Brooks Orpik's return to the Pittsburgh Penguins lineup lasted one period.Orpik, who'd mi sed the last five games with an undisclosed lower-body injury, didn't return for the second period of Pittsburgh's Eastern Conference semifinal
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game against the New York Rangers. Pittsburgh leads the series 2-1.MORE: His absence means that Pittsburgh will finish the game with five
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defenseman: Paul Martin, Kris Letang, Matt Niskanen, Olli Maatta and Rob Scuderi.Robert Bortuzzo, who'd played well in Orpik's absence, was scratched to make
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room for him before Game 4.If this is any indication, Orpik hurt his knee and it doesn't look good (via )Orpik, 33, played 5:15 largely on a pairing with Scuderi before leaving the game. Pittsburgh's top two pairs (Martin-Letang, Niskanen-Maatta) had been good, with Bortuzzo and Scuderi making up the third.Pittsburgh took a 1-0 lead while Orpik was the game and controlled
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5-on-5 play in the proce s (15 attempts to 9), but he was by far Pittsburgh's weakest player in that regard
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; the Penguins controlled 45.5 percent of all shot attempts (5 of 11) while he was on the ice.