31.   Corkum was struck on the foot by a Nicklas Lidstrom slap shot but continued to play after receiving pain-relief injections.

32.   Defenseman Kevin Dean was cleared by the doctors to play after undergoing several tests for an irregular heartbeat last Monday night, but he did not play.

33.   Defenseman Bruce Driver is almost ready to play after off-season shoulder surgery, which should help a lot at the point.

34.   Defenseman Steve Duchesne played after missing one game because of back spasms.

35.   Even if Strawberry was allowed to play immediately after his case was resolved, it could be weeks before he was ready to play again.

36.   Even though Smith said he thinks he can play after this week, chances are that he will not.

37.   Eleven playing seconds later, Adam Graves tied the score, and two playing minutes after that, Sergei Zubov scored with an assist ftrom Kovalev himself.

38.   Everybody got together and talked about it, and after that we played loose and we had some fun out there.

39.   First Damian was sent from Las Chivas de Guadalajara to Club America in Mexico City, where he will play after the Major League Soccer season ends.

40.   For Mason, who has waited for four seasons to play after serving as understudy to Marvin Graves, everything is falling into place.