Evgeni Malkin will miss Thursday’s game at Boston and the NHL All-Star Game this weekend with a lower-body injury he sustained Tuesday in a 3-0 loss to the Blues, coach Mike Sullivan announced Wednesday after practice.
Malkin absorbed a hit in the corner from St. Louis defenseman Joel Edmundson. Afterward, he was wincing in pain and couldn’t put any weight on his left leg, although Sullivan did not specify when exactly Malkin was hurt.
Sullivan said Malkin will be re-evaluated after the break.
“We’ll probably have more information at that point,” Sullivan said.
Malkin did finish the game after the Edmundson hit.