Pittsburgh Penguins center Evgeni Malkin was placed on injured reserve Tuesday with an upper-body injury.

Malkin, 39, did not play in Sunday's 3-2 shootout loss to the Dallas Stars after recording two goals and an assist in Pittsburgh's 4-3 win over the Tampa Bay Lightning on Thursday.

Penguins head coach Dan Muse initially said Malkin was day-to-day with the injury. He is now considered week-to-week.

Also headed to IR with an upper-body injury is forward Blake Lizotte. It's unclear when Lizotte suffered the injury.

Lizotte had an assist, two hits and two blocks in 13:59 minutes of ice time against the Stars on Sunday.

In corresponding moves, the Penguins recalled forwards Danton Heinen and Sam Poulin from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL.

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