Penguins Practice: McGroarty Among Those Missing; Tomasino Skates

Rookie forward Rutger McGroarty was not on the ice Thursday at Pittsburgh Penguins practice at the UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.

McGroarty, who has been impressive in five games in his most recent call-up, left Tuesday’s game against Chicago after blocking a shot with his left foot. There was no post-game update. We hope to get more information after practice.

Also missing were forwards Noel Acciari, Matt Nieto and Blake Lizotte.

Before practice, injured forward Philip Tomasino (concussion) and defenseman P.O Joseph (unspecified) skated. Joseph has been skating

With injuries piling up, the Penguins brought in reinforcements from the AHL. Emil Bemstrom, Vasily Ponomarev and Valtteri Puustinen arrived and participated in practice.

The Penguins were scheduled to fly to New Jersey after practice for a game Friday. The Devils have clinched a playoff spot and a first-round matchup against the Carolina Hurricanes.

Penguins Lines

Ville Koivunen-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust

Danton Heinen-Evgeni Malkin-Rickard Rakell

Connor Dewar-Kevin Hayes-Valtteri Puustinen

Joona Koppanen-Vasily Ponomarev-Emil Bemstrom

Defense

Matt Grzelcyk-Kris Letang

Conor Timmins-Erik Karlsson

Ryan Graves-Ryan Shea

PP1 — Crosby, Gryzleck, Rakell, Rust, Koivunen

PP2 — Karlsson, Letang, Malkin, Hayes, Puustinen