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Marian Hossa (upper-body) labeled day-to-day

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Chicago Blackhawks head coach Joel Quenneville updated Marian Hossa’s status: he’s considered day-to-day with an upper-body injury. He hopes the star winger will be available for Game 4 on Wednesday, but that’s unclear at this time.

People were stunned that Marian Hossa sat out Game 3 of the 2013 Stanley Cup Final, but Blackhawks teammates Jonathan Toews and Patrick Sharp knew it was possible, Mark Lazerus of Chicago Sun-Times reports. Quenneville said he was a “game-time decision” heading into the game.

Boston Bruins head coach Claude Julien wasn’t in the know, however, stating that “he was as surprised as anyone” that Hossa wouldn’t play.

Many wondered if Hossa, 34, was hit by a puck during the pre-game skate but Quenneville shot that notion down.

He explained that Ben Smith was added in his place in hopes of replacing at least some of Hossa’s scoring.

That didn’t work out on a team-wide level, obviously, as the Boston Bruins shut them out 2-0 in Game 3 on Monday.