In Pittsburgh, two struggling teams are on the ice tonight. The injury stricken Pens battle the inconsistent Columbus Blue Jackets. The last time these teams played, Dubinsky sustained a suspension by cross-checking Sidney Crosby. Tonight, there is no Crosby, Fleury, and Letang for Pitt; however, the Pens hired Mike Sullivan and acquired Trevor Daley from Chicago for Rob Scuderi. For Columbus, Nick Foligno is out and Rene Borque is in.
Projected Lineups
Columbus Blue Jackets
Boone Jenner – Ryan Johansen – Brandon Saad
Matt Calvert – Brandon Dubinsky – Cam Atkinson
Scott Hartnell – Alexander Wennberg – Rene Bourque
Gregory Campbell – William Karlsson – David Clarkson
Jack Johnson – Ryan Murray
Fedor Tyutin – Dalton Prout
Andrew Bodnarchuk – Justin Falk
Joonas Korpisalo
Curtis McElhinney
Injured: Nick Foligno (undisclosed), Kevin Connauton (undisclosed), Cody Goloubef (broken jaw), Markus Hannikainen (shoulder), Sergei Bobrovsky (groin), David Savard (lower body)
Scratched: Jared Boll
Pittsburgh Penguins
David Perron – Evgeni Malkin – Phil Kessel
Conor Sheary – Nick Bonino – Chris Kunitz
Sergei Plotnikov – Scott Wilson – Patric Hornqvist
Eric Fehr – Matt Cullen – Bryan Rust
Olli Maatta – Trevor Daley
Brian Dumoulin – Ben Lovejoy
David Warsofsky – Adam Clendening
Matthew Murray
Jeff Zatkoff
Injured: Sidney Crosby (lower body) Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion), Beau Bennett (upper body), Kris Letang (upper body)
Scratched: Kevin Porter, Ian Cole
Players to Watch
1. Brandon Dubinsky. Duber likes playing against Pittsburgh. Expect a big performance out of him tonight.
2. David Perron. A talented winger that JK knows well from back in St. Louis; he can score and was on a role early in his Penguins career. Hopefully, he can find his grove.
Enjoy the games tonight. More to come.…
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