Panthers D McCabe leaves game

Oct 11, 2008 - 5:38 AM RALEIGH, North Carolina (Ticker) -- Florida Panthers defenseman Bryan McCabe left Friday's 6-4 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes in the second period with an apparent left leg injury.

The veteran blue-liner sized up fellow defenseman Dennis Seidenberg for a hip check along the boards but immediately crumpled to the ice. The 33-year-old was helped off the ice by trainers and was taken to the locker room. He did not return.

"We're evaluating him now," Florida coach Peter DeBoer said. "The doctors will know more (on Saturday)."

McCabe was credited with an assist earlier in the game, setting up former Hurricane Cory Stillman for a goal in the first period.

After posting 57 points in 82 games with the Toronto Maple Leafs in 2006-07, McCabe struggled last season, notching just five goals and 18 assists in 54 contests.

A second-round pick of the New York Islanders in 1993, the Ontario native has registered 115 tallies, 419 points and 1,574 penalty minutes in 918 career games with the Islanders, Vancouver Canucks, Chicago Blackhawks, Maple Leafs and Panthers.