Malkin, Hagelin day to day for Penguins entering second round

CRANBERRY, Pa. -- Evgeni Malkin and Carl Hagelin did not practice with the Pittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday and each is day to day, Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said after Pittsburgh's first skate since advancing to the Eastern Conference Second Round against the Washington Capitals.

A lower-body injury held Malkin, the Penguins' second-line center, out of their 8-5 win against the Philadelphia Flyers on Sunday in Game 6 of the Eastern Conference First Round, a best-of-7 series Pittsburgh won in six games. He had five points (three goals, two assists) in five games.
"You can't lose a guy like that. You can't replace it," third-line center Derick Brassard said. "As a group, we're going to have to step up the way we did in Philadelphia]."
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Hagelin, the second-line left wing, also missed practice; he sustained an upper-body injury when taking a hit from Flyers forward Claude Giroux at 9:31 of the second period Sunday.
Washington advanced to the second round with a 6-3 win at the Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday to win its first-round series in six games.
Game 1 is at Washington on Thursday (7 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, SN, TVAS).
The Penguins did not have line rushes Tuesday. They used forwards Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel, Patric Hornqvist and Jake Guentzel with defenseman Justin Schultz on the top power-play unit without Malkin.
On Sunday, Sullivan moved center Riley Sheahan from the fourth line to the second, between Hagelin and Kessel.
"It's playoff time. So we have a lot of guys who are ready to step into different roles," Sheahan said. "The depth of our lineup is important for us. … We just have to move on and get ready for this series."

Brassard remained at third-line center with left wing Conor Sheary and right wing Bryan Rust.
"It's not what we wanted, losing those two guys," Brassard said. "Losing a guy that scored almost 100 points this year and 40 goals, you can't really replace that, the way [Malkin] plays and everything. But as a group, we're all going to have to step up and play some big minutes, and try to play different roles."
Malkin, who led the Penguins with 42 goals and 98 points this season, temporarily left Game 5 of the first round after colliding with Flyers forward Jori Lehtera at 16:25 of the first period, resulting in Lehtera falling on Malkin's left leg. Malkin returned for the start of the second period and played 20:22 in a 4-2 loss.
In four regular-season games against the Capitals, Malkin had six points (two goals, four assists). He had seven points (three goals, four assists) in seven games during the second round against Washington in the 2017 Stanley Cup Playoffs.
Hagelin, a main component on the penalty kill, had three points (one goal, two assists) in six games against Philadelphia. Without Hagelin, Sheahan said Pittsburgh's penalty killers remain confident because they practice against the NHL's top power play from the regular season (26.2 percent).
"It's always a challenge when we do penalty kill in practice against these guys," Sheahan said. "It's a lot of fun and definitely helps you. You work on some things and you're kind of ready for anything because these guys are so skilled with the puck. So hopefully that'll translate and help us out."