Alexander Steen, who was been on a line with Paul Stastny and Joakim Lindstrom in camp and who was supposed to be making his first appearance of the season tonight in the exhibition game against Columbus, won't.

Steen is being held out because, coach Ken Hitchcock said, "He got banged-up in the scrimmage yesterday so we yarded him out. We'll get back to him next week once we finish the evaluation, but we're not taking any chances with the veteran guys. We kept him out and it gives a chance to look at Paajarvi even more.

"Right now, it's day to day. If it goes any deeper than that, I'll let you know. I don't think we're too worried about it. I think we're at the point with our veteran guys that any guy who's got even an ailment, we'll just pull them out."

Magnus Paajarvi will take Steen's spot on the line tonight and probably on Saturday in Kansas City as well. Paajarvi may have had the biggest body change on the team this season, coming in 10 pounds heavier.