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The Pittsburgh Penguins’ playoff push simply bought a little bit more durable. On Saturday, head coach Mike Sullivan introduced that ahead Nick Bonino is week-to-week with a lacerated kidney.
Bonino, who the Penguins acquired from the San Jose Sharks forward of the commerce deadline, suffered the damage in Thursday night time’s loss to the New York Islanders. That was simply Bonino’s third sport since returning to Pittsburgh.
Sullivan stated Bonino has began the restoration course of and can stay a powerful presence within the locker room.
“It’s onerous,” Sullivan stated. “We have been excited for him to be right here. He’s an important man and participant – an important voice within the locker room. He will proceed to be that for us. The prognosis is encouraging and he is on the mend.”
In his first stint with the Penguins from 2015 to 2017, Bonino was an enormous a part of the Penguins’ back-to-back Stanley Cup championships. He performed a mixed 45 video games in these two postseason runs and scored eight targets whereas including 17 assists.
In his first three video games after rejoining the Penguins, Bonino did not discover the scoresheet, however he tallied 10 targets and 9 assists in 59 video games with the Sharks this season.
Bonino’s damage is unhealthy information for a Penguins group that’s attempting to carry onto the second wild card spot within the Eastern Conference playoff race. The Florida Panthers and Ottawa Senators are each inside 4 factors of Pittsburgh within the standings.
