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“I would like to have played (Saturday) and I just had to take another day or two,” he said. “Should we stretch it more or not? I’m not sure. We’ve got to go on how I feel and the expertise of (the medical staff).”

Borowiecki left last Tuesday’s contest against the Vancouver Canucks after fighting Derek Dorsett in the second period. It was Borowiecki’s third consecutive game with a fight.

That stretch started with the Flames’ Michael Ferland in Calgary on Oct. 13 and continued against the Oilers’ Milan Lucic in Edmonton on Oct. 14.

Does Borowiecki have to cut down on his fighting?

“Yeah, truthfully, yeah,” he said. “I’ve had that discussion again with athletic therapists, and it’s one of those things … Unless it’s a big hit and I have to go, I’m going to have to stop looking for it here because I’m not going to be do myself any favours in terms of body-wise.”

Borowiecki said he didn’t feel he was looking for fights and the only one he had second thoughts about later was the tussle with Lucic.

“I don’t really think I was chasing it too much. You guys have seen a lot of my fights and there’s not too many where I’m chasing the guy around the ice trying to get him go,” Borowiecki said.

“Sometimes you just go through streaks where you’re going to get a bunch or you’re not going to get much. Sometimes you make a big hit, it feels good, and guys are asking you to go. In those situations, instinct just takes over and you drop the gloves and go. Those are the ones I’m OK with, but maybe stay away the ones like Lucic, where it’s a nothing play that turns into a fight.”

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