"It is unrelated to his prior injury," Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said Tuesday after the morning skate before playing the New Jersey Devils at Prudential Center (7 p.m. ET; MSG+, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV).
The forward returned to the lineup March 5 after missing nearly four months with a core muscle injury that required surgery. He played three games in four days and played 6:02 in a 6-2 loss to the Carolina Hurricanes on Sunday.
Bjugstad has one goal and one assist in 13 games for the Penguins (39-23-6), who were third in the Metropolitan Division, five points behind the second-place Philadelphia Flyers and three ahead of the Columbus Blue Jackets, who held the first wild card into the Stanley Cup Playoffs from the Eastern Conference.
