TORONTO -- Kris Letang expects to be in his team's lineup tonight.

So, for that matter, does Scott Hartnell.

The Penguins contend that Hartnell treated Letang like an hors d'oeuvre in the waning seconds of the Penguins' 5-4 victory Thursday night at the Wachovia Center, sinking his teeth into Letang's right ring finger.

Nonetheless, the league opted against suspending or fining Hartnell after conducting a telephone hearing with him yesterday, which means he will be available for the Flyers' game tonight against Anaheim.

Letang, meanwhile, practiced yesterday and said he should not have a problem playing when the Penguins visit Toronto tonight at the Air Canada Centre. His finger had been wrapped after the game Thursday, but was not after the workout at the Ricoh Coliseum yesterday.

Although there apparently was no conclusive video evidence that Hartnell bit Letang, a fan who claimed to be sitting near the area where their run-in occurred reported hearing Letang scream at one point.

Letang confirmed that yesterday, saying: "I remember reacting. On the play, I got hurt. It was an instant reaction."

Word that Hartnell would not be suspended began to circulate late yesterday afternoon, hours after the Penguins' workout ended. Letang, though, had been noncommittal about whether he believed the league should punish Hartnell.

"What happened, happened," he said. "It's in the hands of people who can take care of it. I don't have to worry about it."

The Hartnell-Letang incident was a byproduct of Flyers center Mike Richards barreling into Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury as time was winding down Thursday.

The Penguins are convinced that Richards made a point of trying to run him over, although Fleury said yesterday that it is difficult for a goalie to judge intent while a play is unfolding.

"When you're playing, you never know if they got pushed in, or if they ran you over on purpose," he said of a player in the crease.

Richards appeared to be shaken up in the wake of the collision.

"When he ran into me, I kicked him in the side of the face with my foot, so I kind of felt bad," Fleury said. "But I think he faked it, because then he was back on the ice."

Fleury, like every goalie, would prefer that opponents stay out of his crease but doesn't often get fazed when opposing players get physical with him.

"I don't mind a little action in there," he said.

Although tonight's game is the second on a four-game trip for the Penguins and part of a stretch of five games in eight days, coach Dan Bylsma said he isn't concerned about the schedule.

Indeed, he professes to be happy to be involved in this kind of trip now.

"I think it's a good thing, early in the year, to go on the road for a week," he said.

"Different cities, different teams, different tests. Teams can come out of these and learn something about where they're at and what they're doing."

The Penguins had a team meal at the Hockey Hall of Fame last evening. ... Toronto right winger Phil Kessel, acquired from Boston last month, still is recovering from offseason shoulder surgery and is not expected to play his first game for the Maple Leafs until November.

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