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2:00 pm EDT Sun May 2, 2010

They’ve gotten by without Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, Sergei Gonchar, and Marc-Andre Fleury. What the Pittsburgh Penguins haven’t done since emerging as one of the NHL’s best teams three years ago is get by without Jordan Staal. Now they must, and they know this won’t be easy. Perhaps as difficult as it is for the Montreal Canadiens to play without top defenseman Andrei Markov. It’s Game 2 of the Canadiens-Penguins series on Sunday, and two players who are largely responsible for their teams advancing to the Eastern Conference semifinals will be missing. Staal, one of the NHL’s premier two-way players, is out indefinitely because of a severed tendon in his right foot. It appears likely he will miss at least the rest of a series Pittsburgh leads 1-0. Penguins coach Dan Bylsma denied Saturday that Staal is through for the season, but didn’t drop any hints when he might return.

Until now, the Penguins haven’t had to replace him. Staal has played in 358 consecutive games, counting the playoffs, never missing a NHL game except for being a healthy scratch once during his rookie season. Staal’s absence changes the Penguins lineup, their matchups and, too, their very personality. Or much like being without Markov alters the Canadiens. The Canadiens were 14-20-3 without their best defenseman during the season, when Markov sat out for two months with severed tendons in his left foot. Now, he is out again due to an apparent right knee injury that occurred when he was checked by Matt Cooke during the first period of the Penguins’ 6-3 victory in Game 1 on Friday. Markov returned to Montreal on a private plane after the game to be examined by specialists, and he could miss at least the rest of the series.