The Pittsburgh Penguins are set to take on the New York Islanders at PPG Paints Arena tonight at 7 PM. The Pens are currently 27-19-9, while the Islanders are 28-24-7. The game will be viewed on AT&T Sportsnet Pittsburgh, MSG Sports Network, ESPN+, and Sportsnet Now.
Islanders forward Mathew Barzal is out indefinitely after suffering a lower-body injury in the first period of the Isles’ 6-2 loss against the Boston Bruins on Saturday. Forward Arnaud Durandeau will make his NHL debut in response to Barzal’s injury. On the Pens’ side, goaltender Tristan Jarry will return to the crease after missing the last nine games due to an upper-body injury.
Islanders Projected Lineups
Anders Lee – Bo Horvat – Simon Holmstrom
Zach Parise – Brock Nelson – Kyle Palmieri
Hudson Fasching – Casey Cizikas – Arnaud Durandeau
Ross Johnson – Andy Andreoff – Matt Martin
Adam Pelech – Ryan Pulock
Alexander Romanov – Scott Mayfield
Sebastian Aho – Noah Dobson
Ilya Sorokin
Semyon Varlamov
Scratched: D Parker Wotherspoon
Injured: F Mathew Barzal (lower body), F Jean-Gabriel Pageau (upper body), F Cal Clutterbuck (upper body), F Oliver Wahlstrom (leg), F Josh Bailey (upper body)
Penguins Projected Lines
Jake Guentzel – Sidney Crosby – Rickard Rakell
Jason Zucker – Evgeni Malkin – Bryan Rust
Brock McGinn – Jeff Carter – Kasperi Kapanen
Drew O’Connor – Teddy Blueger – Josh Archibald
Brian Dumoulin – Kris Letang
Marcus Pettersson – Jeff Petry
Pierre-Olivier Joseph – Chad Ruhwedel
Tristan Jarry
Casey DeSmith
Scratched: F Danton Heinen, G Dustin Tokarski
Injured: D Jan Rutta (upper body), F Ryan Poehling (upper body), D Mark Friedman (upper body)
Players To Watch
NYI: D Noah Dobson: 6A, 7P in his last 5GP
PIT: F Jake Guentzel: 3G in last 5GP
Starting Goalies
NYI: Ilya Sorokin: 18-17-5, 2.44 GAA, .923 SV%, 5 SO
PIT: Tristan Jarry: 16-5-5, 2.65 GAA, .921 SV%, 1 SO
Team Stats
PP%
NYI: 17.4 (26th)
PIT: 21.5 (15th)
PK%
NYI: 82.2 (5th)
PIT: 80.2 (14th)
FO%
NYI: 50.3 (15th)
PIT: 52.1 (9th)
GF/GP
NYI: 2.90 (24th)
PIT: 3.22 (14th)
GA/GP
NYI: 2.78 (9th)
PIT: 3.14 (17th)
Season Series
The New York Islanders defeated the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-1 on December 27th, and 5-4 on February 17th.
