"Just when the Pittsburgh Penguins' injury list seemingly couldn't grow any longer, add two more very prominent names: Jordan Staal and James Neal.

An already bad weekend for the Penguins became much worse Sunday when they learned that Staal, an elite two-way center enjoying the best season of his career, will be out for four to six weeks with a medial collateral ligament injury in his left knee. He is not expected to undergo surgery.

If that injury wasn't devastating enough to a slumping team that has lost four in a row, Neal will be out for what coach Dan Bylsma said will be "weeks" with a broken foot. Neal, fifth in the NHL with 21 goals, was struck in the foot by a Henrik Tallinder shot late in a 3-1 loss to New Jersey on Saturday night."