Skinner Injured, Penguins Late Recall Gauthier
Hours earlier than their matchup towards the Florida Panthers at PPG Paints Arena Sunday, Pittsburgh Penguins coach Dan Muse raised the potential of a shock goaltending announcement by refusing to call a starter.
Minutes earlier than warmup, the Penguins introduced that anticipated beginning goalie Stuart Skinner wouldn’t gown due to damage, and the workforce recalled their closest goalie accessible, Taylor Gauthier of the Wheeling Nailers.
Gauthier, 25, has by no means performed an NHL sport, however is the Wheeling franchise’s all-time winningest goalie. The workforce additionally recalled Avery Hayes simply after 2 pm Sunday.
Gauthier has a .923 save proportion in 33 ECHL video games this season.
UPDATE: A Penguins spokesperson mentioned the Penguins would have recalled Sergei Murashov, however the tight timeline of discovering out Skinner could not play and the afternoon begin time wouldn’t have allowed Murashov to reach in time.
It is believed that Skinner was injured on the bench in Saturday’s 9-4 win over Florida when he was hit by a puck. Arturs Silovs will begin for the Penguins. He additionally began in Saturday’s win.
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