Malkin misses Game 6 with undisclosed injury

The Pittsburgh Penguins finished off the Philadelphia Flyers in six games without Evgeni Malkin, who missed Sunday's eventual series finale due to an undisclosed injury, the team announced.

Pittsburgh won the game 8-5 and the series 4-2.

Malkin appeared to injure his leg in the first period of Game 5 as he got tangled up with Jori Lehtera and went down awkwardly. He did play the rest of the game, however.

The good news for the Penguins is that Patric Hornqvist returned to the lineup after missing the past two games with an upper-body injury. He was on the top line alongside Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel, and the trio were a force, combining for six goals and five assists. Guentzel was on fire, scoring four times.

As for the rest of the lineup, Riley Sheahan took Malkin's place between Carl Hagelin and Phil Kessel, while the third line of Conor Sheary, Derick Brassard, and Bryan Rust remained intact. Zach Aston-Reese, Carter Rowney, and Tom Kuhnhackl made up the fourth line.

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