Game 12 Preview: Penguins at Blues

Matt Bodenschatz | Pittsburgh Penguins

Nov 1, 11:55 AM | Hype this story!
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8:00 (EST) at Scottrade Center
TV: FSN Pittsburgh
Probable Goalies: Fleury (Pit), Mason (StL)

 
Inside The Game

The Pittsburgh Penguins seem to have fallen apart.  They’ve lost three in a row and now must face even more injury challenges, as Sidney Crosby and Pascal Dupuis remain questionable, though hopefully only for the short-term.

But the St. Louis Blues won’t feel much sorrow for the injury-plagued Penguins, as they have two players out for the season and three more — including two goaltenders — out temporarily.

Tonight’s should be an interesting game, though, as Janne Pesonen will make his long-awaited debut in the NHL after being signed as a free agent out of Finland.  The small winger likely will fill a scoring role on one of the top-two lines, though the official lineup for tonight’s game has not yet been made available.
 
Standings
  GP W L OTL Pts Division Conference League
Penguins 11 4 4 2 12 3, Atlantic 7, Eastern 12, NHL
Blues 9 5 4 0 10 4, Central 9, Western 18, NHL
                 
Team Statistics
  GF GA PP% PK% Home Away L 10 Streak
Penguins 26 26 20.8 86.3 3-2-1 2-2-1 4-4-2 3 losses
Blues 29 24 31.7 86.8 4-3-0 1-1-0 5-4-0 1 loss
                 
Team Leaders
  Stat Penguins   Stat Blues
Goals 5 Satan Goals 8 Tkachuk
Assists 13 Malkin Assists 11 McDonald
Points 16 Malkin Points 12 Kariya
+/- +3 Malkin +/- +3 Berglund
PIMs 37 Godard PIMs 20 Janssen
Wins 4 Fleury Wins 4 Legace
GAA 1.45 Sabourin GAA 1.42 Bishop
Sv% .957 Sabourin Sv% .931 Bishop
 
Injuries/Suspensions
Penguins Injury Status
Crosby, DTD
Dupuis, DTD
Gonchar, IR
Whitney, IR		 Undisclosed
Undisclosed
Shoulder surgery
Foot surgery		 Questionable
Questionable
Out until March
Out until December
Blues Injury Status
Bishop, DTD
Legace, DTD
King, IR
Pietrangelo, IR
Johnson, IR		 Lower body
Lower body
Shoulder
Upper body
Knee		 Questionable
Questionable
Out for season
Out indefinitely
Out for season
 
Note: Info up-to-date as of 12:00 pm, Saturday, November 1, 2008.

Comments

  1. c

    Nov 1, 12:47 PM

    Pens website says that Dupuis is on IR so there’s Pesonen’s roster spot. It’ll be interesting to see how he plays and who he plays with. Pens say Sid still DTD and therefore questionable but not on IR.

  2. S. Miller

    Nov 1, 01:42 PM

    Look its time for a change!!!! We cant wait until whitney and gonchar comeback. I hope the rumours are true about Kovalchuk!!! I would give up Staal, gologoski, and a first rounder for him. I know that we need to dump more salary to get under the cap. But we need some wingers that can score. Staal will never be what we want him to be. I believe he needs to be the main man to succeed. And as for Shanny he would come cheap and fit well with Malkin and Sykora!!!! We are missing some of the passion these two guys would bring. We need to do something now!!!

  3. Zach

    Nov 1, 02:31 PM

    Chill… its a marathon not a sprint…

  4. S. Miller

    Nov 1, 02:55 PM

    I have been a Pens fan since 1983. Have you not watched the games???? If it wasnt for our goaltending we would have been blown out in most games. Jordan Staal will not succeed stuck on the third line. He will get big money if he stays and I would not doubt if someone signed him to an offer sheet. If Atlanta is willing to let Kovalchuk go why not make the offer he is better and healthier than Gaborik!!!!

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