Penguins shelve injured Glass, Bennett; Martin day-to-day

The Pittsburgh Penguins have shelved Beau Bennett on the Injured Reserve list after the forward underwent surgery to repair a broken wrist, while the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette is reporting that winger Tanner Glass will miss time with a broken bone in his hand.

Glass (10) broke a bone in his left hand and will miss four weeks

In addition, coach Dan Bylsma announced that defenseman Paul Martin is day-to-day with an unspecified injury and will not skate for the Penguins when they host the Toronto Maple leafs on Wednesday night.

Bennett is expected to miss 8 to 10 weeks, while Glass has a projected return time of four weeks.

The young Bennett has had trouble staying on the ice this season after splitting time between the Penguins and their AHL affiliate in Wilkes-Barre/Scranton last season - producing one goal and two helpers in twelve games thus far in the 2013-14 season.

Bennett broke the wrist in last Friday night's win over the New York Islanders, four games after returning from a lower body injury that kept him on the skids for 10 games - which leaves them severely short-handed as far as forwards are concerned, particularly in light of the Glass injury.

Glass broke his left hand Saturday in Montreal after blocking consecutive shots from defenseman P.K. Subban. Glass was seen rubbing his hand on the bench after blocking the shots and did not play against Boston on Monday.

The moves come as little surprise, as the Penguins recalled Zach Sill and Andrew Ebbett from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton in anticipation of putting both forwards on the shelf.

Glass recorded two goals and four assists in 24 games this season, averaging eleven minutes of ice time per contest - but where he will be missed in particular is in his aggressive forecheck, his physical play helping him rank second in the NHL in hits.

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