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Penguins Practice: Kindel Returns; Others Join

CRANBERRY TWP., Pa. — Two weeks after a scary health incident on the team plane coming home from a miserable […]

By Dan Kingerski · Pittsburgh Hockey Now

Published: Tuesday, 27 October 2026 at 3:22 PM

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Ben Kindel returned to practice and was placed on a new line between Egor Chinakhov and Evgeni Malkin.
Kindel had been sidelined for two weeks following an in-flight medical episode after a game in Utah.
Winger Elmer Soderblom missed practice and is considered day-to-day due to an upper-body injury.

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Pittsburgh Penguins center Ben Kindel returned to practice on Tuesday, two weeks after suffering a vasovagal episode on the team flight from Salt Lake City. Head coach Dan Muse immediately placed the 19-year-old on a newly formed line centering Egor Chinakhov and Evgeni Malkin.

Defenseman Sam Girard also took part in practice in a non-contact sweater, skating with Kaedan Korczak. Meanwhile, forward Elmer Soderblom missed the session and is listed as day-to-day with an upper-body injury.

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