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Evgeni Malkin And Carl Hagelin Out For Game 1

04/25/2018 at 1:26pm EDT

from Wes Crosby at NHL.com,

Evgeni Malkin and Carl Hagelin will not play for the Pittsburgh Penguins against the Washington Capitals in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference Second Round at Capital One Arena on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS), coach Mike Sullivan said Wednesday.

Malkin and Hagelin missed practice Tuesday and Wednesday, but skated before the Wednesday practice. Malkin sustained a lower-body injury in Game 5 of the first round against the Philadelphia Flyers; Hagelin sustained an upper-body injury in Game 6.

Sullivan said Malkin will travel with the Penguins to Washington. Hagelin will not.

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