Penguins Roster News
Defenseman Robert Bortuzzo has been re-assigned to Wilkes Barre/Scranton on a conditioning assignment. Bortuzzo still counts on the 23-man roster. He has been a healthy scratch for 13 straight games and last played Feb 28th. The Penguins did the same thing last season with Dustin Jeffrey early in the year.
*Kris Letang has been placed on IR and the Penguins have recalled Simon Despres.
(Updated 1:45 pm)
*Kris Letang is out 7 to 10 days with what head coach Dan Bylsma is calling a new injury.
*Marc Andre Fleury is still being evaluated but hasn’t been ruled out to backup tomorrow night. His injury is not believed to be serious.