(File Photo: Source for Photo: Pittsburgh Penguins’ Evgeni Malkin (71) skates during the first period of an NHL hockey game against the Buffalo Sabres in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 5, 2026. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Noah Haswell, Beaver County Radio News

(Pittsburgh, PA) The Pittsburgh Penguins announced today that center Evgeni Malkin is out with a day-to-day injury after he suffered one to his upper-body. He will not play in tonight’s game when the Penguins take on the Colorado Avalanche at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins also made another announcement today that even though Malkin is injured, forward Ville Koivunen has been recalled from their AHL affiliate, the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins.