PROVIDENCE -- The callup of Trent Whitfield to Boston leaves the P-Bruins short one forward, and coach Rob Murray is looking for a player to fill in.

"We haven't made any moves as far as getting a guy, but we're going to have to,'' Murray said after practice Wednesday morning. "We're weighing our options right now. I don't expect to get anyone back (from Boston) by the weekend.''

One possibility, Murray said, is free agent Adam Pineault, who was one of the team's best forwards in training camp.

Without Whitfield, and with Kirk MacDonald sidelined by an apparent groin injury, Murray has only 11 forwards, instead of the usual 12. The 11 includes Craig Weller, who hasn't arrived in Providence yet, but is expected in the next day or so.

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Providence has the AHL's leading scorer and the best power play. Defenseman Andy Wozniewski, who runs the power play, leads the league in points with 4-9-13 in six games. The Bruins have scored on 14 of 45 PP chances, a 31 percent success rate.

The Bruins' Guillaume Lefebvre is tops in penalty minutes with 42 in five games. Adam McQuaid is tied for for second with 36 in six games. Only Bridgeport has more penalty minutes than Providence.

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After a loss in regulation and a shootout loss in the Reading Royals first two games, Kevin Regan a 4.32 goals-against average and an .859 save percentage. Reading's next game is Friday night at Kalamazoo.

mdivver@projo.com