Penguins center Evgeni Malkin missed Tuesday's home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with an upper-body injury. The team announced before the game that Malkin is considered day-to-day. Malkin participated in Tuesday's morning skate,

Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin missed Tuesday’s home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with an upper-body injury.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin has been scratched for Tuesday’s game against the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena due to an undisclosed injury. Per one of the team’s social media accounts,

Evgeni Malkin is day to day with an upper-body injury and did not play in a 4-3 shootout loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets at PPG Paints Arena on Tuesday.

Pittsburgh Penguins superstar forwards Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin had been in the lineup for each of the team’s 164 games over the previous two seasons. And both campaigns ended with the Penguins failing to qualify for the postseason.

Pittsburgh Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin will miss Tuesday's game against the Columbus Blue Jackets and is day-to-day with an upper-body injury, the team announced.Malkin ranked third on the Penguins with 32 points (eight goals,

Kirill Marchenko and Kent Johnson scored in the shootout and the Blue Jackets rallied to beat the Penguins 4-3 on Tuesday night.

The 38-year-old isn’t having one of his better offensive seasons, but he remains a capable second-line center for Pittsburgh and the drop-off with him out of the lineup will be substantial.

PITTSBURGH (AP) — Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin missed Tuesday’s home game against the Columbus Blue Jackets with an upper-body injury. The team announced before the game that Malkin is considered day to day. Malkin participated in Tuesday’s morning skate, but not the pregame warmup.