CHICAGO — The final 20 games of the regular season won’t simply be about which Penguins defensemen are healthy and who earns the top six spots entering the postseason.
With Eric Fehr now a Toronto Maple Leaf, the Penguins have an opening on their fourth line. And with Conor Sheary set to return as early as Friday from an upper-body injury, their forward lines could take on a different look by this time next week.
“It’s important,” coach Mike Sullivan said of building a fourth line. “We have a lot of young guys that we think are knocking on the door that have an opportunity to move into that position.