Pittsburgh, PA
Penguins General Manager Alex Tousignant announced that after today's loss, Olaf Kolzig will rest tomorrow and let youngster Cam Ward start. Ward's last game saw him outduel Fredrik Norrena of the Blackhawks as the Penguins won handily 5-2. The Penguins hope for another performance like that to take place tomorrow in Philly.
The Penguins also stated that defenseman Kevin Dallman, who they claimed off waivers a short while ago, will be given his first start of the season on defense. He will man the 3rd pairing with Rostislav Klesla as Ric Jackman will be demoted to 4th line duties. Although Jackman scored one of the two goals today, he was ineffective on defense and shied away from contact the entire game.
After going multiple games with no icetime, or only a minute, left winger Jussi Jokinen will be a healthy scratch in tomorrow's game against Philly as well. The team feels he isn't doing much sitting on the bench, and instead will send him up to do radio play by play for the away game against Philly.