Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jack St. Ivany will be sidelined for at least two months after undergoing surgery to address an unspecified left hand injury.
The team announced his status on Tuesday afternoon.
St. Ivany was injured during a 3-2 road win against the Vancouver Canucks on Sunday. He did not record a shift beyond the 8:11 mark of the first period.
In 17 games this season, the right-handed St. Ivany has recorded a career-high seven points (all assists) while averaging 15:39 of ice time.
A suspected right foot injury suffered during a preseason game sidelined St. Ivany for the first 28 games of the regular season.
Notes:
• The Penguins’ lines and pairings during a practice session in Cranberry were:
67 Rickard Rakell - 87 Sidney Crosby - 17 Bryan Rust
59 Egor Chinakhov - 18 Tommy Novak - 71 Evgeni Malkin
39 Anthony Mantha - 81 Ben Kindel - 16 Justin Brazeau
19 Connor Dewar - 46 Blake Lizotte - 55 Noel Acciari
28 Parker Wotherspoon - 65 Erik Karlsson
77 Brett Kulak - 58 Kris Letang
7 Ilya Solovyov - 5 Ryan Shea
13 Kevin Hayes - 75 Connor Clifton
• The top power-play unit included Crosby, Karlsson, Malkin, Rakell and Rust. The second power-play unit included Brazeau, Chinakhov, Kindel, Letang and Mantha.
With Rust facing a three-game suspension, Chinakhov alternated with him on the top power-play unit while Novak alternated with Chinakhov on the second unit.
