool's draw with Everton last month.

Slot was given a two match touchline ban by the Football Association (FA) and fined 70,000 ($88,500) after he was shown a red card during dramatic scenes following a late goal by Everton in the Merseyside derby.

Slot, who approached Oliver after a melee between the two sets of players following the full-time whistle had seen Everton's Abdoulaye Doucouré and Liverpool's Curtis Jones sent off for second bookable offences, admitted acting "in an improper manner and/or used insulting and/or abusive words and/or behaviour towards both the match referee and an assistant referee."

On Tuesday, the FA released its report into the incident.

The report alleges that Slot said "the referee had f---ing give them everything" and that he hopes Oliver "was proud of that performance."

It is also alleged that Slot told the assistant referee that it was a "f---ing disgrace."

Speaking on Tuesday after the report's release, Slot admitted he "should set a better example."

"What I said also in the written report and I can say it one more time, the moment it happened I was quite emotional for everything that happened in the last seven or eight minutes and maybe during the whole game," he told a news conference ahead of Liverpool's Champions League clash with Paris Saint-Germain. "I chose to go on pitch instead of staying calm staying inside and then talking to Michael.

"Now I don't have the same emotions anymore so I think I should set a better example than I set back then and don't go into the situation again.

"It's clear what I've written and what Michael has written. Michael has been in the news quite a lot recently and I don't think it helps if I add something to that now I have my emotions under control."

Liverpool assistant Sipke Hulshoff -- who was also shown a red card after the match -- was given a two match ban and fined 7,000.

It is alleged that Hulshoff said the referee was "f---ing s---" and "gave them everything" and he was a "f---ing disgrace."

Both Slot and Hulshoff accepted the charges and apologised.

However, Slot has disputed what he said, claiming he told Oliver "if we don't win the league, I will have you to thank for that."

In the report, Slot acknowledges that his actions were unacceptable and he "let his frustrations get the better of him."

Slot's ban was originally three matches, but it was reduced to two, with the FA noting he "went over and above" to apologise for his actions.

Information from ESPN's Dale Johnson and Beth Lindop contributed to this report.

Tuesday marks the first day of the round of 16 first legs for the 2024-25 UEFA Champions League season. Europe's premier club competition is now whittling down teams as the quarterfinals await the winners.

Enjoy the play-by-play from all of Tuesday's games: Real Madrid against Atletico Madrid, PSV Eindhoven against Arsenal and Borussia Dortmund against Lille.