The Pittsburgh Penguins got some good news, as it looks like Evgeni Malkin will return to face the Philadelphia Flyers after missing the last five games.
Malkin took the morning skate and was officially called “probable” for tonight, but based on line rushes and working with the #1 power play group, it would seem very probable.
Malkin is doing line rushes, which is a really great sign. Here's the #Pens workflow:
Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
Bjugstad-Malkin-Kessel
Pearson-McCann-Simon
Wilson-Cullen-Hornqvist
Pettersson-Letang
Dumoulin-Johnson
Maatta-Riikola
Schultz-Ruhwedel
-MC— Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) February 11, 2019Of those lines above, it’s believed Phil Kessel was actually lining up on the left wing and Nick Bjugstad will be on the right, but we shall see on that.