The injury news that probably should have been expected — Justin Schultz will be out week-to-week.
After a collision on Tuesday night, it looked like Schultz’s knee buckled or hyper-extended or whatever you want to call it, but clearly it wasn’t a good thing. Schultz will join fellow top-four defender Brian Dumoulin on the shelf for a long time.
In a sense though, this Schultz injury is one the Penguins can overcome due to John Marino’s emergence. Kris Letang + Marino takes care of the top-two right shots and Chad Ruhwedel can be used for the third pair.