Pittsburgh Penguins Head Coach Mike Sullivan announced after practice on Monday that defenseman Marcus Pettersson will be week-to-week with a lower-body injury. The blueliner left late in the first period of Saturday’s game in Ottawa and did not return after going awkwardly into the boards.

The Penguins’ mini-renaissance of going 6-2-1 in their last nine games could be experiencing a stress test without a viable solution as a result of the injury suffered on Saturday night by Marcus Pettersson.

Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson will be sidelined on a “week-to-week” basis due to an undisclosed injury. Coach Mike Sullivan announced Pettersson’s status following a practice session in Cranberry on Monday.

The Penguins lost 3-2 in overtime against the Senators on Saturday and may have lost Pettersson to injury for a while.

The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without steady Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Marcus Pettersson for some time. Coach Mike Sullivan said Monday that Pettersson is out on a week-to-week basis because of a lower-body injury.

Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan announced that defenseman Marcus Pettersson will be out week-to-week with a lower-body injury. Pettersson left Saturday’s overtime loss to the Ottawa Senators favoring his left leg after a hit into the boards.

He left the team’s Saturday loss to Ottawa late in the first period after a collision with Senators forward Drake Batherson sent him awkwardly into the boards.

With the Penguins now down a top-four defenseman, there are a few d-men most likely to get the call from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton