Forward Stefan Noesen will make his much-anticipated return to PPG Paints Arena tonight when his Sharks play the Penguins at 7 p.m.
Noesen began the year on an AHL contract with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton, leading the team with 22 points in 22 games. After a string of injuries to forwards, Pittsburgh signed Noesen to an NHL contract on Dec. 2. He made his Penguins debut two nights later, and scored a goal in his first game. After six games with Pittsburgh, he was placed on waivers on Dec. 18 and claimed by the Sharks the next day.
"It was an unfortunate circumstance for (the Penguins)," Noesen told me after the Sharks' morning skate.