UNIONDALE, N.Y. – The Pittsburgh Penguins made a couple of significant lineup changes for Game 2 of their first-round playoff series with the New York Islanders.
Jack Johnson was in for Olli Maatta on defense, and Jared McCann missed the game due to an upper-body injury. McCann, who took a cross-check to the back from Cal Clutterbuck in Game 1, is day to day, the team said.
Johnson sat out Game 1 as a healthy scratch after playing all 82 games in the regular season. Maatta was a minus-2 in the opener.
Blueger and Johnson enter the lineup in place of McCann and Maatta. pic.twitter.com/Kk8N1OhohU
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Zach Aston-Reese moved into McCann’s second-line left-wing spot alongside Evgeni Malkin and Patric Hornqvist. Teddy Blueger, who was a healthy scratch in Game 1, was on the fourth line with Matt Cullen and Garrett Wilson.
Blueger is making his playoff debut.
Johnson skated on the second defense pair with Justin Schultz.
