An ominous update from the Penguins came out just before their scheduled practice at noon today. Kris Letang and Evgeni Malkin won’t be among them.
Malkin’s status has been shaky for a while, he returned from a month-long shoulder injury on January 8th but looked in pain after Sunday’s game. He didn’t miss a practice this week and played last night but doesn’t look like he’s out of the woods with that issue for the team holding him out of at least today’s practice. Malkin recorded an assist an played 16:58 in last night’s 6-2 win over Chicago.
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Letang has also had recent injury history, missing two games last week before returning to play in the last two games, including 21:15 during last night’s win over Chicago.
The team promised an update tomorrow, which will be the next game at home against the Rangers. The Penguins are on a five-game winning streak and have a heavy upcoming schedule with additional games next Monday, Tuesday and Thursday before the Olympic break starts. Whether or not some of their key veterans will be available to play in those games has yet to be revealed.