Gauthier's MRI negative

By Jill Painter on December 1, 2008 6:26 PM | Permalink | Comments (0) |

Denis Gauthier's injury isn't as the Kings originally feared. The MRI he had this morning was negative. Gauthier injured the foot when he blocked a shot on Saturday. He will miss tonight's game with what a Kings official said was a bone bruise. He's listed as day-to-day, but he won't make the trip to Phoenix for tomorrow night's game. The team will leave after tonight's game against Toronto.

J.P. Hoornstra writes about NHL and IHL hockey for the Los Angeles Newspaper Group. He welcomes any and all dialogue on the finer points of hockey. E-mail J.P. at jp.hoornstra
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Jill Painter joined the Daily News in 2000 and during the last eight years she's covered the Dodgers, Cal State Northridge, UCLA, Kings, golf and everything in between. Even though she's from Colorado, she still freezes in the Staples Center press box but always manages to thaw her fingers in time to make deadline. E-mail Jill at jill.painter@dailynews
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