PREGAME: Pens vs. Preds

Consol Energy Center. 7:00. ROOT.

Tonight is the first of only two games this regular season versus the Nashville Predators (8-8-2). Both teams are on a 3-game losing streak. The last meeting, in March 2012, ended in a 5-1 victory for the Pens at CEC.

LINES:

(Via Daily Faceoff)

Kunitz - Crosby - Dupuis

Jokinen - Malkin - Neal

Bennett - Sutter - D'Agostini

Glass - Vitale - Adams

Maatta - Letang

Martin - Orpik

Niskanen - Engelland

Fleury

Bourque - Legwand - Hornqvist

Wilson - Spaling - Stalberg

Nystrom - Cullen - Forsberg

Hendricks - Gaustad - Smith

Jones - Weber

Josi - Klein

Bartley - Ellis

Hutton

INJURY REPORT:

• PIT - Vokoun, Scuderi, Kobasew.
• NAS - Rinne (hip), Fisher (lower-body).

LET'S GO PENS!