{"id":36686,"date":"2018-10-09T13:09:03","date_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:09:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/?p=36686"},"modified":"2018-10-09T13:09:03","modified_gmt":"2018-10-09T17:09:03","slug":"pittsburgh-penguins-matt-murray-out-with-concussion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2018\/10\/09\/pittsburgh-penguins-matt-murray-out-with-concussion\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Matt Murray Out With Concussion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The <a href=\"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/nhl-teams\/penguins\/\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> have announced that goaltender <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrama02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Murray<\/a><\/strong> will be out indefinitely with a concussion. The team made the announcement just prior to today&#8217;s scheduled practice with head coach <strong>Mike Sullivan\u00a0<\/strong>set to address the media afterwards.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-lang=\"en\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Penguins goaltender Matt Murray has been diagnosed with a concussion and will not practice today. Coach Sullivan will address the injury after practice.<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/penguins\/status\/1049684366262177792?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">October 9, 2018<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<h1>Pittsburgh Penguins Goaltender <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/m\/murrama02.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Matt Murray<\/a> Injured<\/h1>\n<p>The team announced that Murray suffered the injury yesterday in practice.<\/p>\n<p>Murray has spent his entire four year NHL career with the Penguins. He has a career record of 69-29-8 with a career .915 save percentage and 2.64 goals-against-average. In 44 Stanley Cup Playoff games, Murray is 28-15 with a .923 save percentage and 2.08 goals-against-average. He led the Pens to back to back Stanley Cup Championships in 2016 and 2017. Murray was originally drafted in the third round, 83rd overall in the 2012 NHL Entry Draft.<\/p>\n<p>This season he is 1-1 with a 5.47 goals-against-average and .831 save percentage. He has allowed nine goals on 65 shots against.\u00a0 Murray signed a three-year, $11.25 million dollar deal in October 2016. The Penguins decided to Expose <strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/f\/fleurma01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Marc-Andre Fleury<\/a><\/strong> in the expansion draft which showed their\u00a0long-term faith in Murray.<\/p>\n<h1>What This Means for the Future<\/h1>\n<p>Murray has had trouble with concussions over the past three seasons. He missed nine games last season and missed one game during the 2016\u00a0Stanley Cup Playoffs with a concussion.<\/p>\n<p>In Murray&#8217;s absence expect<strong> <a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/d\/desmica01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Casey DeSmith<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0and\u00a0<strong><a href=\"http:\/\/www.hockey-reference.com\/players\/j\/jarrytr01.html?utm_campaign=Linker&amp;utm_source=direct&amp;utm_medium=linker-\" target=\"_blank\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Tristan Jarry<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0to compete for starts. The Penguins are expected to call-up Jarry from their AHL club in Wilkes-Barre Scranton to work with DeSmith during Murray&#8217;s absence. Jarry spent much of last year as Murray&#8217;s back-up but missed part of training camp with a leg injury. He was 14-6-2 with a .908 save percentage and 2.78 goals-against-average in 26 games last season (23 starts).<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Main Photo:\u00a0Penguins goalie Matt Murray during the first period of the NHL game at Gila River Arena on December 16, 2017, in Glendale, Arizona. (Getty Images)<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pittsburgh Penguins have announced that goaltender Matt Murray will be out indefinitely with a concussion. The team made the announcement just prior to today&#8217;s scheduled practice with head coach Mike Sullivan\u00a0set to address the media afterwards. Penguins goaltender Matt Murray has been diagnosed with a concussion and will not practice today. 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