Pittsburgh Penguins
Ben Kindel returned for the Penguins against the Utah Mammoth on Thursday, nine days after collapsing while aboard the Penguins team plane. On Oct. 20, the 19-year-old forward fainted due to a vasovagal episode, a sudden drop in heart rate and blood pressure that reduces blood flow to the brain, one day after playing 18:53 in a 5-4 loss at the Mammoth. Kindel has received testing and treatment since being cleared to travel to Pittsburgh on Oct. 21 and was a full participant in the past two practices. … Forward Evgeni Malkin (illness) played after missing a 3-2 overtime win against the Nashville Predators on Saturday. He was at right wing on the second line with Kindel at center and left wing Egor Chinakhov, who returned from missing the past two games with a lower-body injury. “Everything is looking good (on Kindel, Malkin and Chinakhov),” Penguins coach Dan Muse said. “So, expecting them in.”