"Nathan Horton, like many key Bruins, has not played very well this season. The difference between the winger and the other struggling B's is that the others did not have to come back from a severe concussion.

And Horton, in a remarkably candid interview after practice yesterday at the Garden, admitted that he has found it difficult — not physically, but mentally — bouncing back from the horrific head injury he suffered in Game 3 of the Stanley Cup final.

"I'm still trying to get my game back," Horton said, who has 2-3-5 totals and is a minus-3 in 11 games."