Lemieux in Hospital for Heart

Pittsburgh Penguin owner-player Mario Lemieux was hospitalized Wednesday for observation of an irregular heartbeat, the latest medical problem for a Hall of Famer who has sat out the equivalent of five full seasons because of illness or injury.

Lemieux was to be monitored overnight in an undisclosed hospital and won’t play tonight against the Minnesota Wild. The team said his playing status would be day to day after that.

According to Penguin General Manager Craig Patrick, Lemieux reported having an irregular heartbeat after practice.

Lemieux, 40, recently sat out two games because of stomach flu, but it was not immediately known whether an illness that lingered for several weeks was related to his latest problem.

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Ottawa Senator forward Martin Havlat will have surgery on his dislocated right shoulder and is expected to sit out the rest of the regular season.

Havlat, 24, has nine goals and five assists in 16 games.

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In Wednesday’s games: Jere Lehtinen scored twice, including the tiebreaker with 15.8 seconds left, and host Dallas held on for a 4-3 win over Florida.... Tyler Arnason scored a power-play goal 1:20 into overtime to lift host Chicago to a 2-1 win over the New York Rangers.... Vitaly Kolesnik stopped 20 shots in his NHL debut, and Alex Tanguay had a goal and two assists to lift Colorado to a 4-1 victory over Boston at Denver.... Marek Zidlicky and Scott Sullivan scored two goals apiece to lead Nashville to a 5-2 win over host Washington.... Jarome Iginla scored two goals to lead Calgary to a 4-1 win over host New Jersey.