Pre-Game Notes: Pittsburgh VS Nashville
Featured Writer for the Montreal Canadiens (with a concentration on the Pittsburgh Penguins)
TONIGHT’S GAME WILL BE BROADCAST ON
ROOT SPORTS – PITTSBURGH
and nationally on NHLN-US
LINE COMBINATIONS (projected from yesterday morning’s practice; this morning was optional for the team)
FORWARDS:
Kunitz-Malkin-Neal
Sullivan-Staal-Dupuis
Cooke-Crosby-Kennedy
Tangradi-Adams-Asham
Letang-Martin
Orpik-Michalek
Niskanen-Engelland
WILL START IN NET TONIGHT: Marc-Andre Fleury
THE BLUES
the Pens will be wearing their alternate (dark blue) uniforms tonight against the Nashville Predators
IN REMEMBERANCE: Steve Sullivan has been wearing the #3 on his helmet this season in honor of former Pred teammate, Wade Belak; tonight, his Penguins teammates will also wear the #3 on their helmets along with Sully to show respect for Belak as well
GARDEN GNOME
all fans attending tonight’s game will receive a Penguins Garden Gnome courtesy of the CONSOL Energy Center!!
NASHVILLE INJURY / LINE INFO
RETURN OF RADULOV: Predators coach, Barry Trotz, has confirmed that Alexander Radulov will be in their lineup tonight against the Penguins; Malkin says (from PittsburghPenguins.com):
“He’s a good friend of mine because we are the same age. We were playing against each other as kids, so I’ve known him a long, long time. We have a good relationship. While he was playing here and I was playing there, we’d call each other sometimes. In the summer, I saw him a lot. He’s great. He’s really great. Last season, he had injuries. He missed a lot of the season. But this year, he’s been on fire. He is a fantastic player is what I can say.”
Tonight will also mark the return of former Penguin, Hal Gill.
Roman Josi (D), upper body injury – day-to-day
Paul Gaustad (F), upper body injury – day-to-day
Colin Wilson (F), groin injury – day-to-day
PROJECTED STARTER IN NET: Pekka Rinne
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