Pre-Game Notes (Pittsburgh VS Tampa Bay) - Still No Gonch and Malkin

GONCH AND MALKIN
Neither Gonch or Malkin will be in tonight's lineup agains the Bolts although they've be participating in practice since yesterday

Although, Malkin did use the opportunity to joke around with the media a bit. As they swarmed his stall, Malkin pronounced, "I'll play tonight. I feel great." But then he followed that up with a wide smile, "That's just a joke guys."

LINE COMBINATIONS (projected from this morning's skate)
Ponikarovsky - Crosby - Dupuis
Kunitz - Staal - Guerin
Cooke - Kennedy - Fedotenko
Rupp - Talbot - Adams

Orpik - Letang
Eaton - Leopold
McKee - Goligoski

Fleury in goal

TAMPA BAY INJURY / LINE INFO

• Ryan Malone (F), upper body / knee - day-to-day (out of tonight's lineup)
• Matt Smaby (D), back spasms - day-to-day (out of tonight's lineup)
• David Hale (D), ankle - out
• Kurtis Foster (D), upper body - out of tonight's lineup