NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Anaheim Ducks with Line Combinations 1/23/2025

NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Anaheim Ducks with Line Combinations 1/23/2025

Pittsburgh Penguins (20-21-8, 48 Pts) at Anaheim Ducks (18-23-6, 42 Pts)

Venue: Honda Center
Date: Thursday, January 23
Time: 10:00 pm EST
TV: ESPN+/SN-PIT/KCOP-13
Radio:
Pittsburgh – 105.9 The X
Anaheim – KLAA 830 AM

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Pittsburgh -1.5 ML -148
Anaheim: +1.5 ML +124
O/U 6.5

Purchase tickets via Ticketmaster

Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins picked up a win on Monday, 5-1 over the Los Angeles Kings. With the win, they are now 3-4-4 in January and despite the skid are only four points out of the final playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. They are averaging 2.55 goals per game while allowing 3.18 goals per game.

Anaheim Ducks News & Notes:

The Ducks dropped their fourth straight last night as they lost 5-2 to the Florida Panthers. It was their second straight loss to the Panthers as they lost to them on Saturday 3-0. The Ducks are now 3-6-2 in January and are averaging two goals per game while allowing 3.55 goals per game.

Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lineup:

Rakell-Crosby-Rust
Bunting-Malkin-Glass
Beauvillier-Hayes-Tomasino
O’Connor-Acciari-Nieto

Pettersson-Letang
Grzelcyk-Karlsson
Pickering-Joseph

Nedeljkovic
Blomqvist

Get Pittsburgh Hockey Merchandise Here

Anaheim Ducks Projected Lines

Vatrano-Strome-Terry
Zegras-Carlsson-Killorn
Gauthier-Harkins-Fabbri
Lundestrom-McTavish-Leason

Lacombe-Gudas
Trouba-Mintykov
Zellweger-Dumoulin

Gibson
Dostal

Buy Anaheim Hockey Merchandise Below!
Anaheim Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Sidney Crosby this season has 51 points on 13 goals and 38 assists. He’s faced the Ducks 25 times in his career recording 30 points on 12 goals and 18 assists; in the matchup earlier this season he had two goals.

Anaheim Ducks

Alex Killorn this season has 18 points on eight goals and ten assists. He’s faced the Penguins 32 times in his career recording 25 points on seven goals and 18 assists; he scored a goal in the previous matchup this season.

Injury Report:

Pittsburgh Penguins

D Jack St. Ivany – Out

Anaheim Ducks

F Isac Lundestrom – DTD
F Brock McGinn – IR

Next Game

Pittsburgh – January 25 at Seattle Kraken
Anaheim – January 25 vs. Nashville Predators

ITR 40: Headed For A Repeat? Inside The Rink

Join Chris and Conrad as they get you up-to-date on the Stanley Cup Playoffs!
  1. ITR 40: Headed For A Repeat?
  2. ITR 39: Conference Finals
  3. ITR 38: Quenneville is a Duck
  4. ITR 37: Round Two
  5. ITR 36: Coaching Carousel


Discover more from Inside The Rink

Subscribe to get the latest posts sent to your email.

Leave a Reply

AHL: Eric Dubois Heads Overseas to ERC Ingolstadt

The Manitoba Moose announced on Friday, May 30th, that Eric Dubois has joined the DEL club ERC Ingolstadt as an assistant coach. Dubois, 55, served as an assistant coach with the Manitoba Moose for nine seasons when he joined the club back in 2016. The Moose posted a 292-264-34-23 record in Dubois’ nine seasons as […]

Read More
Kashawn Aitcheson physicality

2025 NHL Draft Prospect Profile: Kashawn Aitcheson

Kashawn Aitcheson is a 6-foot-1, 198-pound left-shot defenceman from Toronto, Ontario. Born on September 21st, 2006, Aitcheson narrowly missed the cutoff for the 2024 NHL Draft, and is one of the oldest prospects in the 2025 class. Aitcheson has spent the last three seasons with the Barrie Colts of the OHL. He was also selected […]

Read More
Stuart Skinner

Opinion: Oilers’ Stuart Skinner Showing Some Steadiness Between the Pipes

When it comes to Edmonton Oilers goaltender Stuart Skinner, one never knows what they are going to get. On one hand, one might see a version of Skinner, 26, who stands tall, comes up with big saves, does not get out of position, and does not allow soft goals. When this version of Skinner is […]

Read More