Questions have emerged regarding the status of top defenseman Erik Karlsson, who has been labeled as day-to-day with an upper-body injury since the onset of training camp. In the earlygoing, he was skating on his own before camp ensued, but over the last three practice days, he did not take the ice beforehand.

Pittsburgh Penguins star defenseman Erik Karlsson, the franchise's biggest offseason acquisition from a year ago, has yet to take the ice during training camp due to an upper-body injury with no positive updates in sight.