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Pens defensive personnel getting healthy and interesting

The Penguins are venturing into unusual, but welcome territory these days with regard to their injury situation. It’s starting to improve drastically with the full return of Marcus Pettersson to practice on Saturday.

All expected players are on the ice for Pens practice at PPG Paints Arena, including Marcus Pettersson, who is wearing a regular yellow jersey.

— Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) February 13, 2021

It wasn’t that long ago that Kris Letang left injured with Pettersson, Brian Dumoulin and Mike Matheson all on the shelf themselves. To compound that, John Marino was briefly added to the NHL’s COVID-protocol list.