Pens vs Preds 12-27-19

[fractalsteel]

Hornqvist is close, the others, not so much.

Penguins projected lineup
Jake Guentzel -- Evgeni Malkin -- Bryan Rust

Alex Galchenyuk -- Jared McCann -- Dominik Kahun

Zach Aston-Reese -- Teddy Blueger -- Brandon Tanev

Sam Lafferty -- Joseph Blandisi -- Dominik Simon

Jack Johnson -- Kris Letang

Juuso Riikola -- John Marino

Marcus Pettersson -- Chad Ruhwedel

Tristan Jarry

Matt Murray

Scratched: Thomas Di Pauli, Kevin Czuczman

Injured: Sidney Crosby (core muscle), Nick Bjugstad (lower body), Brian Dumoulin (lower body), Patric Hornqvist (lower body), Justin Schultz (lower body)

[fractalsteel]

Rinne, the Pens best friend that period.

Pens got goals from guys that have struggled lately-encouraging. The best lines were the bottom six in that period for the birdies.
Letang was awful and JJ should never play another shift with Malkin.

Layoff hockey is on display tonight.

[Orangesteel]

Tremendous cuppa periods from the Pens there. Damn, Riikola, where did that come from?

This is fun. Makes what is about to go down Sunday a bit moar tolerable.

Pittsburgh is still the Pens town.

[Ice]

12-5-3 without Sid. That's pretty impressive, especially when you're adding in all the rest of the injuries.