"Penguins coach Dan Bylsma used the same word to describe his two remaining injured players, saying they are "progressing," but he didn't sound overly optimistic that defenseman Alex Goligoski and winger Chris Kunitz will be back in the lineup imminently.

Neither played against the Colorado Avalanche last night at Mellon Arena.

Bylsma revealed that Goligoski did not aggravate his groin injury when he came back for a game Saturday against the New York Rangers but sustained a different injury. He did not say what the new injury is. Goligoski skated before the team's morning skate yesterday.

"There isn't a timetable on him yet, but he's positively progressing," Bylsma said.

Kunitz is not skating. He missed his 10th consecutive game because of an undisclosed injury that initially was supposed to keep him out two weeks after he had played with the injury for some time. He hasn't played since Nov. 12."