Penguins

Perron, Despres emotional about return

The Penguins will be without Evgeni Malkin for a third consecutive game tonight against the Ducks. Malkin didn't participate in the morning skate at Consol Energy Center, and Mike Sullivan afterward declared him "day to day" with a lower-body injury.

Other developments at the skate:

• Marc-Andre Fleury will start in goal. He was pulled in the second period Friday in Tampa, then saw Jeff Zatkoff start -- and win -- Saturday in Sunrise, where the Penguins salvaged two points from their two-game Florida trip.

• David Warsofsky returned to the ice for the first time since sustaining a concussion Jan. 17, when he tripped over a referee.

• Whitehall native John Gibson will start in goal for the Ducks, marking Gibson's second start in his hometown arena.

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