David Booth's latest blow to the head appears to have been less damaging than the devastating, and rule-changing, blindside hit he was dealt by Philadelphia's Mike Richards earlier this season.
Booth was to spend Thursday night in a Montreal hospital for precautionary reasons after he left Florida's 4-1 loss to the Canadiens when he was flattened by Jaroslav Spacek's shoulder check to the head early in the second period.
"He's coherent, he's alert -- the tests have come back negative, in a positive sense, so to speak," said Panthers GM Randy Sexton, who expects that Booth will be able to travel with the team to Ottawa on Friday.
Panthers' Booth Suffers Another Hit To The Head