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Starting goalie announced as Penguins morning skate delivers several injury updates
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Arturs Silovs starts for the Pittsburgh Penguins vs the Ottawa Senators, and the injury cloud over the blue line finally lifts a little.
Silovs was the first goalie off the ice at the morning skate, the usual tell that he owns the crease tonight.
His 2025-26 line sits at 10-6-8 with a 2.96 GAA and .894 save percentage, so the workload is real, even if the results swing.
The Penguins enter Monday at 28-14-11, and Ottawa rolls in at 26-21-7, so these points matter in the Metro grind.
Practice also brought a much-needed sight, Ryan Graves and Caleb Jones were both skating again, and Evgeni Malkin was out there with the expected group.
This post captured the full-skate return for the two defensemen.
"Ryan Graves and Caleb Jones, who have both been sidelined due to injury, are on the ice for a full Pens morning skate after a day off on Sunday.
All other expected players are present, including Evgeni Malkin."
- Pens Inside Scoop
All other expected players are present, including Evgeni Malkin."
- Pens Inside Scoop
This one underlined the obvious, any progress from Graves and Jones changes the depth chart fast.
Arturs Silovs pushes Pittsburgh Penguins into a grind
Penguins fans have been begging for one normal morning skate, and even this tiny bit of health feels like a win.
If Graves can simply eat minutes, it settles everyone else into better slots, he has 1-0-1 in 19 games this season.
Jones is more of a puck-mover option, and he’s at 0-1-1 in seven games, but just having another body matters with a beat-up group.
Now it’s on Silovs to give them clean touches and a calm first ten minutes, because Ottawa will pressure any shaky exits.
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