Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin was placed on injured reserve Tuesday with an upper-body injury.
Malkin, 39, did not play in Sunday’s 3-2 shootout loss to the Dallas Stars after recording two goals and an assist in Pittsburgh’s 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.
Penguins head coach Dan Muse initially said Malkin was dealing with his injury on a daily basis. It is now considered week to week.
Forward Blake Lizotte will also go on IR with an upper-body injury. It is unclear when Lizotte was injured.
Lizotte had an assist, two hits and two blocks in 13:59 of ice time against the Stars on Sunday.
In corresponding moves, the Penguins recalled forwards Danton Heinen and Sam Poulin from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton to the AHL.
The second overall pick in the 2004 NHL Draft, Malkin led the league in scoring (2008-09, 2011-12) and won the Hart Trophy as the league’s Most Valuable Player in 2012. He won three Stanley Cup championships with the Penguins (2009, 2016, 2017).
In 26 games this season, he is second on the team with 29 points (eight goals, 21 assists) and is plus-5. He has 1,375 points (522 goals, 853 assists) in 1,239 career games, all with the Penguins.
Lizotte has five points (three goals, two assists) in 27 games this season. He has 131 points (51 goals, 80 assists) in 406 games with the Los Angeles Kings (2018-24) and the Penguins.
–Field level media
