Penguins

Penguins vs. Devils: Malkin-Kessel Together, Scouts in Attendance

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5 years ago

January 28, 2019

The Pittsburgh Penguins (26-16-6) host the last place New Jersey Devils (18-23-7) at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins lost two straight before their bye week and All-Star breaks overlapped to create a nine-day break. The Penguins are in the final wild-card spot in the Eastern Conference, five points behind the division-leading New York Islanders, and four points ahead of ninth-place Buffalo Sabres.

The Penguins have shuffled their lines again.

LW	C	RW
Jake Guentzel	Sidney Crosby	Bryan Rust
Jason Zucker	Evgeni Malkin	Rickard Rakell
Danton Heinen	Ryan Poehling	Kasperi Kapanen
Brock McGinn	Sam Poulin	Drew O'Connor

LD	RD
Brian Dumoulin	Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson	Jeff Petry
P.O Joseph	Jan Rutta

Goalie
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith

Notes:

The Penguins forwards Matt Cullen, Riley Sheahan and Zach Aston-Reese lead the team in takeaway/giveaway ratio.

Garrett Wilson is still looking for his first goal after 53 NHL games.

Sidney Crosby was named the first star of the week for his All-Star Game performance. He was the game MVP and had 10 points in the two-game tournament.