NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 11/7/2024

Martin Necas #88 skating for the Carolina Hurricanes
Photo via NHL.com

Pittsburgh Penguins (5-7-2, 12 Pts) at Carolina Hurricanes (9-2-0, 18 Pts)
Venue: Lenovo Center
Date: Tonight – Thursday, November 7
Time: 7:00 pm EST

TV: FanDuel Sports Network South, ESPN+, SportsNet PT
Radio:
Pittsburgh – 105.9 The X
Carolina – 99.9 The Fan

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Pittsburgh +1.5 ML +215
Carolina -1.5 ML -265
O/U 6.5

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Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins are 14-9-5 in their last 28 games against the Hurricanes overall dating back to Jan. 17, 2016. Pittsburgh has points in three of its last four games versus Carolina. The Penguins are looking for their first win at Carolina since Dec. 22, 2018.

Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:

The Hurricanes have won seven in a row and are third in the NHL in goals per game with over four per game. Carolina’s power play is ranked eighth and their penalty kill is ranked ninth in the league.

Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines

Malkin-Crosby-Rakell

O’Connor-Eller-Glass

Bunting-Acciari-Puljujarvi

Hayes-Lizotte-Beauvillier

Grzelcyk-Letang

Pettersson-Karlsson

Graves-St. Ivany

Nedeljkovic

Blomqvist

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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines

Svechnikov-Aho-Roslovic

Robinson-Kotkaniemi-Necas

Martinook-Staal-Jarvis

Carrier-Drury-Blake

Slavin-Burns

Gostisbehere-Walker

Orlov-Chatfield

Kochetkov

Martin

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Carolina Hockey – Inside The Rink

Players To Watch:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Sidney Crosby is to goals away from 600 in his career and has five goals and three assists in his last eight games. Rickard Rakell has five points in his last four.

Carolina Hurricanes

Martin Necas is on a seven-game point streak, four-game goal streak and four-game multi-point streak. Andrei Svechnikov has points in six consecutive games. Dmitry Orlov has a three-game point streak.

Injury Report:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Matthew Nieto – IR – Returned to practice Monday
RW Bryan Rust – Week to week
RW Kevin Hayes – Day to day

Carolina Hurricanes

RW Jesper Fast – LTIR – Out for season
G Frederik Anderson – Week to week

Next Game

Pittsburgh Penguins – November 8 at Washington
Carolina Hurricanes – November 9 at Colorado

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