1. Tanev week-to-week
Head coach Mike Sullivan said Brandon Tanev will be week-to-week with an upper-body injury, confirming that it occurred during Saturday's 7-5 setback to Boston.
Tanev left briefly during the first period of that contest, but returned to finish out the frame and subsequent remainder of the game. It's another tough break for the tough winger, who had returned to the lineup for the Bruins series after missing six games with an upper-body injury.
Defenseman Juuso Riikola, who has been on Pittsburgh's active roster and practicing with the team, did not skate with them today as Mark Friedman (upper-body, 16 games missed) joined the group. Neither did forward Anthony Angello, who was re-assigned to the taxi squad on Saturday. Forward Frederick Gaudreau, who was also re-assigned to the taxi squad on Saturday, did take part in the session. So did forward Radim Zohorna, who was re-assigned to the taxi squad this morning.
Sullivan also said that forwards Evgeni Malkin (lower-body, nine games missed) and Kasperi Kapanen (lower-body, five games missed) are still progressing with their rehab off the ice and did not skate today.
2. Jarry feeling "100 percent"; Blueger making steady progress
In some positive injury news, goaltender Tristan Jarry and center Teddy Blueger were full participants in the practice.
Jarry said he feels "back to 100%" after leaving Pittsburgh's 2-1 win over the New York Islanders following the first period on March 29 with an upper-body injury. He did not dress for Pittsburgh's next two games against Boston, with Maxime Lagace backing up Casey DeSmith, but returned to practice on Saturday.
"I feel really good out there," he said. "I think it was a good couple days of practice and being able to work with (goalie coach Mike Buckley) and the coaching staff and just get ahead on things. I think it'll translate into my game."
Jarry said exiting the game was more for precautionary reasons than anything.
"(The medical and training staff) didn't want it to get any worse, and I think it was just the right time and the right moment to do it," he said. "So it was just something that the staff decided and I was okay with it."