You could call it an encouraging development for the Kings.
Center Jeff Carter was on hand Monday morning at Rogers Arena here in Vancouver, taking part in an off-ice workout.
The status report? Day-to-day, according to Kings Coach Darryl Sutter.
That’s about as definitive as it would get about the Kings’ leading scorer, who left Saturday’s game in Arizona after two shifts with an upper-body injury. Following that, Carter was evaluated in Los Angeles. He said, cryptically, on Monday: “You guys don’t really know what the full story was.