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Skate update--March 3

Shelly Anderson 10 years ago

The Penguins held practice at Southpointe today before flying to Nashville for a game Tuesday night against the Predators.

The only player missing was goaltender Tomas Vokoun, but he skated earlier with injured wingers Beau Bennett and Chris Conner.

Defenseman Robert Bortuzzo, who missed some time Saturday after limping off of the ice at Chicago, practiced.

The bottom two  lines were altered from Saturday, with Joe Vitale moving to right wing on the fourth line and Chuck Kobasew skating on the fourth line. Deryk Engelland, who played fourth-line winger Saturday, was back on defense, and the defensive pairings were rotaing.

The lines:

Chris Kunitz-Sidney Crosby-Brian Gibbons

Jussi Jokinen-Evgeni Malkin-James Neal

Taylor Pyatt-Brandon Sutter-Joe Vitale

Tanner Glass-Craig Adams-Chuck Kobasew