PREGAME: Pens vs. Blue Jackets

Consol Energy Center. 7:30. ROOT.

IT'S A HOCKEY NIGHT IN PITTSBURGH as the Penguins (20-10-1) take on the Columbus Blue Jackets (12-14-3) for their third of five games. The Pens won the first two meetings on November 1st and 2nd.

Some more adjustments will be happening tonight with Neal being suspended for 5 games (due to his knee to the head on Marchand) and Orpik being out of the line-up, plus the other handful of injuries on the Pens' squad. Malkin skated today so there's a good sign that he might be playing tonight.

LINES:

(Via Daily Faceoff)

Kunitz - Crosby - Dupuis

Jokinen - Malkin - Megna

Conner - Sutter - Vitale

Adams - Sill - Kobasew

Maatta - Letang

Engelland - Niskanen

Despres - Bortuzzo

Fleury

Foligno - Johansen - Umberger

Calvert - Dubinsky - Atkinson

Jenner - Anisimov - Comeau

Letestu - MacKenzie - Tropp

Johnson - Tyutin

Murray - Savard

Prout - Nikitin

McElhinney

INJURY REPORT:

• PIT - Orpik (concussion, no prognosis), Vokoun (blood clot), Bennett (wrist/hand), Glass (hand), Ebbett (ankle), Scuderi (ankle), Martin (tibia).
• CBJ - Bobrovsky (groin), Wisniewski (upper-body), Gaborik (sprained knee), Horton (shoulder), Boll (bruised foot), Bass (thumb).

LET'S GO PENS!