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Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin Positioned on IR After Decrease-Physique Harm vs. Kraken

Mike Chiari @@mikechiari Featured Columnist IV January 27, 2025 Steph Chambers/Getty Images The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Monday they placed star forward Evgeni Malkin on injured reserve with a lower-body injury. The Athletic’s Rob Rossi reported Malkin is expected to miss a few weeks. “If that early word holds up—and to be clear, with all knee

Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin Positioned on IR After Decrease-Physique Harm vs. Kraken

Mike Chiari@@mikechiariX.com LogoFeatured Columnist IVJanuary 27, 2025

SEATTLE, WASHINGTON - JANUARY 25: Evgeni Malkin #71 of the Pittsburgh Penguins looks on against the Seattle Kraken during the first period at Climate Pledge Arena on January 25, 2025 in Seattle, Washington. (Photo by Steph Chambers/Getty Images)

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The Pittsburgh Penguins announced Monday they positioned star ahead Evgeni Malkin on injured reserve with a lower-body damage.

The Athletic’s Rob Rossi reported Malkin is predicted to overlook a number of weeks.

“If that early phrase holds up—and to be clear, with all knee accidents, issues can change after the swelling goes down and docs get clearer photos—Malkin would in all probability not play once more till after the Penguins return from the break for the upcoming 4 Nations event subsequent month,” Rossi mentioned. “They’ve six video games earlier than that break begins.”

On this his nineteenth NHL season, the 38-year-old veteran has registered 9 targets and 25 assists in 47 appearances.

Ever since going No. 2 general to the Pens within the 2004 NHL draft, Malkin has been among the many greatest and most dynamic gamers within the league.

Malkin has three seasons with 40 or extra targets and three seasons with 100 or extra factors to his credit score, and few energetic NHL gamers are extra embellished than he’s when it comes to awards and accolades.

The Russian heart is a seven-time All-Star, plus he gained the 2007 Calder Trophy as NHL Rookie of the 12 months, the Artwork Ross Trophy because the NHL’s main scorer in each 2009 and 2012, and the Hart Memorial Trophy as NHL MVP in 2012.

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Malkin additionally helped lead the Penguins to a few Stanley Cup victories in 2009, 2016 and 2017, and he was named playoff MVP in 2009 because the winner of the Conn Smythe Trophy.

Previous to the 2020-21 season, Malkin had produced at a point-per-game or higher clip in 9 consecutive seasons. That included 74 factors in simply 55 video games in 2019-20.

Accidents restricted Malkin to simply 33 video games in 2020-21 and 41 video games in 2021-22, however he was productive when wholesome, recording 42 factors in these 41 contests.

Malkin bounced again to seem in all 82 video games in each the 2022-23 and 2023-24 campaigns, ending with 83 factors and 67 factors, respectively.

Regardless of his previous sturdiness points and the truth that he’s now not an elite level producer, Malkin remains to be of the utmost significance to the Penguins’ success, as evidenced by his greater than 1,300 profession factors, and he shall be missed now that he is again on the shelf.

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