PITTSBURGH — Penguins defenseman Kris Letang missed Saturday evening’s 4-3 win in opposition to San Jose with an sickness.
It was his second straight recreation missed due to an sickness; he additionally didn’t play in Pittsburgh’s 6-2 loss at Columbus on Friday. Letang has two targets and 4 assists in 18 video games.
Defenseman Owen Pickering, Pittsburgh’s first-round choose within the 2022 draft, made his NHL debut Saturday. He had an help within the win.
Ahead Vasily Ponomarev additionally performed his first recreation with the Penguins on Saturday. Ponomarev was acquired by Pittsburgh in a commerce with the Carolina Hurricanes for Jake Guentzel on March 7. A second-round choose in 2020, Ponomarev has two factors in two NHL video games.
The Penguins snapped a three-game dropping streak. They traded veteran ahead Lars Eller to the Washington Capitals on Tuesday following an unpleasant 7-1 residence defeat in opposition to Dallas, by which Pittsburgh allowed six first-period targets.
Data from The Related Press was used on this report.
