Tonight the Penguins will play the rival Philadelphia Flyers. It appears that it will be the sixth game in a row that the Penguins will be without the services of Evgeni Malkin. We still don't know what the injury is keeping Malkin out of action. We are left to assume it resulted from his head first blocked shot against the Calgary Flames.
Malkin played in full against the Philadelphia Flyers before missing these six games in a row. This is the latest example of a Penguins player finishing a game and missing extended time. Add it to the other examples I documented earlier this season
Conor Sheary injury part of a concerning trend https://t.co/3mOk93gRKT
— Ryan Wilson (@GunnerStaal) February 2, 2017
Here are the Malkin-less lines
Penguins forwards:
— Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) March 26, 2017
Sheary-Crosby-Rust
Cullen-Rowney-Kessel
Kunitz-Bonino-Hornqvist
Kuhnhackl-Sundqvist-Wilson
*** Cullen and Rowney rotated
Some of the Penguins other injured players were in action before the morning skate
Letang, Daley, Guentzel, Maatta and Hainsey all working out on the ice at PPG Paints Arena. pic.twitter.com/oLQk4ODNsS
— Dave Molinari (@MolinariPG) March 26, 2017
Sidney Crosby didn't say much about Ottawa's bumbling owner, but it was enough
Crosby declines to address the Melnyk stuff. "That guy likes to hear himself talk." ... "That's four days ago guys."
— Jason Mackey (@JMackeyPG) March 26, 2017
Jake Guentzel is making some progress from his concussion. He wouldn't be skating if he had symptoms
Pittsburgh is currently tied with the Columbus Blue Jackets in the standings with 103 points each. Columbus holds the tie breaker so if Pittsburgh doesn't continue to scrape together some points they will not have home ice advantage for round one of the playoffs.
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