Penguins center Nick Bonino (foot) did not practice Friday and is officially a game time decision for Game 3.
Bonino, though, is considered unlikely to play Saturday night and a final determination on his status will likely be made Saturday morning than close to game time.
Bonino suffered a left foot injury when blocking a shot in Game 2. Bonino is said to not have a broken foot but has a lot of swelling that prompted doctors to put him in a walking boot and on crutches for 48 hours or so to try to accelerate the recovery, per a source.
Penguin coaches plan to move Carter Rowney to the third line center spot if Bonino is not able to give it a go.
Carl Hagelin has been told he will return to the lineup if Bonino can’t play.
Series is over
roll crosby, malkin, and cullen, give rowney 8 mins at center
Or just let Rowney play centre period? He may be better as a C than on the wing. No need to over play the other 3 to overcompensate for what shouldn’t be that big a deficiency overall. Hagelin coming in is not a terrible thing. Bonino is clearly better than Rowney but not by so much that we need to start to panic lol