MORNING SKATE INFO
James Neal, who has been out with an upper-body injury since leaving the regular-season opener, is on the ice with the Pens for their morning skate at Madison Square Garden. Chris Kunitz is also skating after missing the previous two days of practice. The only guys missing are Chuck Kobasew and of course, Rob Scuderi and Tomas Vokoun.

The Pens did not do their usual line rushes at morning skate. They opted to work on the power play instead.

The first unit was Martin, Letang, Kunitz, Crosby, Malkin.
The second unit was: Maatta, Niskanen, Sutter, Jokinen, Bennett.
(Later, Martin and Jokinen switched places).

Also, the Rangers held an optional morning skate with just a few players participating.