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Fehr to middling: Can he elevate his game now that he's back in Penguins lineup?

It looks as if an injury helped to get Eric Fehr back into the Penguins lineup.

If he plays the blue-collar game that is his forte well enough, however, nothing less than a court order might be needed to get him out of it again.

After being a healthy scratch for the previous five games, Fehr played Saturday night in the Penguins’ 2-1 overtime loss at Toronto.

He replaced Tom Kuhnhackl, who coach Mike Sullivan announced Monday will be out “week-to-week” with an unspecified injury. Kuhnhackl apparently was hurt in the Penguins’ 4-3 overtime loss Friday night against Los Angeles.