The Pittsburgh Penguins have re-assigned forward Eric Tangradi and defensemen Simon Despres and Brian Strait to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the American Hockey League, it was announced by executive vice president and general manager Ray Shero. All three players appeared in Pittsburgh’s opening-round playoff series against Philadelphia – with Despres and Strait making their NHL postseason debuts. The trio will join WBS for Game 3 of its best-of-five series against Hershey on Wednesday night. WBS currently holds a 2-0 series following back-to-back home wins in Games 1 and 2 over the weekend