Published 5/10/2008
at FOXSports.com News for NHL
Kimmo Timonen wasn't in the Philadelphia Flyers' lineup Friday night, sidelined by a blood clot on his left ankle that is all but certain to keep him out the rest of the playoffs. It didn't keep him out of their dressing room.
Timonen, ruled out of the Flyers' Eastern Conference final series against the Penguins the day before, unexpectedly traveled to Pittsburgh for Game 1 by catching a ride on team chairman Ed Snider's plane. Doctors cleared him to make the trip.
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