Pittsburgh Penguins (3-4-0, 6 pts) at Calgary Flames (4-0-1, 9 pts)
Venue: Scotiabank Saddledome
Date: Tuesday, October 22
Time: 9:30 pm ET / 7:30 pm MT
TV: ESPN+ / SNP / Sportsnet
Radio:
Pittsburgh – 105.9 The X
Calgary – Sportsnet 960
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Pittsburgh +1.5 ML -110
Calgary -1.5 ML -110
O/U 6.5
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Pittsburgh Penguins Notes:
The Penguins have lost two straight games since the Malkin milestone win against Buffalo 6-5 in overtime. Evgeni Malkin is the 48th player in NHL history to score 500 career goals. Malkin joins Alex Ovechkin as the only Russian-born player to achieve that feat. The Penguins are bringing all three goalies on their 4-game road trip.
Calgary Flames Notes:
Calgary has had balanced scoring throughout the lineup with 11 different goal scorers, tied with the New York Rangers for best in the NHL.
Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lineup: (subject to change)
O’Connor-Crosby-Rust
Bunting-Malkin-Rakell
Beauvillier-Eller-Glass
Hayes-Acciari-Puljujarvi
Grzelcyk-Letang
Pettersson-Karlsson
Graves-Shea
Nedeljkovic
Blomqvist
Jarry
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Calgary Flames Projected Lineup: (subject to change)
Honzek-Kadri-Kuzmenko
Huberdeau-Pospisil-Mantha
Zary-Backlund-Coleman
Lomberg-Kirkland-Coronato
Weegar-Miromanov
Bahl-Andersson
Barrie-Pachal
Wolf
Vladar
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Players To Watch:
Pittsburgh Penguins – Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin may see more time together at 5v5. Coach Mike Sullivan said, “We might throw that pair together and see if we can get a spark.” The Penguins are 2nd in the NHL in goals scored with 24 but LAST in the league in goals allowed with 31.
Calgary Flames – The Flames have been a surprise to many to start the 2024-25 season, and Jonathan Huberdeau has been a player that has surprised many with 6 points (3g, 3a) in 5 games. Huberdeau is on pace to have his best season in Calgary since he was acquired with MacKenzie Weegar in the blockbuster trade that sent Matthew Tkachuk to Florida.
Injury Report:
Pittsburgh Penguins –
C Blake Lizotte – IR – Est. return October 29
Calgary Flames –
LW Samuel Honzek – IR Week To Week – Est. return October 30
C Yegor Sharangovich – IR
C Kevin Rooney – IR
Next game
Pittsburgh Penguins – October 25 at Edmonton
Calgary Flames – October 24 vs. Carolina
