Evaluation or maintenance.
It appeared to be both with Kings defenseman Matt Greene missing practice Wednesday. Kings hockey operations said he was being evaluated — with more set for Thursday — after playing a little more than a minute of the third period Tuesday in a 3-0 loss to Vancouver.
"It is all related, but it's maintenance," Kings Coach Darryl Sutter said, indicating the issue could be linked to Greene's upper-body preseason injury.
The Kings have another day of practice before a game Friday against visiting Minnesota. Reinforcements aren't far away now with the Kings' American Hockey League affiliate in nearby Ontario, instead of Manchester, N.