Brenden Morrow is believed to be dealing with an upper-body injury, but it may not prevent him from playing in Game 4 Wednesday.

He left Tuesday's practice early but it's suspected that he'll try to play through it Wednesday night. Morrow has skated on Pittsburgh's third and fourth lines throughout the playoffs and his undisclosed ailment might have something to do with that. He has one goal and two assists in nine postseason contests.

Brenden Morrow wasn't happy with the way he played against the Islanders in Round 1 and he's already gotten off to a decent start versus Ottawa.

"Looking back at that series against the Islanders, I'll be honest, I'm not too happy with how I played," he said. "I was a minus-3. I know I need to be better than that, and I know I can play better than that. I'm not satisfied right now." Morrow had an assist on Paul Martin's power-play goal in Game 1 versus the Senators and their physical style should suit him better than the speedy game that the Isles play. Morrow has been credited with 22 hits in seven postseason matches with the Penguins.

The Penguins' third line did an excellent job against the Islanders' top line in Game 1

John Tavares was basically invisible in Game 1, and that can be credited to the physical play from Brenden Morrow and Matt Cooke, the third-line wingers. "Together they make a formidable, physical presence that is a pretty good characteristic of that line," coach Dan Bylsma said of Morrow and Cooke. It also helps that Brandon Sutter is considered one of the better up-and-coming checking-line centers in the game.