BOSTON -- Penguins defenseman Kris Letang, the latest player to be hit by a wave of injuries, is expected to miss two weeks because of a shoulder contusion, the team said tonight.

Letang was hurt Saturday in the first period of a 5-0 loss at San Jose. He was trying to shoot the puck on a rebound during a power play, got tangled with Sharks defenseman Kent Huskins while he was off-balance and fell hard on his right side. He left the game.

He had been playing the left point on the top power-play unit and has a goal and six assists.

Defenseman Deryk Engelland is expected to make his NHL debut tomorrow night against Boston for the Penguins.

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