Crosby might miss game with injury

With Monday’s night off, Crosby will receive a full five days to recover from his injury before Saturday’s game in Minnesota. Pittsburgh’s divisional rivals head into the game tonight, which starts at 7:00 PM EST at the CONSOL Energy Center in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on a two game active winning streak.

“Best response, from our standpoint, is to make sure we don’t lose our focus, and continue to play the way we need to play in order to win games”, Sullivan said. Rene Bourque sees his first action in quite awhile in place of Foligno.

Letang has missed the past five games and has played in just one of the past eight games because of two different injuries.

Now the captain is out as the team squares off against the Columbus Blue Jackets in what was to be something of a revenge game for the brutal cross-check delivered by Brandon Dubinsky on November 27th. The Jackets do get Jack Johnson back tonight, and Kevin Connauton will sit according to the team’s published lines and pairs.

Rookie Joonas Korpisalo will make his second straight start for the Blue Jackets.

For the Pens, Matt Murray will get the start in net. “I think it’s a very important game for a team in terms of leaving on a good note with three in a row”. “For me I’m more concerned about our team and how we have to play”, he said.

The Columbus Blue Jackets have made strides following a coaching change. We play better, we’re tight.

“I don’t know if I’m excited to match wits”.

Making the playoffs for a 10th straight season isn’t a sure thing for the Penguins this year, even with a healthy Crosby.

– A Pittsburgh reporter asked Tortorella if there was “anybody in particular” he was referring to a few weeks ago when he accused the Penguins for a second time of “whining”. “I know his mannerisms on the bench, I know his tendencies as a coach”.