21.   Finn played against the Sharks after missing the last four games because of a groin pull.

22.   Glenn Healy, so valuable to the Rangers last season during a stretch when Richter was nursing a groin pull, took his third straight defeat.

23.   Fullback Aaron Harris has been slowed by a groin pull.

24.   He had groin pulls on both sides.

25.   He has been through everything from groin pulls to torn ligaments in his foot.

26.   He is, for the record, hindered at the moment with a bothersome groin pull.

27.   He was coming off surgery to his left wrist and then suffered a groin pull.

28.   He still resents being sent to Florida and missing two months of the season after suffering a groin pull.

29.   In the same game, Richter suffered a severe groin pull, was replaced by Glenn Healy, and is likely to miss the rest of the month.

30.   Injury update Center Guy Carbonneau missed his second day of practice nursing a groin pull.