Evgeni Malkin will not be in the lineup tonight when the Pittsburgh Penguins face the Ottawa Senators.
The veteran Penguins center will miss his second straight game with an upper-body injury after head coach Dan Muse said that Malkin wouldn’t be traveling with the team to face Ottawa.
Malkin missed the Penguins’ game earlier this week against the Colorado Avalanche and it remains unclear how long he might be sidelined.
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The injury was considered ‘day-to-day’ earlier in the week and the specific nature of his injury hasn’t been divulged by the team.
Malkin returned to the lineup earlier this month, scoring two goals and three assists in four games after being suspended for five games for slashing Rasmus Dahlin during a game against the Buffalo Sabres.
The Penguins will take the ice tonight in Ottawa with playoff implications at stake.
Heading into tonight’s game, the Penguins sit third in the Metropolitan Division with 86 points and the Senators sit in the Eastern Conference’s second wild card spot with 85 points.
