by Shelly Anderson, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette

Fleury has missed the past four games after he got an apparent lower-body injury Nov. 15 late in a 5-2 win against Buffalo.

Because he hasn't returned to practice, it seems doubtful he will be ready to play in the next few days. The Penguins have three games in four nights this week, beginning Wednesday with a road game against the New York Islanders.

"He's day to day. That's what they told me," coach Michel Therrien said.

Backup Dany Sabourin has gone 1-1-1 with five goals allowed in three starts in Fleury's absence and now has enough appearances to be included in the league statistics. Through yesterday, he had the NHL's best goals-against average, 1.66, and the third-best save percentage, .935. He is 4-2-1 overall this season.

When Fleury missed almost three months last season because of a high ankle sprain, Sabourin was beaten out by No. 3 goaltender Ty Conklin, who became a free agent last summer and signed with Detroit while Sabourin remained.

"He's been really, really good," Therrien said of Sabourin. "We have a lot of confidence in that kid. We had to make some hard decisions over the summer because we had Conklin, who played really well for us last year. We've got Sabourin, who was still under contract with us, but we had confidence in him."

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