Pittsburgh, PA (SportsNetwork.com) – Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss the All-Star game thanks to an undisclosed malady which kept him out of Wednesday’s contest.<\/p>\n
The team revealed that Malkin suffered a lower-body injury during Tuesday’s overtime loss in Philadelphia which caused him to briefly leave the contest before finishing the game.<\/p>\n
However, after testing the waters during warmups prior to a shootout loss against the Blackhawks, he decided to sit out.<\/p>\n
There is no timetable for his return.<\/p>\n
Malkin hit the break with 51 points (19G, 32A), good enough to tie Patrick Kane, Claude Giroux and teammate Sidney Crosby for third in overall scoring.<\/p>\n
Later on Thursday, the Penguins announced that Crosby will also be unable to play in Columbus this weekend due to a lower-body injury which is estimated to take one week to heal.<\/p>\n
Crosby and Malkin were previously forced to sit out the 2011 All-Star weekend. The former was recovering from a concussion suffered on a hit from ashington’s David Steckel and the latter was forced out of action due to a sinus infection.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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