Recap: Pens go busto in Vegas, fall 5-2

Pregame

Ryan Poehling remains unavailable for game action, so Drew O’Connor is back in the lineup. The Penguins are back to a traditional 12 forward + six defensemen lineup, which makes Mark Friedman the healthy scratch. Casey DeSmith is the man in net with Tristan Jarry injured.

Lined up and ready for late night hockey.

Ryan Poehling is still out of the lineup due to an upper-body injury. pic.twitter.com/dh5pxjFTrs

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 6, 2023 The Vegas Golden Knights use some dumb emoji tweet for their lineup, but notably their newly named All-Star goalie Logan Thompson is given the night off, backup Adin Hill is in net and Jack Eichel returns from about a month in the…