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Christian Ehrhoff News

Ehrhoff (concussion) was held pointless in his return to the Penguins lineup.

Ehrhoff played 18:34 and registered one blocked shot and a plus-1 rating in his first game since January 28th. He was playing over 22 minutes a night before getting injured, so expect those minutes to be on the rise again.

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Ehrhoff (concussion) will be a game-time decision on Wednesday.

Ehrhoff has been out since January 28th, but it looks like he could be back on the Pens’ blue line tonight vs. the Capitals. Before getting hurt, he has three goals and 10 assists in 43 games, which has too be considered disappointing for the 32-year-old. Expect Derrick Pouliot to come out of the lineup if Ehrhoff ends up being good-to-go.

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Ehrhoff (concussion) is no longer listed on IR; expected to play on Sunday.

Ehrhoff has been sidelined since January 28th because of a concussion, but it looks like he will be back in the lineup tonight vs. the Panthers. With Ehrhoff back in, it looks like Derrick Pouliot will come out. Ehrhoff has 13 points (3G / 10A) in 43 games this season.

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Burrows moves to the Canucks top-line on Monday.

Burrows was skating with Daniel and Henrik Sedin at Canucks’ practice this afternoon. It looks more like a move to have Radim Vrbata jump-start the second line, but either way, Burrows gets a chance to play with the Sedin’s again. Burrows has three goals and three assists in his last eight games.

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Ehrhoff (lower-body) will miss at least the next three games.

Ehrhoff suffered the lower-body injury on Thursday vs. Colorado. He will miss the Pens remaining three games before the Christmas break, but could be back by December 27th vs. the Capitals. With Ehrhoff out, Derrick Pouliot will make his NHL debut.

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Ehrhoff left Thursday’s game with an undisclosed injury.

Ehrhoff played just 9:03 TOI before leaving the game with an undisclosed injury following an collision with Avs’ forward Jarome Iginla. Ehrhoff will be reevaluated on Friday morning and expect an updated injury report to be released. Consider him questionable for Saturday.

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Burrows (upper-body) will return to the Canucks lineup on Tuesday.

Burrows has missed the last two games with an upper-body injury, but will be back in the lineup on Tuesday. He will likely re-join the second line with Nick Bonino and Chris Higgins. Linden Vey is expected to come out of the lineup.

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Burrows (upper-body) could play on Tuesday.

Burrows practiced with the team on Monday afternoon, but head coach Willie Desjardins did not have much of an update on Burrows after the skate. He said that Burrows will take part in the morning skate tomorrow and they will make a decision after that.

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