The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without superstar forward Evgeni Malkin in Game 6 against the Philadelphia Flyers due to an undisclosed injury, the team announced.
Malkin appeared to injure his leg in the first period of Game 5 as he got tangled up with Jori Lehtera and went down awkwardly. He did play the rest of the game, however.
The good news for the Penguins is that Patric Hornqvist returns to the lineup after missing the past two games with an upper-body injury. He will play alongside Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel on the team's top line.
As for the rest of the lineup, Riley Sheahan will take Malkin's place between Carl Hagelin and Phil Kessel, while the third line of Conor Sheary, Derick Brassard, and Bryan Rust remains intact. Zach Aston-Reese, Carter Rowney, and Tom Kuhnhackl make up the fourth line.
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