Crosby, Malkin, Levshunov Injury Updates

0:00On March 29th, Sydney Crosby is heading to New York for the Penguin's Clash with the Islanders on Monday at 7 p.m. Eastern Time. The 38-year-old star got full contact in practice Sunday after sitting out Saturday's lost to Dallas with a lower body tweak. He's still day-to-day, but Coach Damm U says they'll figure out his status soon. Pittsburgh sits third in the Metro Division, just one point behind the aisles in a tight race. Jenny Maulkin joined Crosby in contact drills for the first time since missing three games with an upper body issue. The 39-year-old is also day-to-day, and it's unclear if he'll make the trip. Brian Rust and Noel Ackery took maintenance days, but are traveling, too. Every game counts this late in the stretch. Over in Chicago, rookie defenseman, Aoteom Lev Shunov is out with a small fracture in his left hand. He got hurt in Tuesday's win over the Islanders, and new scans confirmed it. He'll miss Sunday's game against New Jersey at 7 p.m. Eastern Time.

1:00Lev Shunov has 24 points in 68 games this year. Dallas stars forwards, Roup Hints and Ratic Faksa are eyeing returns before the regular season wraps, April 15th. Hints misses his 12 straight Sunday in Philly, skating against Saturday. Faksa, out since early February, was back on the ice Sunday. Sam Steele's dealing with something undisclosed and heads home for at least a week. Meanwhile, Nikita Kutcherov sat out Tava Bay's win over Ottawa with an illness, but he still leads the league in points, second only to Connor. McDavid, these injury battles could shake up the playoff push as teens grind toward the finish line. That's the story for today, NHL News Today, driven by AI.