LOS ANGELES - Detroit Red Wings captain Henrik Zetterberg said he doesn't feel any better Tuesday, three days after being forced to leave a game following a blow to the head.

"I feel like it hasn't changed since Saturday," Zetterberg said Tuesday morning at Staples Center. "Hopefully, I will feel better soon. I thought it would be better but unfortunately, no.

"The symptoms have got to go away before I can do anything more heavy. Until then I've just got to take it easy."

Zetterberg will miss his second game in a row tonight against the Los Angeles Kings (10:30, Fox Sports Detroit) and there's no telling when he'll return.

Asked if he has a concussion, Zetterberg said, "You know what? I haven't really ruled it as a concussion. Obviously, I'm not 100 percent and until the symptoms go away I have to take it easy."

He rode the stationary bike briefly on Monday and plans to do the same today.

He doesn't seem concerned that this could be a long-term injury.

"I got banged up a few times, but I haven't had these symptoms before," Zetterberg said. "Obviously I think guys have been roughed up worse than I have so I'm not worried about that."

Zetterberg took a punch and an elbow to the head from Jamie Benn early in the second period of the Red Wings' 7-6 overtime victory over the Dallas Stars. He finished the period before leaving the game.

"I think when you're in the game, you're in the game," Zetterberg said. "It is a battle sport, so you are in battles all the time. I think once I went into the room and got away from the ice a little bit I realized I wasn't the way I was supposed to be and we decided to not play anymore."

He said he's not upset that the NHL didn't discipline Benn.

"We had a battle on the faceoff and I think both me and him have done worse things than that on the ice," Zetterberg said. "But obviously he got me in a bad spot and it is what it is."

"I don't think it was that bad. He just got me in a bad spot."