The captain of Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney Crosby, will miss his second game in a row on Saturday. Coach Mike Sullivan told reporters in Philadelphia in front of Puck Drop against the Flyers in the Wells Fargo Center.
Crosby was excluded from the Friday competition and ended a series of 229 games in successive games at the New York Rangers and continues to maintain a suspected injury to the left arm.
According to Josh Getzoff from Sportsnet Pittsburgh, Sullivan stated that the 37-year-old Crosby, who took part in the Penguins skate on Friday in the morning, felt better, but stayed every day.
Saturday represents the last game of the Penguins a two -week break for the face of the 4 nations, in which Crosby is supposed to act as the captain of Team Canada.
Crosby's absence forced the penguins to change their top line against New York on Friday against New York, with Rickard Rakell stood as the center and skating with Bryan Rust and Anthony Beauvillier as winger.
More tinkering will be required on this group, since Saturday also brought messages that rust was led into the injured reserve with an illness that had not been described in more detail.
He joins Evgeni Malkin, also in the injured reserve, which was held from week to week and last played on January 25th.
As a result, the Penguine Vasily Ponomarev von Wilkes-Barre/Scranton from the American Hockey League called.
Emil Bemstrom, Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's leading goal scorer, was remembered on Friday to promote the depths, and celebrated his penguins saiso debut and skated for 12 minutes, 40 seconds with a shot as a left wing on Kevin Hayes' third line .
The penguins will be without striker Boko Imama on Saturday, which Sullivan excluded due to an injury.
Imama, who performed in six games for the Penguins this season and was usually used in the fourth line, left the game on Friday in the first period and did not return.
Justin Guerriero is a triple reporter who covers the penguins, pirates and college sports. He comes from Pittsburgh and is a graduate of the Central Catholic and University of Colorado. In 2022 he kicked the trib after covering the Colorado Buffaloes for rivals and freelance for the Denver Post. It can be reached at jguerriero@triblive.com.