The Penguins have downgraded ahead Kevin Hayes to week-to-week along with his upper-body harm, head coach Mike Sullivan advised reporters (together with Matt Vensel of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette). Sullivan additionally confirmed that Cody Glass had been recognized with a concussion after touchdown on injured reserve on Friday.
Hayes has already missed two video games along with his upper-body harm, which he sustained final Tuesday towards the Islanders, though it’s unclear which play. If the Pens must open a roster spot, he could be positioned on injured reserve retroactive to Nov. 5, whereas a week-to-week designation beginning in the present day means he’ll seemingly miss not less than Pittsburgh’s subsequent 4 video games.
The Penguins acquired the 32-year-old Hayes from the Blues in June, additionally touchdown a 2025 second-round decide to tackle the ultimate two years of the declining veteran’s contract, of which the Flyers are already retaining half. He’s made 14 appearances for the Penguins this season, notching three objectives and an help whereas averaging a career-low 9:27 per sport.
In the meantime, a concussion signifies a longer-term absence for Glass than the minimal seven days required for an IR placement. Like Hayes, it’s unclear precisely what play Glass sustained the concussion throughout his final look, a 5-1 loss to the Hurricanes on Thursday. He performed a season-low 4:47 and didn’t take a shift after the primary interval.
Like Hayes, Glass had made 14 appearances for Pittsburgh earlier than the harm, recording 4 assists and a -7 ranking whereas averaging 11:48 per sport. It’s the 25-year-old’s first season with the Pens, who acquired him in an August commerce with the Predators.
Chosen sixth general by the Golden Knights within the 2017 draft, Glass has been deployed peculiarly in a extra shutdown position with Pittsburgh, making a career-high 69% of his zone begins within the defensive finish at even energy. He’s responded fairly effectively, controlling 58.7% of shot makes an attempt and 58.3% of anticipated objectives, even when he hasn’t damaged out but offensively.
