DALLAS — Deep within the coronary heart of Texas, the Pittsburgh Penguins (14-7-5) will attempt to win their third in a row, however should beat probably the greatest within the Western Convention to take action. The Penguins go to the Dallas Stars (19-5-5) at American Airways Area.
The puck drops simply after 6 p.m. EST.
The Penguins are a strong underdog in line with the FanDuel oddsmakers, going off on the cash line at +138. The analysis division laid out prop bets on a number of video games, too.
The Penguins have received 4 of 5 video games however have been scrambled by the Tampa Bay Lightning Thursday, but pulled out a controversial 4-3 win. Evgeni Malkin scored with 2:43 remaining, however Tampa Bay’s tying purpose with 50 seconds remaining was disallowed after the NHL State of affairs Room dominated there was a handpass.
As subject was the character of the handpass, as Brandon Hagel put his fingers as much as cease a rim-around puck on the glass from hitting him within the face. The puck hit Hagel’s gloves and deflected to a Tampa Bay teammate, preserving possession.
The opposite storyline within the Penguins’ win was goalie Tristan Jarry, whom teammates credited with stealing the victory.
“It should have been enjoyable to look at. It was type of enjoyable to play too, though we have been on our heels for many of it,” mentioned defenseman Erik Karlsson. “You recognize, it’s simple to say now as a result of we received the sport. I feel if we had misplaced it will have been a bit completely different. However yeah, it was only a bizarre one. They performed actually good hockey. (Jarry) bailed us out and possibly stole us this recreation.”
Malkin scored a pair of targets, together with a breakaway tally. On a first-period energy play, Ville Koivunen scored his first NHL purpose, and Ben Kindel scored one other power-play purpose within the win.
Jarry stopped 37 of 40 photographs.
The Penguins path the Metro Division-leading Washington Capitals by 4 factors, however have three video games in hand. The Penguins presently occupy the primary wild card. They’re tied with the Detroit Purple Wings, New Jersey Devils, and New York Rangers with 33 factors, however the Penguins have three, three, and 4 video games in hand, respectively.
Dallas has a six-game factors streak (5-0-1), and beat the San Jose Sharks 4-1 Friday at American Airways Area. Dallas scored three third-period targets to interrupt a tied recreation.
Sam Metal, Miro Heiskanen, Jason Robertson, and Mikko Rantanen lit the lamp for Dallas, and Jake Oettinger stopped 16 of 17 photographs for the win.
Dallas is coping with the season-ending damage of franchise cornerstone Tyler Seguin, who suffered a torn ACL.
The Penguins might get Justin Brazeau and Noel Acciari again within the lineup at this time. Each have been out for about 4 weeks resulting from damage. Coach Dan Muse will announce his beginning goalie and the damage updates Sunday at 4 p.m.
How you can Watch
TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, NHL Community.
Radio: 105.9 The X
Anticipated Penguins Strains
Tommy Novak-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha-Evgeni Malkin-Justin Brazeau
Rutger McGroarty-Ben Kindel-Ville Koivunen
Connor Dewar-Blake Lizotte-Noel Acciari
Protection
Parker Wotherspoon-Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea-Kris Letang
Ryan Graves-Matt Dumba
Goalie: Tristan Jarry, unconfirmed.
Anticipated Stars Strains
Sam Metal-Wyatt Johnston-Mikko Rantanen
Jason Robertson-Roope Hintz-Jamie Benn
Oscar Again-Justin Hryckowian-Mavrik Bourque
Colin Blackwell-Radek Faksa-Nathan Bastian
Protection
Esa Lindell-Miro Heiskanen
Vladislav Kolyachonok-Ilya Lyubushkin
Kyle Capobianco-Alex Petrovic
Goalie: Jake Oettinger, unconfirmed.
Particular Groups
Penguins’ energy play: 34.4%, 1st. Penguins penalty kill: 84.8%, 4th.
Stars energy play: 31.9%, third. Stars penalty kill: 81.7%, eleventh.
Penguins Recreation Notes
Remarkably, the Penguins have factors in 9 of their final 14 video games towards the Stars (7-5-2) courting again to Feb. 9, 2018.
Highway warriors: The Penguins have factors in 12 of their 14 street video games this season (8-3-3), and have scored 4 or extra targets in every of their final three street video games.
Anthony Mantha’s plus-12 leads the staff.
Solely three 18-year-olds in Penguins historical past have scored extra targets of their rookie 12 months than Ben Kindel (7): Sidney Crosby (39), Jordan Staal (29), and Jaromir Jagr (27).
Categorized: Penguins Pregame
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