Bolland sat out practice with what was called a maintenance day before the Hawks left for San Jose. He said he was fine before playing the Sharks and that his day off had little do with the surgery he had before last to repair a herniated disc.

"Everything is fine," Bolland said at the time. "I played a lot of minutes last game. .  .  . Everybody has bumps and bruises through the whole year. It's always good to get them healed."

Potulny flew into Denver Monday morning and missed the Hawks morning skate. He skated on his own.

In other injury news, it's possible that Marian Hossa and Fernando Pisani could skate as soon as Monday. Patrick Kane is also close to returning to skating, Quenneville said.