Predators lose Simmonds, Boyle to week-to-week ailments

The Nashville Predators will be without two veteran players for the foreseeable future.

Wayne Simmonds is week-to-week with a lower-body injury and Brian Boyle was given the same timetable after having an appendix procedure, the team announced Monday.

The Predators acquired both players in separate deals before the Feb. 25 trade deadline.