Penguins’ Egor Chinakhov Sustains Injury At Practice

By Gabriel Foley | at October 17, 2026 8:52 am Pittsburgh Penguins winger Egor Chinakhov sat out of Friday night’s loss to the Colorado Avalanche with a lower-body injury sustained during practice. There is currently no timeline for his return per Josh Yohe of The Athletic. Ville Koivunen rose into a second-line role next to Thomas Novak and Evgeni Malkin in Chinakhov’s absence. Malkin scored the game’s opening goal with an assist from Koivunen. The trio were also on the ice for one goal against. Koivunen also earned reps on the power-play in Chinakhov’s absence, though Pittsburgh didn’t score on…