Nassau Coliseum
7 pm
TV: Root
Radio: 105.9 The X
The Penguins play their final regular season game ever at the trashy Coliseum on Long Island. This game tonight begins a pretty big 4 game stretch for the Pens which sees these Isles plus the Rangers, Flyers, and Blackhawks. The winner of this game tonight will take over first place in the Metrosexual Division (not that it really matters to anyone except people on a certain Penguin fan facebook page). Looks like we get an All-Star goalie matchup with Fleury/Halak. Isles fans probably will act like they win the Cup but when you've been borderine mediocre since the 80s, it makes sense. Mike Johnston is putting Marcel Goc with Brandon Sutter and Steve Downie to matchup (which means to put those players against another player since you probably don't know what this means) with Tavares. He's also scratching Bortuzzo to give Ehrhoff a steady partner in Harrington. We're already excited about Johnston coaching this way. Mark Arcobello will make his Pittsburgh debut.
Lines (via Daily Faceoff)
Kunitz - Crosby - Perron
Spaling - Malkin - Bennett
Goc - Sutter - Downie
Sill - Arcobello - F27
Martin - Letang
Harrington - Ehrhoff
Scuderi - Despres
Fleury
Bailey - Tavares - Okposo
Lee - Nielsen - Strome
Grabner - Nelson - Kulemin
de Haan - Jackass Hamonic
Leddy - Boychuk
Hickey - Strait
Halak
Who are the Stripes?
Refs:
Dan O'Rourke
Jean Herbert
Linesmen:
Matt MacPherson
Derek Nansen
This Date in Penguins History:
We're starting something new on gamedays, we'll give you something that's happened on this date in Pens history.
January 16, 1999
The Penguins defeated the LA Kings 5-1 in LA on goals by Jaromir Jagr, Ian Moran, Kevin Hatcher, Jan Hrdina, and Robert Lang. Tom Barraso made 16 saves for the Pens in net.
#GameNotes:
- Pens went 1-2 on the Power Play vs the Wild, look for that to hopefully continue tonight.
- Fleury is 20-7-5 lifetime vs the Islanders.
- Mark Arcobello will wear #26 in his Pens debut
Do It
Go Pens
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