"Bruins coach Claude Julien said after practice yesterday that Nathan Horton has taken a step back on the road to recovery from a concussion after skating last Sunday.

"He's been pulled back," Julien said after practice at the Garden. "He's got some symptoms, so we've pulled him back. That's why I said (earlier this week) that it's hard for me to come out every day and say whether it's a step forward or a step backward. But he's back to square one and we're giving him some time here. Those symptoms, once he got on the ice, came back."

Horton suffered the concussion Jan. 22 in Philadelphia when he was the victim of a blind-side hit from the Flyers' Tom Sestito, a hit that did not garner a suspension. Horton got up and went after Sestito, but he would eventually leave the game and has not played since.

Horton suffered another concussion last June in the Stanley Cup finals when he was crushed by Vancouver's Aaron Rome."