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Pittsburgh Penguins stalwart Bryan Rust left Saturday’s preseason finale at Buffalo because of an undisclosed injury.
Rust, who has pretty much by consensus had a strong training camp, had his last shift in the 3-1 Penguins win Saturday at 10:30 of the second period. The team announced he would not return to the game.
After the game, coach Dan Muse said Rust was being evaluated.
Rust, 34, who has topped 20 goals each of the past seven seasons, has spent much of his Penguins career in the top six, including regularly skating with center Sidney Crosby in recent seasons. This preseason, he has mostly bolstered the third line. He opened Saturday’s game with Ville Koivunen and Hendrix Lapierre. He had an assist on Koivunen’s first-period goal.
The team already was dealing with injuries to forwards Ben Kindel, Blake Lizotte and Justin Brazeau.
The Penguins open the 2026-27 regular season Wednesday at Philadelphia.
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