The Pittsburgh Penguins practiced in Pittsburgh on Tuesday before flying to Philadelphia.
The Pittsburgh Penguins held a practice on Tuesday before flying to Philadelphia to face the Flyers in their regular-season opener on Wednesday.
All healthy players practiced, and the Penguins also got some good injury news on forward Blake Lizotte. Lizotte practiced fully for a second straight day and played his usual spot as the fourth-line center between Connor Dewar and Elmer Soderblom.
Lizotte was also in his usual spot on the penalty kill. After practice, Penguins head coach Dan Muse was asked about his status for Wednesday's game, but he didn't confirm whether he'd be in the lineup.
All Muse said was that he was a full participant and that they'd keep discussing his availability. Some of the other injured players skated separately from the rest of the team.
Here's a look at the practice lines:
Forwards
Robertson-Crosby-Rakell
Chinakhov-Novak-Malkin
Hallander-Lapierre-Koivunen
Dewar-Lizotte-Soderblom
Defensive pairs
Carlile-Karlsson
van Riemsdyk-Letang
Girard-Korczak
Assuming Lizotte plays on Wednesday, these are the expected lines and pairs for the game. Arturs Silovs is expected to start in goal on Wednesday, but that won't be confirmed until after the morning skate.
Puck drop for Wednesday's contest will be at 7:30 p.m. ET on TNT and truTV.
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