PITTSBURGH — The Penguins reassigned forward Nick Johnson to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL, indicating that injured forwards Pascal Dupuis and Max Talbot will be ready to play in Philadelphia Sunday.

Johnson and forward Dustin Jeffrey returned to the minors on Friday, a day after Johnson scored a goal in his first NHL game.

Dupuis (facial injury) and Talbot (undisclosed injury) sat out the Penguins' 6-3 loss to Washington Thursday night.