David Quinn still insists that forward Mats Zuccarello is nothing more than day-to-day with the nagging groin injury that has bothered him for nearly three weeks, but the veteran right wing has been held out of the lineup for the second straight game and the eighth time in 10 games.
“Yeah, it just didn’t respond the way we anticipated, so after talking with the trainers, we feel it’s better to just hold him out,’’ Quinn said of Zuccarello. “When you’re dealing with this type of injury, it’s unpredictable – probably the most unpredictable [type] of injury you can have.