Pre-Game News (UPDATE)

MAXIME TALBOT
The Penguins webpage reports that Talbot will be given the night off to rest.

PHILIPPE BOUCHER [UPDATE]
The Penguins webpage also reports that Boucher will take Hal Gill's place in the lineup tonight.

“It’s been a while,” Boucher said. “You can prepare in practice or whatever but nothing compares to playing in a game so it will be good for me to get in and see where I am at and see where the injury is. I’ve been skating great in practice and hopefully I can feel pretty good in the game.”

“(We wanted) to give him a chance to get in there and get his feet wet, get back to his timing and game shape and get used to our system,” Bylsma said. “This is a better situation for him to get back to our team and our system and to get game acclimated.”

Boucher will return to the lineup tonight for the first time since January 30th, but it's unknown as to which D-man will sit out.

“Philippe Boucher will get in definitely,” Bylsma said. “He’ll be in (Thursday).”

STARTING GOALIE [UPDATE]
The Penguins webpage has confirmed that Garon will be the starting goaltender for the Penguins tonight against the NY Islanders.

Whether it's tonight or Saturday, Garon will start in net for the Pens one of the last two games but it has yet to be confirmed which.