Coach Barry Trotz was surprised to see forward Matt Halischuk at practice on Thursday after he slid hard into the boards Wednesday. While he did return to action on Wednesday, Trotz thought the forward would be taking a maintenance day off. Halischuk has only played in four of the eight playoff games as he has been a healthy scratch in the other four, so he is not giving Trotz any reason to take him out. Halischuk said he missed a couple of shifts Wednesday because he was just winded after going into the boards. He has an assist in the playoffs thus far.