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Sidney Crosby scored on a power play at 3:07 of overtime and the Pittsburgh Penguins rallied from a two-goal deficit in the third period to beat the Florida Panthers 3-2 Monday night.

The Penguins' defense corps is slowly coming back together. Barring a late setback, Brooks Orpik expects to return to their lineup tonight against Atlanta.

The Atlanta Thrashers will try to start a new winning streak tonight when they invite the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins for a test at Philips Arena.

The Penguins will get a couple of injured players back when they face Ottawa tonight at 7:38 at Scotiabank Place, but might lose another.

The Thrashers will get an indication of how far they've come as a Hockey team Saturday.

The early news for the Penguins was pretty good. Likely could not have been any better.

The trio now must adapt in a different way. With three players who were in the AHL 10 days ago manning half of the Penguins ' defensive unit, McKee, Eaton and Skoula have seen their responsibilities expand.

The Pittsburgh Penguins have found a way to end their scoring slump, but they could certainly use Sergei Gonchar back for their struggling power play.

The Penguins' three young defensemen acquitted themselves well against one of the NHL's more imposing offenses, and the oldest guy on the team finally ended the team's power play funk.

Penguins Stanley Cup hero Max Talbot will return to the lineup tomorrow in Ottawa.

Hard to believe that just a few days ago the Pittsburgh Penguins were dealing with a goal shortage.

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Penguins defenseman Alex Goligoski has scored 14 points this season. The city's new multi-purpose facility will open in less than a year, but is it too late to put an addition on the Penguins' medical room at Mellon Arena? No fewer than six regulars -- forwards Chris Kunitz , Max Talbot and Tyler Kennedy , along with defensemen Sergei Gonchar , ...

What to watch for in hockey today: Streakers The Pittsburgh Penguins, toting their first two-game losing streak, will play at Boston tonight against a Bruins team hoping to post its first two-game winning streak.

Evgeni Malkin has missed more than a third of this season with a strained shoulder.

Whatever smugness the NHL may feel about pounding Jim Balsillie into submission this summer is sure to be short-lived. The troubles in Phoenix are anything but done, of course, and it's almost a given fires will be springing up in other fringe markets the deeper we get into this season.

Orpik will miss at least two weeks with a lower body injury, but that's better than originally fears.

By Josh Yohe , TRIBUNE-REVIEW NEWS SERVICE Thursday, November 12, 2009 Last updated: 12:35 pm Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik will miss the next two weeks with a lower body injury.

Any injury update for Letang? Shelly Anderson: Defenseman Kris Letang is being evaluated by doctors in Pittsburgh today.

Penguins defenseman Brooks Orpik will not return to the game against the Bruins tonight because of an undisclosed injury.