(UPDATED) Penguins Practice: Jarry Out Until After All-Star Break

CRANBERRY — The Pittsburgh Penguins won’t have No. 1 goaltender Tristan Jarry until after the NHL all-star break because of an unspecified upper-body injury.

They brought up goalie Dustin Tokarski on emergency recall from their farm team in Wilkes-Barre Wednesday morning and sent defenseman Ty Smith, a healthy scratch for the past three games, to their American Hockey League affiliate.

Tokarski arrived in time to participate in the Penguins’ midday practice, in which Jarry was not involved.

Jarry was a late scratch before the Penguins’ 7-6 overtime victory against Florida Tuesday night because of what Mike Sullivan characterized as an upper-body injury.

“We think that will be productive time (off) for him to be at his best,” Sullivan said after practice, adding that he was “not exactly sure” when Jarry was hurt.

He had been scheduled to start against the Panthers, but was replaced by Casey DeSmith, who stopped 33 of 39 shots.

DeSmith figures to be the Penguins’ go-to goalie for however long Jarry is unable to play.

They have two games — Thursday at Washington and Saturday at home against San Jose — before starting their bye week, which runs into the all-star break next weekend.

Smith, who had one goal and three assists in nine NHL games, does not have to clear waivers to return to the AHL.

Blueger Leaves Early

Bottom-six center Teddy Blueger left practice shortly after it began, but it apparently was not because of anything that happened today.

“It was more maintenance than anything,” Sullivan said. “He’s got bumps and bruises that he’s dealing with, so we just made a decision on the ice early in practice to give him the day off.”

Kapanen, Rutta Skate

While Jarry was a no-show, injured right winger Kasperi Kapanen and defenseman Jan Rutta worked out on the ice for about a half-hour before the team practice.

They were joined for the session by assistant coach Ty Hennes and Mike Chiasson, the Penguins’ emergency backup goalie and goaltending instructor at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.

Rutta, who has missed the past five games because of an unspecified upper-body injury, was placed on the Long-Term Injured list Tuesday. He won’t be eligible to rejoin the lineup until the Pittsburgh Penguins’ west coast swing next month.

Kapanen has an unspecified lower-body injury that forced him to sit out the past three games. He was placed on injured-reserve Tuesday, but that move was retroactive to Jan. 18, so Kapanen can return to the lineup at any time after he receives medical clearance.

He was back for the full-team workout and was one of three forwards wearing a white jersey, but said he wasn’t certain if that was intended to keep him out of contact or simply because the coaches wanted to dress a complete line in the same color.