Game 5 Morning skate: Guerin to return to lineup; Ponikarovsky a healthy scratch?

Series Tied 2-2

Morning skate notes: Veteran Bill Guerin will return to the lineup after missing the past two games. Guerin will be back on the top line with Sidney Crosby and Chris Kunitz.

Guerin has 8 points in eight games in the playoffs.

Neither Ruslan Fedotenko nor Alexei Ponikarovsky were on the top-4 lines this morning, a sign that both players are under consideration to sit tonight.

Fedotenko was elevated to the 2nd line in game 4 but was pointless with no shots on goal in 14:12 of ice time. Fedotenko is a minus-3 in six games and has just three shots on goal in the playoffs.

Sources indicate Mark Letestu will remain in the lineup, while Michael Rupp's status is up in the air and will be a coaches decision. Rupp is healthy enough to play and is the only forward among the players on the top-4 lines this morning that is under consideration to sit.

Morning Skate Lines

Kunitz-Crosby-Guerin

Talbot-Malkin-Dupuis

Cooke-Staal-Kennedy

Rupp-Letestu-Adams