TAMPA, Fla. -- Tampa Bay left winger Ryan Malone, a former Penguin, will sit out the game against his old team at 5:08 p.m. today at the St. Pete Times Forum.

Lightning coach Rick Tocchet confirmed this morning that Malone will not dress for the third time in four games because of an unspecified injury.

Malone, whose rights were traded to Tampa Bay in 2008, is the Lightning's No. 4 scorer, with 21 goals and 23 assists in 65 games, but has not scored a goal in his past 15 games and has just two in his past 27.

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