The Penguins skate in St. Louis tonight against the Blues, and Evgeni Malkin is on the road trip. He’s missed the last three games with an upper body injury. The Pens yesterday reached down to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton again, recalling forward Joona Koppanen under emergency conditions as coach Mike Sullivan said a number of Pens forwards are playing with injuries.
Sullivan will get a second chance tonight to see young prospects Rutger McGroarty and Ville Koivunen in action and they both worked in the top six at practice yesterday. The coach liked what he saw in their first game on Sunday.
Sullivan says he likes the flair that Koivunen brings to the ice.
Airtime tonight is 7 o’clock with faceoff shortly after eight on 92.5 FM U92.
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Alex Ovechkin scored the Capitals’ only goal in a 5-1 loss to the Hurricanes last night. With 892 goals, he’s just two away from tying Wayne Gretzky for the all-time goal-scoring lead in NHL history.
The Caps will host the Chicago Blackhawks in their next game tomorrow.
