Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jared McCann will be sidelined on a week-to-week basis, coach Mike Sullivan said.
He has not been on the ice with his team since suffering an undisclosed injury during Saturday’s 4-3 road loss to the New York Islanders.
Primarily used as a left winger on the third line, McCann has appeared in 11 games this season and has five points (two goals, three assists).
Notes:
• Forward Evgeni Malkin departed practice because of an eye irritation approximately 20 minutes into the team’s session Wednesday in Cranberry.
According to Sullivan, Malkin was pulled from practice as a precaution.
In 11 games this season, Malkin has six points (two goals, four assists).
• Defenseman Marcus Pettersson participated in practice while wearing a gray “no-contact” jersey. He has been sidelined since suffering an undisclosed injury during the second period of a 5-4 overtime home win against the Washington Capitals on Jan. 19.
Currently on injured reserve, Pettersson has appeared in four games this season and has one goal.
Without Malkin and McCann, the Penguins’ lines and pairings in practice were:
59 Jake Guentzel – 87 Sidney Crosby – 17 Bryan Rust
16 Jason Zucker – 18 Sam Lafferty – 42 Kasperi Kapanen
12 Zach Aston-Reese – 53 Teddy Blueger – 13 Brandon Tanev
10 Drew O’Connor – 14 Mark Jankowski – 7 Colton Sceviour
73 P.O Joseph – 58 Kris Letang
5 Mike Matheson – 6 John Marino
2 Chad Ruhwedel – 4 Cody Ceci
27 Kevin Czuczman – 3 Yannick Weber
The top power-play group included Crosby, Guentzel, Kapanen, Letang and Rust. The second power-play unit involved Joseph, Marino, Matheson, O’Connor and Zucker.
