Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Jeff Petry will miss Monday’s home game against the Dallas Stars because of an undisclosed injury.

Per coach Mike Sullivan, Petry is being evaluated for an “upper-body” injury.

Petry appeared to injure the left arm portion of his upper body during Saturday’s 3-1 home win against the Buffalo Sabres.

At the 18- minute, 9-second mark in the third period of that contest, Petry left the ice after being hit into the Penguins’ end boards by Sabres forward Alex Tuch and was holding his left arm while displaying considerable discomfort on his face.

After the game, Petry was available to media and indicated he was fine.

“It hurt,” Petry said. “But I’m all right.”

In his first season with the Penguins, Petry has appeared in 28 games and has 12 points (three goals, nine assists) as well as 22:20 of ice time per contest.

Notes:

• The Penguins are expected to start goaltender Tristan Jarry. In 18 games this season, Jarry has a 12-3-3 record, a 2.76 goals-against average, a .919 save percentage and one shutout.

Jarry has faced the Stars in two games in his career and has a 0-1-1 record, a 1.94 GAA and a .934 save percentage.

• The Penguins’ lines during Monday’s morning skate were:

59 Jake Guentzel – 87 Sidney Crosby – 67 Rickard Rakell

16 Jason Zucker – 71 Evgeni Malkin – 17 Bryan Rust

23 Brock McGinn – 77 Jeff Carter – 42 Kasperi Kapanen

25 Ryan Poehling – 53 Teddy Blueger – 15 Josh Archibald

The defensemen rotated.

The top power-play group included Crosby, Guentzel, Letang, Malkin and Rakell. The second unit involved Carter, Joseph, Kapanen, Rust and Zucker.

• Guentzel has played in 399 career games.

• Carter has 399 career assists.

• The Stars are expected to start goaltender Jake Oettinger. In 20 games this season, Oettinger has an 11-3-3 record, a 2.52 GAA, a .915 save percentage and two shutouts.

Oettinger’s only career game against the Penguins came last season on Jan. 8. In a 3-2 win at American Airlines Center in Dallas, Oettinger made 27 saves on 29 shots.

• The Stars’ lines and pairs at their morning skate were:

21 Jason Robertson – 24 Roope Hintz – 16 Joe Pavelski

27 Mason Marchment – 91 Tyler Seguin – 10 Ty Dellandrea

14 Jamie Benn – 53 Wyatt Johnston – 34 Denis Gurianov

25 Joel Kiviranta – 12 Radek Faksa – 11 Luke Glendening

4 Miro Heiskanen – 5 Nils Lundkvist

20 Ryan Suter – 6 Colin Miller

23 Esa Lindell – 2 Jani Hakanpaa

• The Stars recalled forward Riley Tufte from Texas of the American Hockey League.

• Gurianov has 99 career points.

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