1.   Anaheim defenseman Jason York sat out his fourth straight game due to a sore right shoulder.

2.   Bettis is injured and likely to miss just his fourth game due to injury in nine seasons.

3.   Benoit Benjamin missed the game due to a strained lower back.

4.   Bonner missed the Portland game due to a serious stroke suffered by his father and it was uncertain whether he would return from St. Louis in time.

5.   Buffalo Sabres goaltender Dominik Hasek will miss at least three more games due to a rib injury.

6.   But I think people forget that the two years I was in New York were the first two years where I missed games due to injuries.

7.   But the past two victories added an exclamation point to their streak, coming as Johnson missed his first games due to injury.

8.   But there was no understating the damage created by forcing cancellation of games due to labor conflict for the first time in league history.

9.   Camby missed the game due to an upper respiratory infection.

10.   Charlotte Hornets forward Anthony Mason will miss the next two games due to a sprained toe on his right foot, leaving the team without its leading rebounder.