Ottawa Senators forward Peter Regin is not expected to be in the lineup for Friday night’s season opener in Detroit.
Regin, who suffered a shoulder injury in the Senators’ 5-3 loss to the Maple Leafs on Sept. 27, after colliding with Toronto defenceman Jean-Michael Liles, did not participate in contact drills during practice on Thursday.
He also suffered a dislocated shoulder in February in a game against the Maple Leafs. That injury required Regin to undergo surgery on his left shoulder last spring.
In 55 games before the injury last season, he tallied just three goals and 14 assists. The club had hoped Regin would build off a solid playoff performance in 2010, in which he scored three goals in a six-game series loss to the Pittsburgh Penguins.
