Rob Niedermayer a question mark

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Checking-line right wing Rob Niedermayer was noticeably absent when the Ducks took the ice for practice Monday at a suburban Dallas rink.

Niedermayer was not even in Texas, though Ducks coach Randy Carlyle said Niedermayer would “most likely” take an evening flight from Orange County to Dallas. Niedermayer’s availability for Tuesday night’s third game of an opening-round Stanley Cup playoff series against the Dallas Stars at American Airlines Center is uncertain because of what the team called only an upper-body injury.

Niedermayer was apparently hurt late in Saturday’s 5-2 loss to the Stars at Honda Center, though he missed “only a shift or two,” Carlyle said. With the Ducks trailing the best-of-7 series two games to none, and having given up nine goals in two games, losing one of their top defensive forwards would be unfortunate.

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