Penguins' Vasily Ponomarev: Back in bigs

Ponomarev was called up from AHL Wilkes-Barre/Scranton on an emergency basis Thursday.

Ponomarev has 15 goals and 25 assists in 40 AHL contests, including two goals and three assists in his last five games. He has seen limited action at the NHL level, playing four games this season with no points, while averaging 9:13 of ice time.