Gauthier’s foot

As previously posted, Denis Gauthier suffered a right foot injury when he blocked a shot in the third period yesterday. Gauthier will have a MRI on Monday, but he’s already walking around with a soft boot on his foot. Here’s what Gauthier said about the injury and the nature of how it happened…

GAUTHIER: “There was a lot of swelling today so they immobilized it and we’ll see what happens. We’re going to get a MRI tomorrow, so we’ll be able to know how bad it is. Hopefully how good it is. … It felt a little (worse) than usual. Most defensemen block a million of those in their careers, so it’s just part of the job. You take the pain and it doesn’t change the way you play. That’s what we’ve got to do. We’ve got to help out and play good defense and block as many shots as we can. If I had to do it again, I wouldn’t change a thing. It can happen any time. Sometimes you see (the shot) and sometimes you don’t. This time, I just happened to position myself in the right spot and the guy had a lot of time to take the shot. He took a couple steps and was able to get a lot on that shot.”

And here’s Terry Murray, talking about Gauthier’s status, the probability that he could return to the lineup soon and who might take his place if he can’t play…

MURRAY: “He’s got quite a bit of swelling. I was talking to him before the practice and looked at his foot. He’s got some swelling and, I don’t know, I doubt it. I don’t know. We’ll get some doctor information tomorrow. … Harrold would be the guy going in. We have six defensemen here who are healthy and ready to go. … Even if (Gauthier) is out, I don’t think there’s going to be a need to call anyone up. So we’ll just get Peter in. He played well in his last game, and we’ll let him go.”

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