GAMEDAY 60: Panthers at Penguins

Consol Energy Center

6 PM

ROOT

105.9 The X

The Penguins return home after playing 6 minutes ago in St. Louis. Look for Marc-Andre Fleury to play tonight and Al Montoya will be in net for the Panthers. The Panthers are 1 point behind the Boston Bruins for the 2nd Wild Card before today's games but Boston looks like they're going to beat the Blackhawks today. The Philadelphia Flyers have also tightened the gap between them and the Panthers to 1 point, so this is a pretty big game for the Cats. The Penguins are now just 1 point behind the Washington Capitals for 3rd in the Metrosexual Division. Scoreboard watching time is here. 22 to go after tonight. Buckle up, it's starting to be the best time of the year. Pittsburgh native Vincent Trochek looks to be in the lineup for the Panthers tonight.

Lines (via Daily Faceoff)

Jokinen - Bjugstad - Hayes

Huberdeau - Barkov - Boyes

Fleischmann - Trochek - Upshall

Kopecky - MacKenzie - Thug Thornton

Campbell - Ekblad

Kulikov - Gudbranson

Kampfer - Petrovic

Montoya

Perron - Crosby - Hornqvist

Kunitz - Malkin - Comeau

Spaling - Sutter - Downie

Adams - Lapierre - Downie

Martin - Letang

Scuderi - Despres

Pouliot - Bortuzzo

Fleury

Who are the Stripes? (Via Scouting the Refs)

Referees:

Kelly Sutherland

Graham Skilliter

Linesmen:

Greg Devorski

Tony Sericolo

*grabs bleach because Sutherland*

#GameNotes

• Pens aren't very good at back to backs (too lazy to look up stat)
• MAF only allowed 5 goals in his last 3 starts (0-3-0)
• Penguins scored 2 goals on the powerplay last night.
• #JagrWatch
• #StaalWatch
• #StrikeWatch
• Christian Ehrhoff was activated off IR today but will not play tonight
• Pens and Panthers have split this season series so far (Florida's win was a shootout)

Trade deadline in a week.

2 Games until then after tonight.

Buckle Up.

Do It. 

Go Pens.