– Defenseman Francois Beauchemin is playing with a lower-body injury that he said came as a result of a shot he took in an April 3 home game against Dallas rather than Saturday against the Kings, as was first reported here.

Beauchemin didn’t practice for the second time this week but Carlyle said he expects him skate Friday morning and be available for Game 2. Whatever it is, it’s causing enough discomfort to make medicine and painkillers a necessity.

“It’s just taking a little bit more time to heal,” Beauchemin said. “Just taking the days off to try to get as much as rest and hopefully feel better tomorrow. It’s tough when you have those games every second day. With practices in between, it just takes a little longer to heal.”