Here's a breakdown of the Penguins' cadre of iffy forwards:
Game time decision - Jordan Staal (foot).
Doubtful - Bill Guerin (undisclosed).
Questionable - Mike Rupp (undisclosed)
Dan Bylsma explained Rupp is not dealing with a hockey injury but would not disclosed the nature of his ailment.
Additionally, the Alexei Ponikarovski experiment as a fill-in for Bill Guerin (right) on the top power play unit is apparently over. Chris Kunitz worked with the top unit in place of Ponikarovsky today.
For the Habs, Jaroslav Spacek (illness) remains out. And forward Sergei Kostitsyn has essentially been banned from the team by head coach Jacques Martin (PG+).
And the Habs switched up their lines a little bit at practice this morning. The new combinations:
Mike Cammalleri-Tomas Plekanec-Andrei Kostitsyn
Benoit Pouliot-Scott Gomez-Brian Gionta
Mathieu Darche-Dominic Moore-Maxim Lapierre
Travis Moen-Glen Metropolit-Tom Pyatt
Game time decision - Jordan Staal (foot).
Doubtful - Bill Guerin (undisclosed).
Questionable - Mike Rupp (undisclosed)
Dan Bylsma explained Rupp is not dealing with a hockey injury but would not disclosed the nature of his ailment.
Additionally, the Alexei Ponikarovski experiment as a fill-in for Bill Guerin (right) on the top power play unit is apparently over. Chris Kunitz worked with the top unit in place of Ponikarovsky today.
For the Habs, Jaroslav Spacek (illness) remains out. And forward Sergei Kostitsyn has essentially been banned from the team by head coach Jacques Martin (PG+).
And the Habs switched up their lines a little bit at practice this morning. The new combinations:
Mike Cammalleri-Tomas Plekanec-Andrei Kostitsyn
Benoit Pouliot-Scott Gomez-Brian Gionta
Mathieu Darche-Dominic Moore-Maxim Lapierre
Travis Moen-Glen Metropolit-Tom Pyatt
