NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother were drinking before they were struck on their bikes by an alleged drunken driver, court documents revealed last week.

The driver accused of killing NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew in New Jersey last year is fighting to have his indictment tossed — while alleging that the bicycling brothers were both drunker than him at the time of the deadly hit-and-run,

The NHL star had a 0.129% blood-alcohol content when he was struck and killed, allegedly by Sean Higgins, who blew at 0.087% BAC, defense lawyers said.

The alleged blood alcohol levels of NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew, were included in new court documents filed by attorneys for the driver accused of hitting them.

In a new court filing, attorneys for Sean M. Higgins — the driver who hit and killed NHL star Johnny Gaudreau and his brother, Matthew Gaudreau, in New Jersey — alleged that the brothers were also drunk at the time of the fatal Aug.

Defense attorneys say that the Gaudreau brothers were drunk at time of fatal crash last August and filed a motion to dismiss the case.

Court documents have revealed that Johnny Gaudreau and his brother Matthew had been drinking before they were killed by a drunk driver.

Attorneys for Sean M. Higgins, the man accused of killing Johnny and Matthew Gaudreau in August 2024, claim his case is being impeded by the late hockey players’ fame. During a court appearance on Tuesday,