1.   Chicago, which came to town Monday night, is a strong team despite several injured forwards.

2.   It matters when Clint Mathis and Josh Wolff, their injured forwards, come back.

3.   Phillips however, has been used on left wing by Senators coach Jacques Martin in about six games this season to fill in for injured forwards.

4.   That forced the Kings, already without injured forwards Adam Deadmarsh and Cliff Ronning, to play with only five defensemen.

5.   The Stars, playing without injured forwards Joe Nieuwendyk and Jamie Langenbrunner, simply never showed up.

6.   To be fair, however, Phoenix has been without two of its penalty killers, injured forwards Roenick and Juha Ylonen.

7.   But the Reds are likely to play Sunday without injured forwards Andy Cole and David Beckham.

8.   Joe Sakic scored for the Avalanche, who are without injured forwards Peter Forsberg, Shjon Podein and Adam Deadmarsh.

9.   Juventus of Turin will be without injured forwards Alessandro Del Piero and Croatian Alen Boksic, but manager Marcello Lippi still sees Juve as the favorites.

10.   Juventus missed two injured key forwards, Alessandro del Piero and Alen Boksic.