After today's morning skate in Madison Square Garden where the Pittsburgh Penguins are preparing to face-off against the New York Rangers in tonight's nationally televised game on Versus, word came that the Penguins will be missing two fairly important regulars.
RW Bill Guerin is not expected to play tonight, and will sit with an undisclosed injury, while defenseman Alex Goligoski seems to have sustained an upper body injury during yesterday's game and will also not be in the lineup.
The Pens recalled forward Chris Conner from Wilkes Barre to take Guerin's place in the lineup since forward Max Talbot is still not ready to return, and are expected to dress Martin Skoula in Goligoski's place on the blueline.
Conner has 22 points in 24 games for the Baby Penguins this season thusfar.
The most interesting thing to see in the aftermath of these injuries is what the Penguins will do with their lines.
While Skoula can step right into GoGo's place on defense without altering very much, I wouldn't expect Conner to play with Crosby. Will Nick Johnson -- who's still with the team -- move up and play with Sid, or will a guy like Tyler Kennedy or Mike Rupp move up.
We'll see.
Either way, Conner, Skoula and their teammates won't be able to rest easy against a Rangers' team anxious to come out of the block strong after being shutout in two consecutive contests.
Again, recap tomorrow.
Let's Go Pens!
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