Clash of Titans: Can the Penguins Dethrone Lightning in Electric Showdown on 4/2?
And now for the Pens
Projected lines
FORWARDS
Egor Chinakhov – Sidney Crosby – Rickard Rakell
Anthony Mantha – Tommy Novak – Evgeni Malkin
Avery Hayes – Ben Kindel – Justin Brazeau
Elmer Soderblom – Connor Dewar – Noel Acciari
DEFENSEMEN
Parker Wotherspoon / Erik Karlsson
Sam Girard / Kris Letang
Ryan Shea / Connor Clifton
Goalies: Stuart Skinner and Arturs Silovs
Potential Scratches: Bryan Rust*, Rutger McGroarty, Ilya Solovyov, Blake Lizotte (injured), Kevin Hayes, Ryan Graves, Ville Koivunen
IR: Filip Hallander, Jack St. Ivany
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The Penguins didn’t practice yesterday before heading out to make the trip, we’ll have to wait for today to see if Rust is able to play tonight. If so, Hayes will likely get bumped out of the lineup and some of the top-three lines will get shaken up.
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Similarly, the goalie question is still out there for how long the Pens will be faithful to their rotation. Last week they gave Skinner two starts in a row for the first time in a while, as the playoffs near it’ll be interesting to see if they start making him more of the primary option in net.
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Rickard Rakell (6G+2A) is on a five-game point streak.
Sid seeks seventh
Sidney Crosby will be moving on up in the all-time rankings with his next two points to tie and pass Steve Yzerman
Rank Player PTSRank Player PTS
1 Wayne Gretzky 2,857 5 Ron Francis 1,798
2 Jaromir Jagr 1,951 6 Marcel Dionne 1,771
3 Mark Messier 1,887 7 Steve Yzerman 1,755
4 Gordie Howe 1,850 8 Sidney Crosby 1,754
Once Crosby hits 1,756 he will also be in second place all-time for most points by a player with a single franchise, trailing only Mr. Hockey Gordie Howe’s 1,809 points recorded as a Red Wing.
Crosby needs three more points to clinch a 21st consecutive season of a point/game and extend his own NHL record.
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