For the third time this season we will see the Carolina Hurricanes face off against the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Penguins have come away with 2 victories already against the Cane's.One, a 3-0 shutout by Big Brent Johnson in Carolina,the other being a 5-4 Shootout win in Pittsburgh. I was lucky enough to attend the first, will be missing this game but will be in attendance for our fourth match-up in Carolina, Feb 25th.
This will be the 8th consecutive game that Sidney Crosby is not in the line up for the Penguins. The Pens are 3-4-0 without Sid in the line up, and 0-1 without Malkin or Crosby on the ice. Tonight is however going to be the first Staal vs Staal match up we've seen all year, as the first two times these teams met Jordan was still suffering from his first, then second injuries. The brothers Staal will be the major story line for most of the night, along with our missing Stars.
The Pens are going to be out there rocking the Powder Blues, the jerseys they wore during the shutout:
Projected lines for the Penguins will be similar to the lines against the Devils:
Kunitz-Letestu-Dupuis
Cooke-Staal-Kennedy
Rupp-Talbot-Conner
Adams-Jeffrey-Asham
Defensive pairings:
Brooks Orpik - Kris Letang
Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek
Alex Goligoski - Ben Lovejoy
Marc Andre Fleury will be between the Pipes for the Pens.
Huge weekend for the Black and Gold and it starts right here at the Consol Energy Center.
Lets go Pens!
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