Penguins Recall Hayes, Girard to IR

In the wake of Egor Chinakhov’s lingering lower-body injury and a sudden illness that’s afflicted Evgeni Malkin, the Penguins have summoned forward Avery Hayes from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton. In addition, defenseman Sam Girard, out since suffering an undisclosed injury against Vegas on January 17, has been placed on IR. While I can’t say I’m happy about the circumstances, I’m very pleased Hayes is joining the team and, by all indications, will be making his season debut tonight against the Predators

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