Posted by Gayle Simone, Sun Staff
According to the Bruins' web site.... Zdeno Chara's x-ray came back negative...
"Anybody in that position would go down and block the shot. I know it's preseason, but, hey, why not start now…I had an x-ray. It's negative. It's just a bone bruise." Bruin Defenseman, Zdeno Chara
"Yah, he's coming on the trip…we can sleep now. It was a bit of a restless evening, once I got home from [Montreal] and I think Peter [Chiarelli] had the same thought process...if we had to play a regular season game tomorrow, I'm certainly sure he could play." Head Coach, Dave Lewis
In other Bruins news - eight players were sent down to Providence: forwards Jeremy Reich, Nate DiCasmirro, Wacey Rabbit, Dennis Packard, Chris Collins and T.J. Trevelyan and goalies Jordan Sigalet and Mike Brown.
The remaining 36 players on the roster will make the trip for the weekend series with the Islanders - Lewis also said goalies Toivonen and Thomas will each play a full game this weekend .
In other hockey news - Evgeni Malkin is making headlines again - but not because of his problems with his Russian club, but because he was injured in his debut with the Penguins.
According to TSN - The 20-year-old Russian centre suffered what the team called an ''upper body injury,'' possibly his left shoulder, after a violent collision with teammate John LeClair.
His much-anticipated NHL debut turned into a hospital visit after he was crunched by LeClair in a freak play. He had just finished making a dazzling pass to LeClair when the veteran winger, after missing a great scoring chance, crashed into the boards behind the net and took out Malkin in the process. The Russian catapulted over LeClair and landed hard on the ice. A hush came over the crowd as Malkin lay sprawled on the ice for 3-4 minutes.
Malkin went to the hospital - but no further info has been released at this time.