Pens 3, Florida 2

The Penguins overcame a 2-0 third period deficit to beat the Florida Panthers last night at the Igloo. Pens goals scored by Armstrong and Malone (2). Once again Pittsburgh came out looking rather flat and then put together an outstanding third period to steal 2 points away from the Panthers. There is a lot to be said of this performance but looking ahead to tomorrow night's match with the Canadiens, they will have a much harder time recovering from a two goal deficit. Montreal is a much better team and will not allow the breakdowns that Florida did.

News of Note - Evgeni Malkin's two assists last night put him in the leader spot for the NHL scoring race. Congrats to Evgeni! Could be interesting seeing Geno and Sid competing for that trophy the rest of the season...








Ty Conklin continues his assault on the NHL Goaltending leaders as well. He is first in SV% at .932 and third in GAA at 2.18









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Injury Update - Sid's been skating very strong and looks like he is ready to play. Look for him to be in the starting line-up tomorrow against Montreal. This will be very big news as the game is in Canada. Marc Andre Fluery continues to impress in his rehab assignment in Wilkes Barre/Scranton and should be brought back up late this week.

I am looking forward to see what the forward lines look like when Sid gets back in the line-up. It's got to be tough, from a coaching standpoint, to break up the Malkin/Malone/Sykora line since they have been absolutely outstanding the past month. Here is what I'd like to see:

Line 1 - Crosby/Staal/Armstrong
Line 2 - Malkin/Malone/Sykora

Armstrong and Crosby play very well together when they are on the same line. Staal has really raised the level of his game in recent days and deserves his shot at the top. I see no reason that Malkin's like should change in any way.