Thursday skate update

Dustin Penner is ready to play tonight — no unforeseen immigration issues — and the fourth line will be Kyle Clifford, Trevor Lewis and Alexei Ponikarovsky, with Kevin Westgarth as the healthy scratch. As planned, Jonathan Bernier will start in goal. More notes and quotes to come…

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