Perfect Attendance

Goaltender Casey DeSmith returned to Penguins practice on Wednesday at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex.

That gave the Penguins perfect attendance for the first time this season, as the rest of the injured players - fellow netminder Tristan Jarry (upper-body, one game missed); forwards Brandon Tanev (upper-body, 17 games missed) and Evan Rodrigues (lower-body, five games missed); and defenseman Mike Matheson (upper-body, four games missed) - were also present.
"Mike Matheson and Evan Rodrigues participated full capacity today. Tans as well," head coach Mike Sullivan said.
Matheson has been wearing a full cage since he resumed skating after getting struck in the face by a clearing attempt from Jarry on May 1 at Washington.
"I feel good…it's weird putting that cage back on, I haven't worn it since college (at BC)," Matheson admitted with a smile. "So a bit of an adjustment, but I've been feeling good."

The Penguins split the practice into two portions. They spent the first session doing drills and special teams work on both sheets of ice. They spent the second session holding a scrimmage with a running clock as they look to stay game-ready with such a long break before Game 1 (date and time still TBD).
After taking part in the first half of practice, DeSmith and Evgeni Malkin did not participate in the scrimmage. "That was a coach's decision," Sullivan said.
DeSmith did not dress for the last three games of the regular season, but Sullivan has said he is expected to be ready for the start of playoffs.
Malkin returned for the last four games of the season after missing 23 games with a lower-body injury. He did not play in the final 8:48 of the regular-season finale after a collision with Buffalo's Dylan Cozens, but remained on the bench. Sullivan said Malkin got checked out afterwards and was fine. He has skated with the team each of the last three days.
Here are the lines the Penguins used at the scrimmage without Malkin…
Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
McCann-Carter-Kapanen
Zucker-Gaudreau-Rodrigues
Aston-Reese-Blueger-Tanev
Jankowski-Sceviour
Zohorna-Lafferty
Dumoulin-Letang
Matheson-Ceci
Pettersson-Marino
Friedman-Ruhwedel
Riikola-Weber