Jake Guentzel is expected to be out four weeks for the Pittsburgh Penguins because of an upper-body injury.
The forward was injured during the third period of a 5-2 loss to the Florida Panthers on Wednesday. His final shift ended at 8:02 after he took a hit from Florida defenseman Niko Mikkola at 7:10.
Guentzel, who had an assist Wednesday, is tied with Sidney Crosby for the Penguins lead with 52 points (22 goals, 30 assists) in 50 games this season. He has 466 points (219 goals, 247 assists) in 503 regular-season games, all with Pittsburgh, and 58 points (34 goals, 24 assists) in 58 Stanley Cup Playoff games.
The Penguins recalled forwards Jonathan Gruden, Vinnie Hinostroza and Valtteri Puustinen from Wilkes-Barre Scranton of the American Hockey League.
Pittsburgh (23-20-7) is seventh in the Metropolitan Division, seven points behind the Detroit Red Wings for the second wild card into the playoffs from the Eastern Conference, entering its game at the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday (8:30 p.m. ET; SN-PIT, NBCSCH, SN360).
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