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Malkin missed his second game of the season on Tuesday, but returned to practice on Wednesday and will play on Thursday. The 40-year-old forward has remained productive this season, scoring 11 points (6G / 5A) in 13 games despite averaging a career-low 17:03 time on ice.

Silovs was serviceable in his previous game, saving 20 of 23 shots (.870 S%), but came up short in a 3-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. The 25-year-old Latvian goalie already has two shutouts this season, but has been inconsistent on most nights, posting a pedestrian 2.98 GAA and .888 SV% in 10 games (5-4-1). The Penguins enter Thursday's game as slight -103 home underdogs against a Boston Bruins team that is 7-2-1 in their last 10 games.

Silovs was serviceable in his previous game, saving 20 of 23 shots (.870 S%), but came up short in a 3-2 loss to the Vegas Golden Knights. The 25-year-old Latvian goalie already has two shutouts this season, but has been inconsistent on most nights, posting a pedestrian 2.98 GAA and .888 SV% in 10 games (5-4-1). The Penguins enter Thursday's game as slight -103 home underdogs against a Boston Bruins team that is 7-2-1 in their last 10 games.

Malkin missed his second game of the season on Tuesday, but returned to practice on Wednesday. The 40-year-old forward has remained productive this season, scoring 11 points (6G / 5A) in 13 games despite averaging a career-low 17:03 time on ice. He next has a chance to return on Thursday against the Boston Bruins.

Korczak in his first season with Pittsburgh, has seen a more prominent role than years past, averaging 18:21 time-on-ice, over two minutes more than he had averaged with the Vegas Golden Knights in the previous five seasons. The 25-year-old defenseman has six assists, 20 blocks, and 11 hits in 14 games this season. He status is up in the air for Tuesday's game against his former team.

Malkin missed one game earlier this season, and will miss a second on Tuesday due to a lower-body injury. The 40-year-old forward has remained productive this season, scoring 11 points (6G / 5A) in 13 games despite averaging a career-low 17:03 time-on-ice. His next chance to return will be on Thursday against the Boston Bruins.

Silovs has already matched a career high with two shutouts this season in just nine games, but has been wildly inconsistent. The 25-year-old Latvian goalie has allowed four or more goals in five of nine games (5-3-1), posting a pedestrian 2.98 GAA and .889 SV%. The Penguins enter Tuesday's outing as slight -110 home favourites against a Vegas Golden Knights team that played last night, losing 3-2 in a shootout to the Boston Bruins.

Silovs has already matched a career high with two shutouts this season in just nine games, but has been wildly inconsistent. The 25-year-old Latvian goalie has allowed four or more goals in five of nine games (5-3-1), posting a pedestrian 2.98 GAA and .889 SV%. The Penguins enter Tuesday's outing as slight -110 home favourites against a Vegas Golden Knights team that played last night, losing 3-2 in a shootout to the Boston Bruins.

Soderblom played a season high 13:52 time-on-ice in a 3-2 win over the Nashville Predators on October 24th, but has not played since due to an upper-body injury. The 25-year-old Swedish forward has one assist in six games this season.

Korczak in his first season with Pittsburgh, has seen a more prominent role than years past, averaging 18:21 time-on-ice, over two minutes more than he had averaged with the Vegas Golden Knights in the previous five seasons. The 25-year-old defenseman has six assists, 20 blocks, and 11 hits in 14 games this season.

Malkin missed one game earlier this season, and his status for Tuesday's game against the Vegas Golden Knights is up in the air. The 40-year-old forward has remained productive this season, scoring 11 points (6G / 5A) in 13 games despite averaging a career-low 17:03 time-on-ice.

Brazeau suffered a lower-body injury in training camp that has sidelined him for the first 14 games of the season. The 28-year-old forward had 34 points (17G / 17A) in 64 games last season. He returns to Pittsburgh after a brief conditioning stint with Wilkes-Barre Scranton (AHL), where had tallied on assist in two games.

Girard has not played in nearly two weeks due to an undisclosed ailment, but he has been practicing the past few days and could return to the lineup on Thursady against the Utah Mammoth. The 28-year-old defenseman is off to an impressive offensive start this season, scoring seven points (1G / 6A) in nine games.

Chinakhov has only played once in the past two weeks due to a lingering lower-body injury, but he will be back in the lineup on Thursday against the Utah Mammoth. The 25-year-old Russian forward is averaging 15:51 time-on-ice and has three points (2G / 1A) in eight games this season.

Kindel missed the last two games after losing consciousness on the team plane following their game in Utah. Kindel returned to practice on Tuesday and is set to rejoin the lineup vs. the Mammoth on Friday. Kindel, who has two goals and two assists in nine games, will be on a line with Evgeni Malkin and Egor Chinakhov.

In eight games this season, Silovs has already posted two shutouts, the first of his career, but he's been wildly inconsistent. The 25-year-old Latvian goalie has allowed two or fewer goals in four games but five in the other four. Silovs has a 2.87 GAA and .890 SV% in eight games (5-3-0). The Penguins enter Thursday's action as +116 home underdogs against a Utah Mammoth team that defeated them 5-4 less than two weeks ago.

In eight games this season, Silovs has already posted two shutouts, the first of his career, but he's been wildly inconsistent. The 25-year-old Latvian goalie has allowed two or fewer goals in four games but five in the other four. Silovs has a 2.87 GAA and .890 SV% in eight games (5-3-0). The Penguins enter Thursday's action as +116 home underdogs against a Utah Mammoth team that defeated them 5-4 less than two weeks ago.