- Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review: Penguins Evgeni Malkin was injured 85 seconds into Saturday’s game. He returned for four more shifts, but didn’t come out for the second. Good news for them is that it may not be out for long.
“I don’t think it’s going to be long-term,” coach Mike Johnston said. “Lower-body. I don’t anticipate it will be long-term. But we’ll know more probably in the next couple days. With injuries, those types of things, they settle down after a couple days. You get a real good read on where it will be.”
Patric Hornqvist left yesterday’s game with an upper-injury and head coach Mike Johnston wasn’t initially encouraged.
“He left with an injury,” Johnston said. “We’ll find out (Monday). It looked bad when he came off the ice. I’ll get a report from the trainers.”
GIF: here is the hit on Malkin pic.twitter.com/nGwIsqNI41
— Steph (@myregularface) March 14, 2015
- Stephen Lorenzo: Rangers Martin St. Louis appeared to hurt his knee. Coach Alain Vigneault: “doesn’t seem to be serious, but we’ll know more tomorrow.”
- Wayne Scanlan: Senators Clarke MacArthur and Robin Lehner are not symptom free. MacArthur is further along than Lehner.
- Tom Gazzola: Oilers Taylor Hall skated before practice yesterday, taking shots on the goalies.
- Chip Alexander: Joni Pitkanen broke his heel two years ago and friend Jussi Jokinen was a little reluctant to talk about Pitkanen’s rehab efforts and the chances of him returning: “He’s still passionate about hockey and hopes he can come back. I’m hoping he can still come back.”
- Renaud Lavoie: Canadiens Torrey Mitchell didn’t practice yesterday. Not a surprise as he left Saturday’s game with his right arm in a splint.
- Chad Graff: Wild’s Nate Prosser suffered a lower-body injury over the weekend: coach Yeo: “I don’t think it’s extremely serious.”
- Mark Masters: Leafs coach Peter Horachek said that Peter Holland’s lower-body injury isn’t serious and they are hopeful that he’ll be able to play tonight against the Oilers.
- Sam Carchidi: Flyers Michael Del Zotto is a possibility for tomorrow.
Right. In. The. Dingleberries. https://t.co/N7Krc4SHma
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) March 16, 2015