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Kings lose Rob Scuderi to dreaded lower-body injury

By Helene Elliott
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Defenseman Rob Scuderi, who has been a defensive stalwart for the Kings this season, was injured during the first period of their game at Tampa Bay and is day to day, a team spokesman said.

Scuderi is averaging 18 minutes, 40 seconds’ playing time in the Kings’ first 20 games. He collided with teammate Drew Doughty at one point, though it’s not clear if that’s when he was hurt.

If he’s out any length of time, the Kings do have replacements at hand, since Peter Harrold and Davis Drewiske were each scratched from the lineup.

-- Helene Elliott

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Helene Elliott

Helene Elliott was with the Los Angeles Times’ Sports department from 1989 to 2024, first as a staff writer and then, starting in 2006, as a columnist. She became the first female journalist to be honored with a plaque in the Hall of Fame of a major professional sport as the 2005 winner of the Hockey Hall of Fame’s Elmer Ferguson Award, awarded to writers “who have brought honor to journalism and to hockey.” A native of Brooklyn, N.Y., and graduate of Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism, she has covered 18 Olympics.

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