Martin Straka's injury-plagued season is officially over.

The Pittsburgh Penguins announced on Tuesday that Straka will miss the rest of the regular season with a broken right tibia. The Penguins, a long shot to make the playoffs, have 13 games remaining entering play on Wednesday.

Straka, the NHL's fourth-leading scorer last year but limited to just 13 games this season, originally suffered the injury on Oct. 28 and was sidelined four months. The tibia was broken again on March 7, even though doctors initially thought it was just a sprained ankle. X-rays eventually confirmed the severity of the injury.

However, the current injury is not as severe as the original one, the Penguins believe. General manager Craig Patrick says Straka should be ready for training camp and will not need additional surgery.

"We just can't take a chance with it," Patrick told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "It needs to heal thoroughly. A broken leg takes a year to heal. Some people can come back and play on it and not hurt it again, but it's still not fully healed."

Straka also suffered a broken left orbital bone over his left eye earlier this season.