Friday was an uphill battle for the Pittsburgh Penguins well before the game even started. During a rare highly populated morning skate (the team has been going away from them), Bryan Rust got hurt sliding into the boards. He wouldn’t be able to play. The team called up forward Joseph Blandisi from Wilkes-Barre, but he couldn’t make it to the game on time (arrived at about 7:30) so with only 11 healthy forwards, welcome back to the forward ranks, Juuso Riikola.
The Pens come out very flat in this game.