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Report: Evgeni Malkin has soft tissue injury in leg, out at least a month

Coach Mike Sullivan was murky as ever with his injury update on Evgeni Malkin. Sullivan only deemed the injury as “longer term” which, for him, is the classification above “day-to-day”. However, more details and reports are beginning to emerge to help fill in the gaps of Sullivan’s typically vague updates.

Malkin suffered a soft tissue injury to his leg. Expected to be out at least a month.

— Darren Dreger (@DarrenDreger) October 7, 2019

We’re not doctors, but play one on the internet, so did a little research on just exactly what a “soft tissue injury” is.