PREGAME: Pens at Panthers

BB&T Center. 7:30. ROOT

The Pens (3-0-0) are take on the Panthers (1-3-0) in Florida tonight. Panthers are coming off from a tough loss last night versus the Tampa Bay Lightning, losing 7-2, in which TB's Steven Stamkos scored a hat trick.

Goaltender Jeff Zatkoff will get his NHL debut tonight for the Penguins, though Fleury is 11-7-0 with a 2.48 GAA in 19 meetings with the Panthers.

Crosby doesn't seem phased by the change in goal tonight:

"I think he's a good goalie," Sid told the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review yesterday. "You don't want to leave him hung out to dry or anything, but honestly, I don't think we need to change the way we're playing when he gets in there. He's been good. He looks calm."

Zatkoff's last game was a preseason match-up against the Blackhawks on Sept. 23rd which ended in a 3-2 shootout victory for the Pens.

LINES:

Kunitz -  Crosby - Dupuis

Jokinen - Malkin - Bennett

Jeffrey - Sutter - Kobasew

Glass - Vitale - Adams

Orpik - Martin

Scuderi - Niskanen 

Maatta - Bortuzzo

Zatkoff

Huberdeau - Goc - Versteeg

Fleischmann - Barkov - Boyes

Winchester - Matthias - Kopecky

Upshall - Gomez - Crabb

Campbell - Gilbert

Kulikov - Weaver

Gudbranson - Whitney

Markstrom

INJURY REPORT:

• PIT - Forwards James Neal (upper-body), Matt D'Agostini (lower-body). Defenseman Kris Letang still expected to be out (lower-body) but made progress as he participated in morning skate, the first one since his injury. And Vokoun.
• FLA - Goaltender Tim Thomas (groin). Forwards Sean Bergenheim (groin), Steve Pinizzotto (hip).

LET'S GO PENS.