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Game 43: Penguins at Lightning

By Kipper @pghsportsforum
Pittsburgh concludes its roadtrip with a contest in Tampa against the Lightning.
Scouting the Lightning:
http://video.penguins.nhl.com/videoc...id=DL|PIT|home
Digital preview:
Game 43: Penguins at Lightning
Nick Bonino out:
http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=797711
"The Inside Scoop: Bonino Out with Hand Injury
Thursday, 01.14.2016 / 4:05 PM ET / Features
By Sam Kasan
TAMPA, Florida – The Pens will be without center Nick Bonino for some time due to a hand injury, though the exact timetable is unknown.
“He’s not going to be short-term,” head coach Mike Sullivan said following the team’s Thursday practice at the Amalie Arena. “I’m reluctant to put a timeframe on it quite yet, but we’re going to miss him for a little while.”
Bonino returned to Pittsburgh after suffering the hand injury in the third period against the Carolina Hurricanes on Tuesday night. He has been the team’s third-line center and a key penalty killer all season long.
“He’s going to be missed in a lot of areas,” Sullivan said. “He’s a really smart player. He’s been a big part of the penalty kill. He’s a guy that you can lean on to take faceoffs in the defensive zone when you need him.”
Eric Fehr will move into the third-line center role in Bonino’s absence, something that he is ready to do.
“It’s a position I feel more comfortable in,” Fehr said yesterday. “It takes a game to get your routes back, your timing back.” (For more on Fehr’s transition and season, click here).
Sullivan said it will be a committee of players filling in on the penalty kill for Bonino, including recent call-ups Tom Kuhnhackl and Bryan Rust.
GOALIE SPLIT
The Pens will play 3 games in 4 nights starting with Friday’s contest in Tampa Bay. Due to this fact the coaches are weighing their options on how to dispense the goaltending duties between Marc-Andre Fleury and Jeff Zatkoff.
“We’ll throw 'Zat' into some games moving forward,” Sullivan said. “Nothing is ever etched in stone. But I would foresee him getting some games coming up because we have a bunch of games in a short period of time.”
THIS ‘N AT
*Evgeni Malkin returned to practice today after having yesterday off due to a maintenance day."
Penguins recall Conor Sheary:
http://penguins.nhl.com/club/news.htm?id=797829
"Penguins Recall Conor Sheary
Friday, 01.15.2016 / 11:52 AM ET / News
Pittsburgh Penguins
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The Pittsburgh Penguins have recalled forward Conor Sheary from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, it was announced today by executive vice president and general manager Jim Rutherford.
Sheary, 23, made his NHL debut with Pittsburgh in December, tallying two points (1G-1A) in 10 games. His first NHL goal came Dec. 18 against his hometown Bruins off a Sidney Crosby assist.
The Winchester, Massachusetts native is the WBS Penguins' leading scorer with 33 points (7G-26A) in 28 games. Sheary is tied for fifth in the AHL scoring race.
Sheary returns to Pittsburgh riding a seven-game AHL scoring streak, and his 26 assists lead the league."

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