Evgeni Malkin missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury on Thursday, and there's at least a little clarity now -- Malkin was wearing a brace on his left wrist/hand at PPG Paints Arena after the game.
Malkin has skated in a team setting twice now since missing that initial game against the Blue Jackets, and wears a regular full-contact jersey but hasn't taken any line rushes. Mike Sullivan on Thursday morning called Malkin a "game-time decision" vs. the Oilers, but Malkin proceeding to skate late with the scratches and then not take warmups at all suggests that he wasn't really a "game-time decision."
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Malkin's injury to hand/wrist
Evgeni Malkin missed his second straight game with an upper-body injury on Thursday, and there's at least a little clarity now -- Malkin was wearing a brace on his left wrist/hand at PPG Paints Arena after the game.
Malkin has skated in a team setting twice now since missing that initial game against the Blue Jackets, and wears a regular full-contact jersey but hasn't taken any line rushes. Mike Sullivan on Thursday morning called Malkin a "game-time decision" vs. the Oilers, but Malkin proceeding to skate late with the scratches and then not take warmups at all suggests that he wasn't really a "game-time decision."
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