The Kings are already without Trevor Lewis indefinitely. Lewis slammed head-first into the boards Friday in the team's opener of a season-long seven-game trip that started in South Florida. After laying on the ice for minutes, Lewis was helped to the dressing room. On Saturday, he returned to Southern California to be examined by the team's medical personnel.
"This is my take and I'm just being honest," he said. "When I looked at it, [McCann] caught him from behind and tried to get in front of his side so I wouldn't say it was boarding in the sense that he hit him from behind.