Kings rails to face Canucks' Daniel Sedin

Kings rails to face Canucks' Daniel Sedin

Vancouver Canucks star Daniel Sedin was back in the building … and left on ice.

As for game 4 against the Kings? His will likely come down to a game-time decision Wednesday.

The forward, who has been out since March 21 because of a concussion, said his teammates in practice in El Segundo on Tuesday afternoon. It was the first time in eight days, he has participated in a full practice. class = “body”> “It felt good. It’s been a tough four weeks,” said Sedin, who flew to Los Angeles from Vancouver on Monday. “It’s good to be back, first of all feel good. It has been my biggest problem. I really wanted to be back for the playoffs. But when it was not the case, my main concern to get back to 100%. “

The Kings lead Canucks, 3 -0, in this first round playoff series.

Asked whether he would be able to play, Seding said, “We take it day by day. Today felt good, and we’ll see how it is tomorrow . “

The Kings are fully expects to meet Sedin. Even in the limited games on the power play, he could give a major boost to the struggling Canucks. they are 0 to 14 on the power play and has scored just four goals in three matches.

“If he had made the trip down the ice with the team that we have to assume he will play,” defenseman Rob Scuderi said. “It will not to change something we will do as a team. But surely you have to prepare as if he’s going to be there. He is a big part of their team. And we have to be ready if he is not playing. “

Scuderi spoke of the challenge to play the Sedin twins, Henrik and Daniel. The Sedins were on a line with David Booth at practice Tuesday.

“They are difficult to play against,” Scuderi said. “There’s no doubt about it. They put the puck into space as well with each other, you have to respect it. As I said, you do not want to change anything that we do, but it does not change the fact that they are difficult to play against as a duo. “

Brad Richardson returns to Kings

The Kings were Encouraged by the return of forward Brad Richardson, who had an emergency appendectomy a week ago. It was his first full practice since then and Coach Darryl Sutter said Richardson has been cleared for all activity. Kyle Clifford, injured in Game 1, has not resumed skating.

Richardson, skating with linemates Colin Fraser and Jordan Nolan, said that he has gotten better over the last three to four days.

“For the first three or four days you can feel [bad] because of anesthesia, and you are really hurt,” Richardson said. “Once you kind of get over that hump three or four days you feel really good. Today I felt the best and I hope I feel better tomorrow. I look forward to the game.”

Should Richardson returns back to Game 4 and then rookie Andrei Loktionov would probably be the Odd Man Out. Loktionov is scoreless in the first three games of the series, averaging about four minutes of play per game

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