Rust, Schultz, Hornqvist out for Penguins for Game 3 vs Sens

Posted May 17, 2017 7:00 am

The Associated Press

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will be without forwards Bryan Rust and Patric Hornqvist and defenseman Justin Schultz for Game 3 of the Eastern Conference finals in Ottawa on Wednesday night.

Coach Mike Sullivan says all three have upper-body injuries and won't play against the Senators until at least Game 4.

Hornqvist was scratched before Pittsburgh's 1-0 Game 2 victory on Monday. Rust left just five minutes into the game after a check by Ottawa's Dion Phaneuf. Schultz followed him out five minutes later after sliding awkwardly into the end boards. All three skated early Wednesday.

Schultz had helped run the power play and his absence likely means veteran Mark Streit will see his first minutes of the playoffs. Sullivan said Streit and fellow defenseman Trevor Daley (lower-body injury) would be game-time decisions in the series tied 1-1.

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Pittsburgh Penguins' Justin Schultz skates slowly back to his bench after injuring himself sliding into the boards during the first period of Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final against the Ottawa Senators in the NHL Stanley Cup hockey playoffs in Pittsburgh, Tuesday, May 16, 2017. Schultz did not return to the game. The Penguins won 1-0. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar) The Associated Press

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