The Penguins are back in town after their 4-2 win over the Devils in Newark, N.J., and have a practice scheduled at 12 p.m. While Taylor Haase travels back from the Garden State, I'm tagging in at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. Updates to be read from the bottom up.
• Quick practice today. A lot like a morning skate. Makes sense with a game last night and one tomorrow. Whole thing lasted about 25 minutes.
• During power play work, Tomasino and Puustinen took turns on the second unit, both playing the bumper role. Puustinen, of course, scored a goal from that spot last night off a deflection.
• Line combinations:
Ville Koivunen - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust Danton Heinen - Evgeni Malkin - Rickard Rakell Connor Dewar - Kevin Hayes - Valtteri Puustinen Joona Koppanen - Vasily Ponomarev - Phil Tomasino
Matt Grzelcyk - Kris Letang Conor Timmins - Erik Karlsson Ryan Graves - Ryan Shea/Vladislav Kolyachonok
• Greetings! Phil Tomasino (concussion) is back at practice, wearing a no-contact white jersey.
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Chris Halicke
2:41 pm - 04.12.2025Cranberry, Pa.Final: Penguins practice
The Penguins are back in town after their 4-2 win over the Devils in Newark, N.J., and have a practice scheduled at 12 p.m. While Taylor Haase travels back from the Garden State, I'm tagging in at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex. Updates to be read from the bottom up.
• Quick practice today. A lot like a morning skate. Makes sense with a game last night and one tomorrow. Whole thing lasted about 25 minutes.
• During power play work, Tomasino and Puustinen took turns on the second unit, both playing the bumper role. Puustinen, of course, scored a goal from that spot last night off a deflection.
• Line combinations:
Ville Koivunen - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Danton Heinen - Evgeni Malkin - Rickard Rakell
Connor Dewar - Kevin Hayes - Valtteri Puustinen
Joona Koppanen - Vasily Ponomarev - Phil Tomasino
Matt Grzelcyk - Kris Letang
Conor Timmins - Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves - Ryan Shea/Vladislav Kolyachonok
• Greetings! Phil Tomasino (concussion) is back at practice, wearing a no-contact white jersey.
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