Penguins Notebook

Crosby vs. McDavid! Part 2

Published

7 years ago

November 1, 2017

Tonight at 8:30PM the marque match up Sidney of Crosby vs Connor McDavid! Both have 5 goals and 6 assists going into the game.

This was the lines are practice yesterday. No reason to expect any changes.

Lines at practice:
Sheary-Crosby-Hornqvist
Kuhnhackl-Malkin-Rust
Guentzel-Sheahan-Kessel
Archibald/Hagelin-McKegg-Reaves

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 31, 2017

Looks like Hagelin is in line to be a healthy scratch. Seems a bit surprising to me. Hasn’t scored much. Hadn’t been bad though.

— Josh Yohe (@JoshYohe_PGH) November 1, 2017

Defensive parings are expected to look like:

Dumoulin – Letang

Maatta – Ruhwedel

Cole – **Corrado**

Matt Murray (7-2-1. .903 save %. 3.05 GAA) is expected in goal.
Yesterdays interviews:

Off-day player interviews →
Crosby: https://t.co/crDxLrpuav
Jarry: https://t.co/uGaYoL8s2X
Letang: https://t.co/Yh5Exr1ozW

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) October 31, 2017

Injury Report:

Both Matt Hunwick and Justin Shultz remain out with concussions.

Carter Rowney – hand.

Schultz and Hunwick are skating and could join team on the road at some point. Both have concussions -SK

— Pens Inside Scoop (@PensInsideScoop) October 31, 2017

Oilers expected forward lines:

Maroon – McDavid – Draisaitl

Lucic – Nugent-Hopkins – Yamamoto

Caggiula – Strome – Slepyshev

Jokinen – Letestu – Kassian

Oilers expected defensive pairings:

Nurse – Larsson

Klefbom – Benning

Auvitu – Russel

In Goal:

Cam Talbot (3-5-0. .904 save % 3.11 GAA)

Closing thought: