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Head Coach Dan Bylsma reported after the game Sunday night that they will be without superstar forward Evgeni Malkin for the next 1-2 weeks with an upper-body injury.
After Malkin was unable to finish Saturday’s game against Toronto because of a James van Riemsdyk check, he was seen on the bench shrugging his right shoulder around, adding speculation that the two could be related.
Malkin sat out yesterdays game due to the injury and Bylsma is not calling it a concussion.
“There is not a concern. Just an upper-body injury.”
Malkin suffered a concussion in a game against the Florida Panthers February 22nd, which caused him to miss the next four contests for Pittsburgh.
On the season, Malkin has 24 points (5G, 19A) and he is currently skating to a peculiar minus-1.
Stay tuned for more updates throughout the week on Malkin’s status.
Johnny Feulner is a recent journalism graduate of St. Johns University and an avid Pens fan. While serving as editor for Pens Labyrinth, he's here to talk anything and everything Pittsburgh hockey.
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