Canes @ Pens Morning Skate Buzz; Letang timetable; Vitale back in lineup; Skinner to stay at center for Canes

Carolina Hurricanes (16-24-7, 39pts) @ Pittsburgh Penguins (23-17-4, 50pts)

MORNING SKATE REPORT

The buzz of today's morning skate clearly centered around defenseman Kris Letang who participated in his first skate with the team since appearing in the Penguins morning skate at Madison Square Garden on Nov 29th. Letang last played on Nov 26th vs Montreal

Letang who is medically cleared to return to the lineup, was a full participant this morning, skating hard and even took some reps with the first power play unit