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Cleanout day updates: Dumoulin had MCL tear; surgery possible for Zucker

Brian Dumoulin said that the injury that kept him out of the final six games of the Penguins' playoff run was a grade 3 tear of his MCL.

Dumoulin, speaking with reporters during the Penguins' locker room cleanout day on Tuesday, said that he suffered the injury in Game 1 when he crashed into the Penguins' net when he collided with Filip Chytil on the Rangers' goal that was disallowed for goaltender interference:

Dumoulin said that his knee hit the post on the play, causing it to hyperextend, though he didn't feel the pain in the moment.