Win Streak? Penguins Game 11: Lines, Predictions, & How to Watch vs. Ducks

ANAHEIM — The Pittsburgh Penguins (4-6-0) have a chance to win consecutive games for just the second time this season when they face the Anaheim Ducks (7-4-0) at the Honda Center Tuesday night.

The puck drops just after 10:00 p.m. eastern time and after 7:00 p.m. western time.

Editor’s note: The original version of the story listed a 7:30 start time.

Penguins Game Preview

Saturday, the Penguins completed the historic two-game embarrassment of the San Jose Sharks at SAP Center. Never before in the expansion era had a team given up 10 goals in consecutive games. Not since the original six Boston Bruins did it in 1965 had a team been so beaten, but the Penguins hung 10 on the Sharks in a 10-2 win.

Reilly Smith scored the first two goals of the game but didn’t complete the hat trick. Evgeni Malkin and Jake Guentzel also scored two goals. Bryan Rust initially finished with five points, but scorers took away his assist on the 10th goal, reducing his total to one goal and three assists. Smith and Guentzel also had four points in the blowout win.

Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry was sharp when challenged. He stopped 24 of 26 shots for his second win of the season.

The Ducks rallied on Sunday to be the first team this season to beat the Vegas Golden Knights in regulation. Anaheim rallied from a 2-0 third period deficit for a 4-2 win, ending the Vegas points streak at 12.

The Ducks also escaped with a win in Pittsburgh last week. The Penguins had a 5v3 for nearly two minutes, but a Penguins turnover at the blue line spring Mason McTavish on a breakaway as he exited the penalty box. McTavish scored the game-winner with 13 seconds remaining.

The Penguins have lost five of their last seven but exorcised some demons by crushing the Sharks in the first of their three-game west coast trip.

Penguins forward Jeff Carter faced the media on Monday to discuss his healthy scratch and future. He will be out of the lineup again on Tuesday and for the foreseeable future.

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Expected Pittsburgh Penguins Lines

Jake Guentzel – Sidney Crosby – Bryan Rust

Reilly Smith – Evgeni Malkin – Rickard Rakell

Drew O’Connor – Lars Eller – Radim Zohorna

Matt Nieto – Noel Acciari – Vinnie Hinostroza

Defense

Ryan Graves – Kris Letang

Marcus Pettersson – Erik Karlsson

P.O Joseph – Ryan Shea

Goalie

Tristan Jarry

Expected Anaheim Ducks Lines

Trevor Zegras-Leo Carlsson-Troy Terry

Frank Vatrano-Ryan Strome-Mason McTavish

Max Jones-Adam Henrique-Jakob Silfverberg

Ross Johnston-Sam Carrick-Brett Leason

Defense

Cam Fowler-Jackson LaCombe

Pavel Mintyukov-Ilya Lyubushkin

Uhro Vaakanainen-Radko Gudas

Goalie

John Gibson

Penguins special teams

Penguins power play: 19.4%, 16th

Penguins penalty kill: 79.4%, 14th

Ducks power play: 20%, 15th

Ducks penalty kill: 78.6%, 17th

Penguins Game Notes

The Penguins have won six of the last eight games against the Anaheim Ducks and three of the last four games at the Honda Center.

The Penguins’ 56.8% team faceoff win percentage leads the NHL. Sidney Crosby ranks second in the league with 138 faceoff wins and third in the NHL with a 61.6% faceoff win percentage.

How to Watch the Penguins Game