Already without Evgeni Malkin, Pittsburgh's road to home-ice advantage in the first round of the playoffs just became even tougher.

Penguins goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury has suffered a concussion and will not be available for Saturday's game against the New York Islanders, the team announced.

There is no timetable for his return, according to Dave Molinari of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. An update on his condition is expected Monday.

"Marc wasn't feeling well when he came to the rink (Friday) and we sent him to see our doctors," said head coach Mike Sullivan. "He was diagnosed with a concussion (Friday) afternoon, so he's not with us right now."

The 31-year-old most recently played in Thursday's 5-2 win over the Nashville Predators. It's the second concussion of the season for the netminder after he missed two weeks of action in December with another head injury. Since returning in the new year, he has been one of the league's top goaltenders.

Matt Murray will take the reins in net for the foreseeable future. The 21-year-old rookie has a 5-2-1 record in eight starts so far this season. Jeff Zatkoff will serve as his backup.

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Toronto Maple Leafs forward Milan Michalek will miss the remainder of the season due to a knee injury, the team announced Saturday.

The 31-year-old was injured during Thursday's loss to the Buffalo Sabres. He appeared in 13 games with the Maple Leafs after being traded by the Ottawa Senators in February, recording one goal and five assists.

In a corresponding move, Frederik Gauthier was recalled from the AHL's Toronto Marlies on an emergency basis.

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The Florida Panthers announced their nominee for the Bill Masterton Memorial Trophy on Friday, and many would agree with goaltender Roberto Luongo about the selection of the player "who best exemplifies the qualities of perseverance, sportsmanship, and dedication to hockey."

"It can only be Jaromir Jagr, right?" Luongo said, according to George Richards of the Miami Herald. "I mean, if there's one person who is dedicated to the game, it's him. He's on it 24/7. You have to if you're going to do what he does at that age."

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Despite being the oldest player in the NHL, Jagr is leading the Panthers in scoring with 61 points as his team sits first in the Atlantic Division. The 44-year-old credits his success to simply enjoying what he does everyday.

"You have to love the game if you're going to play at a high level," said Jagr. "Sometimes if you love (the game) and sacrifice everything for it, the worst thing is not seeing any results for whatever reason.

"This year, even when I was traded here last year, I've been able to play with really good players. That's made my motivation even higher. The better you feel, the better you play."

Jagr has repeatedly stated he does not want to retire, and Panthers co-owner Doug Cifu has stated he wants to have him back, but the pending free agent says he will not discuss his contract situation until season's end.

The local chapter of the Professional Hockey Writers' association nominates a candidate from each team for the Masterton.

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After a 31-goal, 73-point campaign last season earned Nick Foligno the captaincy with the Columbus Blue Jackets last May, his first campaign with the 'C' has been a huge disappointment, recording just nine goals and 25 assists in 67 games.

But despite the fact head coach John Tortorella has publicly criticized his play, don't expect the letter to be stripped from Foligno's jersey.

"Nick is our captain," Tortorella said, according to Aaron Portzline of the Columbus Dispatch. "There's been zero discussion of (changing captains)."

While acknowledging that Foligno's had a "bad year" and "needs to get himself straightened up," the Blue Jackets coach says there needs to be a change in leadership throughout the team, whether a player wears a letter or not.

Foligno, meanwhile, appears to have a strong relationship with the new bench boss, telling Portzline they have discussed his role as captain at length.

"Torts has been great," Foligno said. "He's talked to me a lot and helped me through it. He understands it's my first crack at it, and it's going to get better. He knows my heart is in the right place. We're going to do it together."

The 28-year-old Buffalo, N.Y. native is the sixth captain in Blue Jackets history.

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More reason to believe that this iteration of the Washington Capitals is the best ever.

Washington became just the 10th team in NHL history to accumulate 55 wins in a season, triumphing 4-2 over the Colorado Avalanche on Friday night.

With five games left on the schedule, which in addition to giving Braden Holtby multiple opportunities to match and likely surpass Martin Brodeur for the single-season wins record (he sits one back with 47), the Capitals could ascend to as high as a tie for second in wins across an 82-game campaign.

The 1995-95 Detroit Red Wings hold the record at 62 wins, while the 1976-77 Montreal Canadiens hold down the second spot with 60. The 2009-10 Capitals, which piled up 121 points, won 54 games.

Washington will have another opportunity to dive deeper into the record books Saturday in Arizona.

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