Legendary Boston University hockey coach Jack Parker will announce his retirement Monday, ESPN reported Sunday.

Parker, who has coached the Terriers for 40 seasons, will turn 68 on Monday.

Parker has won three national championships and led BU to 24 NCAA hockey tournament berths, the most by any coach. His 894 career victories are the most by a coach with one school, and third most all-time, trailing current Boston College coach Jerry York and former Michigan State coach Ron Mason. Parker has also guided BU to seven Hockey East titles and 21 Beanpot championships.

Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin will not play Sunday night against the New York Islanders, the team announced.

After absorbing a hit from Toronto forward James van Riemsdyk in the final period, Malkin took one shift before sitting out the rest of the period and the five-minute overtime. He did not take part in the shootout.

Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma termed Malkin's injury of the upper-body variety, but it reportedly is not concussion-related. Malkin missed four games with a concussion from Feb. 22-March 3. He was injured then after crashing into the end boards in a game against the Florida Panthers.

Before he was injured, Malkin assisted on Paul Martin's first-period goal, giving him 24 points in 21 games.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have traded forward Tomas Kubalik to the Winnipeg Jets in exchange for forward Spencer Machacek.

Kubalik, a fifth-round pick by the Blue Jackets in the 2008 NHL Draft, has a goal and four points in 12 career National Hockey League games for Columbus over parts of the past two seasons.

Machacek, a third-round pick in 2007 by Atlanta, has two goals and nine points in 25 career NHL games for the Thrashers and Jets.

Dallas Stars center Jamie Benn left the Stars' game against the Phoenix Coyotes late in the third period Saturday after a high hit from Coyotes center Martin Hanzal.

As Benn carried the puck into the zone off the rush with just over a minute remaining, Hanzal started to line him up for a hit. Benn let go a shot, and Hanzal came in an instant later with a high hit. Benn lay on the ice for a few seconds before woozily skating off toward the dressing room.

As the NHL rookie pool continues to impress throughout the season, it's easy to see why naming a winner for the Calder Trophy won't be easy.

The player appearing to be the favorite three weeks ago may very well be knocked from his perch at a moment's notice, as different first-year players begin familiarizing themselves with game plans and linemates.

At the halfway point in the season, NHL.com believes Florida Panthers forward Jonathan Huberdeau is the frontrunner to win the award. At the quarter pole, St. Louis Blues right wing Vladimir Tarasenko, who has since been placed on injured reserve after suffering a concussion Feb. 20, was considered the favorite.

It wasn't that Rick Nash wasn't off to a sensational start with the New York Rangers; it was that he couldn't finish.

When Nash arrived via trade from the Columbus Blue Jackets in the summer, he was touted as the missing piece, the elite scorer that was sorely lacking from a Rangers club that saw its offense vanish during the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs. But through seven games this season, Nash had one goal, and it wasn't exactly a difference-making goal either.

Nash's first goal for the Rangers came in his second game, a shorthanded mini-breakaway beauty. But all it did was turn a 5-2 deficit into a 5-3 hole with 5:15 remaining in a game the Rangers would lose 6-3.

Nash's second goal was far more impactful. It broke a 1-1 tie in the third period against the Tampa Bay Lightning and would've been the game-winner if not for a goal by Steven Stamkos in the final seconds of the Rangers' 3-2 win.

Pittsburgh Penguins star Evgeni Malkin left in the third period of a 5-4 overtime win against the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday night after sustaining an upper-body injury.

Evgeni Malkin

Center - PIT

GOALS: 5 | ASST: 19 | PTS: 24
SOG: 70 | +/-: -1

After absorbing a hit from Toronto forward James van Riemsdyk in the final period, Malkin took one shift before sitting out the rest of the period and the five-minute overtime. He did not take part in the shootout.

"He wasn't sitting out because of his play," coach Dan Bylsma said. "Just an upper-body injury. Just kept him out the rest of the game there and overtime and shootout."

Asked if there was a prognosis, Bylsma replied, "Don't have one (right now). He'll certainly be re-evaluated. In the game, it was more precautionary than anything at that point in time."

Before he was injured, Malkin assisted on Paul Martin's first-period goal, giving him 24 points in 21 games.

NASHVILLE – One day after losing one of their top offensive forwards to injury, the Nashville Predators might have lost another on Saturday when Colin Wilson left the game at 1:48 of the second period and did not return.

Colin Wilson

Center - NSH

GOALS: 7 | ASST: 12 | PTS: 19
SOG: 26 | +/-: 1

Wilson, who leads Nashville with seven goals, was hit from behind by Minnesota’s Justin Falk and fell awkwardly into the boards behind the Wild’s net. He required assistance getting off the ice and it was announced that he would not return with an upper-body injury.

The Predators, the lowest-scoring team in the National Hockey League, can ill afford to lose such players. On Friday, Patric Hornqvist, who has led the team in goals in two of the three previous seasons, injured his shoulder, also after being hit from behind and crashing awkwardly into the boards in the same area of Bridgestone Arena.

NASHVILLE – The Minnesota Wild arrived here early enough on Friday to get in a practice at Bridgestone Arena. That meant for defenseman Ryan Suter, who left the Predators in July as a free agent to sign with Minnesota, it was his first opportunity to step on the ice that he called home for his first seven seasons in the NHL.

Suter, a cool customer on and off the ice, said the experience made him more nervous than he thought it would.

On Saturday, he prepared to play his first game against his former team in his former city and the strange feelings abounded. For example, at a team dinner on Friday, his former neighbor coincidentally happened to be at the same restaurant and came over to Suter and tapped him on the back to say hello.

Suter said he has plenty of great memories from his playing days in Nashville, which included advancing to the second round of the Stanley Cup Playoffs in each of the last two seasons along with earning his first All-Star Game appearance last season. Also, in 2003 the NHL Draft was held in Nashville when the Predators took Suter seventh overall and a banner still commemorates the occasion.

That's right; 50 percent of the season had already passed, yet Joel Quenneville's club had a grand total of zero regulation losses.

That all changed Friday night in game No. 25 when the Blackhawks dropped a decision to the Colorado Avalanche, but that should not take away from the team's accomplishments.