The Penguins are in Buffalo tonight to close their three-game road trip against the Sabres. They lost the first two games of the trip, to Florida in overtime and to Tampa Bay, and before departing Florida, coach Mike Sullivan put the team through a vigorous practice yesterday. Evgeni Malkin was on the ice in a non-contact white jersey and Sullivan said it was too soon to say if Malkin would play tonight.
Sullivan says the Penguins and goaltender Tristan Jarry stumbled against the Lightning, but he still likes their approach.
Sullivan says Malkin, even being a first-ballot Hall of Famer, sometimes gets down on himself when he isn’t playing as well as he thinks he should, but lately he’s been running hot.
Airtime for the Penguins tonight is 6 o’clock on 92.5 FM U92, with faceoff shortly after 7.
