NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at San Jose Sharks with Line Combinations 1/27/2025

Pittsburgh Penguins (20-23-8, 48 Pts) at San Jose Sharks (14-32-6, 34 pts)

Venue: SAP Center
Date: Saturday, January 25
Time: 10:30 ET
TV: ESPN+/SN-PIT/ NBCSCA
Radio:
Pittsburgh – 105.9 The X
San Jose – Sharks Audio Network

DraftKings Sportsbook Betting Lines:

Pittsburgh -1.5 ML -166
San Jose: +1.5 ML +140
O/U 6.5

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Pittsburgh Penguins News & Notes:

The Penguins suffered their second straight loss on Saturday as they lost 4-1 to the Seattle Kraken. They’ve now dropped three of their last four and are 3-6-3 in January and are averaging 2.50 goals per game while allowing 3.67 goals per game. They are seven points out of the final wild card spot in the Eastern Conference.

San Jose Sharks News & Notes:

The Sharks dropped their sixth straight game on Saturday in a 7-2 loss to the Florida Panthers. They are 3-9-0 in January and are averaging 2.67 goals per game while allowing an average of 4.08 goals per game. Despite the skid Will Smith and Fabian Zetterlund are each on a four game point streak.

Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lineup:

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

Pettersson-Letang
Grzelcyk-Karlsson
Graves-Shea

Nedeljkovic
Blomqvist

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San Jose Sharks Projected Lines:

Zetterlund-Granlund-Smith
Eklund-Celebrini-Toffoli
Kovalenko-Wennberg-Kunin Graf
Sabourin-Goodrow-Duehr

Walman-Ceci
Liljegren-Ferraro
Thrun-Vlasic

Askarov
Georgiev

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Players To Watch:

Pittsburgh Penguins

Sidney Crosby this season has 52 points on 14 goals and 38 assists. He’s faced the Kraken 23 times in his career recording 22 points on five goals and 17 assists; in the previous matchup this season he scored a goal

San Jose Sharks

Mikael Granlund this season has 43 points, 14 goals, and 29 assists. He’s faced the Penguins 19 times in his career recording 12 points on six goals and six assists; in the previous meeting, he scored a goal.

Injury Report:

Pittsburgh Penguins

D Jack St. Ivany – Out
F Bryan Rust – DTD
F Blake Lizotte – DTD
F Evgeni Malkin – DTD

San Jose Sharks

C Logan Couture – LTIR
G Vitek Vanecek – IR
F Klim Kostin – IR
D Jan Rutta – IR
F Nico Sturm – IR

Next Game:

Pittsburgh – January 29 at Utah Hockey Club
San Jose – January 30 at Seattle Kraken

ITR 47: Then There Was Nothing – Inside The Rink

Join Conrad and Chris as the discuss Gavin McKenna making the jump to the NCAA, Pittsburgh and San Jose making additions, and the NHL season to begin on October 7, 2025.

1. ITR 47: Then There Was Nothing 32:56
2. ITR 46: Offseason Chaos 24:53
3. ITR 45: Everything Is Happening 37:46
4. ITR 44: We Have A Champion…Again 56:17
5. ITR 43: It's Winning Time 39:10