Pittsburgh Penguins (3-4-1, 7 pts) at Edmonton Oilers (2-4-1, 5 pts)
Venue: Rogers Place
Date: Friday, October 25
Time: 9:00 pm ET / 7:00 pm MT
TV: ESPN+ / SNP / Sportsnet
Radio:
Pittsburgh – 105.9 The X
Edmonton – CHED 880 AM
DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:
Pittsburgh +1.5 ML +180
Edmonton -1.5 ML -215
O/U 6.5
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Pittsburgh Penguins Notes:
Tristan Jarry has been struggling this season, and Coach Mike Sullivan said Jarry was sent back to Pittsburgh to work with Director of Goaltending Jon Elkin. Pittsburgh was a tough-luck loser in their last game, a 4-3 Shootout loss to Calgary. Pittsburgh carried the play for much of the night, outshooting the Flames 38-18 after giving the Flames an early 7-0 advantage in shots.
Edmonton Oilers Notes:
There has been a lot of focus on goaltending in Edmonton, but the offense might be the main problem for the Oilers. The Oilers offense ranks dead last in Shooting Percentage (6.7%) and 28th in Power Play Percentage (10.5%) to go along with a Penalty Kill that’s last in the league as well (54.5%), the Oilers have some special teams issues to get right before they can turn their early season disappointments around.
Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lineup: (subject to change)
O’Connor-Crosby-Rust
Bunting-Malkin-Rakell
Beauvillier-Eller-Puljujarvi
Hayes-Glass-Acciari
Pettersson-Letang
Grzelcyk-Karlsson
Graves-St. Ivany
Blomqvist
Nedeljkovic
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Edmonton Oilers Projected Lineup: (subject to change)
Nugent-Hopkins-McDavid-Hyman
Podkolzin-Draisaitl-Arvidsson
Skinner-Henrique-Brown
Janmark-Ryan-Perry
Ekholm-Bouchard
Nurse-Stetcher
Kulak-Emberson
Skinner
Pickard
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Players To Watch:
Pittsburgh Penguins – Rickard Rakell and Lars Eller are tied for the team lead in goals for the Penguins with 4 each. Pittsburgh’s team defense has been lacking so far this season with the Penguins allowing a league-worst 35 goals in only 8 games.
Edmonton Oilers – Connor McDavid had 2 goals in a 3-2 Shootout loss to Carolina. The Oilers are still struggling to find wins this season but McDavid’s multi-goal outburst is a sign that things could be turning in a positive direction for Edmonton.
Injury Report:
Pittsburgh Penguins –
C Blake Lizotte – IR – Est. return October 29
Edmonton Oilers –
LW Evander Kane – LTIR Month To Month – Est. return February 22
Next game
Pittsburgh Penguins – October 26 at Vancouver
Edmonton Oilers – October 27 at Detroit
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