The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-assigned Jeff Zatkoff , Taylor Chorney and Dominik Uher to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, it was announced by Vice President and General Manager Jim Rutherford.

All three saw action in Tuesday's game at Tampa Bay. Uher made his NHL debut in that contest, becoming the sixth rookie this month to do so.

The Penguins begin a three-day holiday break sitting in first place in the Metropolitan Division. Pittsburgh returns to action on Dec. 27 when it hosts the Washington Capitals at CONSOL Energy Center in a 7:30 p.m. faceoff.