Penguins Game Day (AGAIN): Lines, Notes & How to Watch vs. Red Wings

One can almost hear Kurt Russel’s iconic depiction of legendary American coach Herb Brooks instructing his group of college players that comprised the 1980 Team USA Olympic squad, “Again!” The Pittsburgh Penguins continued their torrid preseason stretch of five games in six days with the hump game and second contest in two days against the Detroit Red Wings.

The puck drops at PPG Paints Arena just after 7 p.m. AGAIN!

The Penguins were solid Monday against an NHL-regular Detroit lineup at Little Caesars Arena, winning 5-1. Noel Acciari had two goals, Drew O’Connor scored a power-play goal, Lars Eller scored a shorthanded goal, and Vasily Ponomarev scored an empty netter.

The Penguins started slow but rallied to control the game. However, starting goalie Alex Nedeljkovic was injured in the first period and Joel Blomqvist played about 47 minutes in relief, stopping 20 of 21 shots.

The Penguins’ power play was a cool one-for-three but generated pressure, while the Penguins’ penalty killing limited Detroit to just one-for-six.

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The Penguins will ice several of their championship core, including Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Kris Letang. They will face a lesser Detroit lineup Tuesday. Pittsburgh Hockey Now will update the story when Detroit’s official lineup is released, but given the number of NHL regulars in the lineup Monday, not any are expected on Tuesday.

Pittsburgh Penguins Lineup

FORWARDS

2 – Rutger McGroarty
8 – Michael Bunting
11 – Vasily Ponomarev
13 – Kevin Hayes
15 – Joona Koppanen
17 – Bryan Rust
19 – Cody Glass
41 – Ville Koivunen
44 – Jonathan Gruden
67 – Rickard Rakell
71 – Evgeni Malkin
72 – Anthony Beauvillier
87 – Sidney Crosby

Penguins Defense

4 – Nathan Clurman
24 – Matt Grzelcyk
28 – Marcus Pettersson
38 – Owen Pickering
45 – Harrison Brunicke
58 – Kris Letang
82 – Filip Kral

Goalies

31 – Filip Larsson
35 – Tristan Jarry

How to Watch

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh

Radio: 105.9, the X