Game Day Buzz: Penguins captain Sidney Crosby will return to the lineup tonight vs the first place Carolina Hurricanes. Crosby who has missed the last 11 games after suffering an MCL sprain in the Olympics, will center Rickard Rakell and Bryan Rust on the top-line. The return of Crosby moves Rakell back to the wing where the Penguins hope his game can take off down the stretch. Pittsburgh with a regulation win could move within five points of the Hurricanes for first place in the Metro. Carolina is coming off a 5-1 loss to the Columbus Blue Jackets last night.

Penguins Lines vs
LW: Rickard Rakell C: Sidney Crosby RW: Bryan Rust
LW: Evgeni MalkinC: Tommy Novak RW: Egor Chinakhov
LW: Anthony Mantha C: Ben Kindel RW: Justin Brazeau
LW: Elmer Soderblom C: Connor DewarRW: Noel Acciari
D-Pairs
LD: Parker WotherspoonRD: Erik Karlsson
LD: Ryan Shea RD: Kris Letang
LD: Ilya Solovyov RD: Connor Clifton

Goaltender: Stuart Skinner

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