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Mar 9, 2009 3:43 pm US/Eastern

Horton Out With Broken Finger

DAVIE (CBS4.com) ― Florida Panthers winger Nathan Horton will miss two to four weeks with a broken finger.

Horton, the team's second leading scorer, was injured during Saturday night's 5-3 win against St. Louis.

''We were battling for the puck and he fell and I kind of fell on top of him,'' Horton said Monday morning at Coral Springs' Incredible Ice. ``He was getting up and stepped on my finger. I took my glove off after Booth had scored and it was kind of gross.''

Asked if he could see the bone, Horton said, ``Yeah, I could see everything. Then I had the surgery right after the game.''

Though relaxed and seemingly in good humor, Horton couldn't hide the frustration of the previous 30 hours -- his injury, plus all the Panthers' playoff-race foes won Sunday. Now, he'll miss a stretch of the playoff race that includes games against standings peers Pittsburgh (Tuesday) and Buffalo (Thursday) and possibly Carolina (March 23) and Buffalo again (March 25).

Panther coach Peter DeBoer says Horton's spot between Richard Zednik and leading goal-scorer David Booth will be occupied by Brett McLean.

''There's nothing you can do, you know? It does [stink],'' Horton said. ``It's a freak accident. It's like my foot [injury from earlier this season].''

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