The Penguins’ practice on Monday left them with more questions than answers about how the team would be looking for tonight’s game against Columbus. All of Ryan Poehling (injury), Sidney Crosby (illness), Evgeni Malkin (illness) and Casey DeSmith (illness) were absent.
The morning game skate offered some welcome returns. Malkin, who has been taking most of the gameday skates this season, was back on the ice this morning. DeSmith was also out there. Crosby, who has not been a regular for the morning skate on the day of a game, remained absent, perhaps conspicuously so considering he missed yesterday.