After Tuesday’s game, coach Jim Montgomery said he’s looking for penalty-killers. He gave Poitras and Justin Brazeau a shot at it and they did reasonably well. How well a young player does in a role like that, no matter how glamorous it may or may not be – could be the difference between a player making the team or not.

The fiery forward shed the noncontact jersey Wednesday and was battling with teammates the way they're used to.