The Penguins practice today at noon before departing for their next road trip. I'll cover the practice while Dejan heads to Florida for games against the Panthers and Lightning, then I'll head north later in the week for the last game of the trip against the Sabres. Live updates from today's session will be below, to be read from the bottom up.
• Ryan Shea will travel on this upcoming road trip, P.O Joseph and Tommy Novak will not. Novak hasn’t suffered a “setback,” he’s just taking longer to recover than originally thought.
• Head equipment manager Jon Taglianetti has his toddler son in the locker room today. Guys are putting him to work, Sidney Crosby gave him his jersey to put away, other guys are giving him their skates and other gear. He gave Boko Imama a fist bump for a good job last night.
• Onto power-play work, with Evgeni Malkin replacing Kevin Hayes on the top unit:
First unit: Matt Grzelcyk, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell. Second unit: Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang, Danton Heinen, Phil Tomasino, Kevin Hayes.
• With Kyle Dubas still over in Sweden, Vukie Mpofu and Amanda Kessel are here watching practice.
• Emil Bemstrom, the lone extra guy skating, is rotating in on the third defense pairing.
• One change to the lines and pairings: Matt Grzelcyk and Conor Timmins swap pairs. Now Erik Karlsson is on the left, his off side. Again, could be a good thing offensively for him with his stick now facing the net up the middle.
Matt Grzelcyk - Kris Letang Erik Karlsson - Conor Timmins Ryan Graves - Vladislav Kolyachonok
• Aside from the aforementioned injured guys, it's full attendance for practice here.
• Mentioned this yesterday, but I believe Ryan Shea's injury is a broken finger. He had a brace on his left pinky and ring finger together last night.
• Ryan Shea, P.O Joseph and Tommy Novak are here wrapping up their own skate as "Pink Pony Club" blasts over the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex speakers.
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5:43 am - 03.22.2025UptownFinal: Penguins practice
The Penguins practice today at noon before departing for their next road trip. I'll cover the practice while Dejan heads to Florida for games against the Panthers and Lightning, then I'll head north later in the week for the last game of the trip against the Sabres. Live updates from today's session will be below, to be read from the bottom up.
• Ryan Shea will travel on this upcoming road trip, P.O Joseph and Tommy Novak will not. Novak hasn’t suffered a “setback,” he’s just taking longer to recover than originally thought.
• Head equipment manager Jon Taglianetti has his toddler son in the locker room today. Guys are putting him to work, Sidney Crosby gave him his jersey to put away, other guys are giving him their skates and other gear. He gave Boko Imama a fist bump for a good job last night.
• Onto power-play work, with Evgeni Malkin replacing Kevin Hayes on the top unit:
First unit: Matt Grzelcyk, Evgeni Malkin, Bryan Rust, Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell.
Second unit: Erik Karlsson, Kris Letang, Danton Heinen, Phil Tomasino, Kevin Hayes.
• With Kyle Dubas still over in Sweden, Vukie Mpofu and Amanda Kessel are here watching practice.
• Emil Bemstrom, the lone extra guy skating, is rotating in on the third defense pairing.
• One change to the lines and pairings: Matt Grzelcyk and Conor Timmins swap pairs. Now Erik Karlsson is on the left, his off side. Again, could be a good thing offensively for him with his stick now facing the net up the middle.
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Connor Dewar - Evgeni Malkin - Phil Tomasino
Joona Koppanen - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Boko Imama - Kevin Hayes - Danton Heinen
Matt Grzelcyk - Kris Letang
Erik Karlsson - Conor Timmins
Ryan Graves - Vladislav Kolyachonok
• Aside from the aforementioned injured guys, it's full attendance for practice here.
• Mentioned this yesterday, but I believe Ryan Shea's injury is a broken finger. He had a brace on his left pinky and ring finger together last night.
• Ryan Shea, P.O Joseph and Tommy Novak are here wrapping up their own skate as "Pink Pony Club" blasts over the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex speakers.
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