Game 54 Morning skate buzz: Fleury in; Talbot, Guerin, Goligoski out, Conner recalled

Pittsburgh Penguins (32-20-1) @ New York Rangers (24-21-7)

Pittsburgh concludes their two game road trip tonight against the New York Rangers at Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers have been shutout in back-to-back games and are in the midst of a two game losing streak.

Former Penguin Erik Christensen will not face his former team and will be a healthy scratch for the Rangers tonight. Replacing Christensen in the lineup will be Donald Brashear who skated on the 4th line in place of Christensen during the Rangers morning skate.

Brashear will get back into the lineup with Eric Godard playing for Pittsburgh.

The Rangers other healthy scratch up front will be Ales Kotalik. Kotalik who was given a 3 year contract worth $9 million has been in and out of the lineup over the past 4 weeks. Another blunder by Rangers GM Glen Sather.

Meanwhile, big news for Pittsburgh is that Bill Guerin and Alex Goligoski will not play today. Goligoski has an upper body injury he suffered in Sunday's game.