Penguins forward Filip Hallander will be sidelined for at least the next three months after it was discovered this week that the 25-year-old has a blood clot in his leg.

Pittsburgh coach Dan Muse said there is no long-term concern about his health.

“This isn’t something that you’re looking at as life-threatening,” Muse said Friday.

Still, it is a tough blow for Hallander, who was trying to establish himself as a regular for the Penguins after taking a circuitous route to the NHL the past few years.

“I feel awful,” Muse said after practice. “Filip was off to a really good start here.”

Hallander had finally earned extended run here seven years after being drafted.

Jim Rutherford was managing the Penguins when they drafted Hallander in the second round in 2018. Two years later, Rutherfo

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