James Neal injury: Penguins forward placed on injured reserve

Neal is considered week-to-week and has no timetable for a return.

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Earlier on Tuesday a report surfaced from David Todd of 970 ESPN that Neal was injured during a wiffle ball game the Penguins were playing on ice before the start of the season.

The Penguins announced last Friday that Neal was out indefinitely due to an undisclosed upper-body injury, which would be evaluated on a week-to-week basis. Todd tweeted that the injury is similar to a strained oblique and was sustained while the team was playing wiffle ball on ice last week.

He did not take a shift over the final six minutes of the period and was not on the bench for the start of the second period.

Neal was questionable heading into the game after leaving practice early on Wednesday with what was called an “upper body injury.” He also did not take part in the morning skate on Thursday.