This just happens with him in the middle of a hot scoring streak. From the Miami Herald-
Florida Panthers left wing Ville Peltonen is out for at least two weeks with a broken bone in his left foot.The Palm Beach Post's Brian Biggane reports Peltonen may only be out for one week. Brian also includes this bit of interesting information-Peltonen broke the bone during Saturday's 8-4 win over the Thrashers, but stayed in and finished the game.
''He's out with a broken foot,'' coach Pete DeBoer said. ``Some X-rays came back positive. It's not a displaced fracture. It's just your regular broken bone, and I would say a couple of weeks, anyway.''
Peltonen, who has four goals in his past five games, missed 24 games last season with a foot injury.
DeBoer said Peltonen was injured early in the game Saturday.He played most of a game with a broken bone in his foot and scored two goals. Do the Florida Panthers really need that foot healed?(Cue the sarcastic laughter)"To his credit he played and scored two goals," DeBoer said.
That was only the second two-goal game of Peltonen's career; the first came March 17, 2007, for the Panthers against the New York Islanders.
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