Game 49- New York Rangers @ Penguins

It's been a long time coming, but the Pittsburgh Penguins are finally back in action after an eight day layoff, and now, some key players will be returning from injury, as Pascal Dupuis and Maxime Talbot will be back in the lineup after missing seven and three games respectively.

Game time is 7:30 on Wednesday.

Brooks Orpik, Ruslan Fedotenko, Sergei Gonchar, and Mike Zigomanis will remain out of the lineup for the Pens.

As has been the case most of the season, the Rangers have no injuries to report. Unbelievable, but true. Figures that's what will happen when the team consists of a bunch of softies, and the only "tough" player on the team is Colten Orr. If you don't go to the dirty areas, you don't get hurt.

Marc-Andre Fleury will be in goal for Pittsburgh, and Henrik Lundqvist for the Rangers. Last time these two teams played two Sundays ago, Fleury posted a shutout in a 3-0 Pens' win.

The Pens will be without forward Matt Cooke, suspended two games by the NHL on Tuesday for, essentially, being Matt Cooke. Technically, Cooke made head contact with Carolina forward Scotty Walker, who has a history of head injuries.

Sidney Crosby will play after missing the ASG with a knee injury.

Penguins-

Dupuis-Crosby-Malkin
Minard-Staal-Sykora
Kennedy-Talbot-Satan
Bissonnette-Thomas-Godard

Whitney-Scuderi
Letang-Eaton
Gill-Boucher

Fleury

Rangers-

Naslund-Gomez-Callahan
Dawes-Drury-Prucha
Korpikoski-Dubinsky-Zherdev
Sjostrom-Betts-Orr

Roszival-Staal
Redden-Girardi
Mara-Kalinin

Lundqvist

GO PENS!