Game 45 Preview: Penguins Host Capitals

Matt Bodenschatz | Pittsburgh Penguins

Jan 14, 02:06 PM | Hype this story!
Washington Capitals
Series – 0 GP
W L OTL Pts.
1 0 0 2
 
Pittsburgh Penguins
Series – 0 GP
Pts. W L OTL
0 0 1 0

7:30 at Mellon Arena
TV: FSN Pittsburgh
Radio: WXDX Radio, FM 105.9
Probable Goalies: Fleury (Pit), Johnson (Was)

 
Inside The Game

Looking to make it a much-needed two in a row, the Pittsburgh Penguins return home for the first game of an extended home stand.

Fortunately for them, they aren’t carrying a losing streak into tonight’s game against the second ranked Washington Capitals.

According to the Penguins’ web site, the lines tonight will be the same as they were last night:

Cooke-Crosby-Malkin
Minard-Staal-Sykora
Kennedy-Talbot-Satan
Bissonnette-Jeffrey-Godard

Orpik-Whitney
Letang-Scuderi
Goligoski-Gill

Fleury
Sabourin
 
Standings
  GP W L OTL Pts Division Conference League
Penguins 44 21 19 4 46 4, Atlantic 10, Eastern 18, nhl
Capitals 44 27 14 3 57 1, Southeast 2, Eastern 4, NHL
                 
Team Statistics
  GF GA PP% PK% Home Away L 10 Streak
Penguins 134 137 17.2 79.7 9-9-2 12-10-2 3-7-0 1 win
Capitals 141 130 22.5 79.6 18-3-1 9-11-2 7-3-0 3 losses
                 
Team Leaders
  Stat Penguins   Stat Capitals
Goals 17 Crosby, Malkin Goals 27 Ovechkin
Assists 49 Malkin Assists 33 Backstrom
Points 66 Malkin Points 54 Ovechkin
+/- +15 Malkin +/- +21 Semin
PIMs 111 Godard PIMs 79 Brashear
Wins 13 Fleury Wins 14 Theodore
GAA 2.85 Sabourin GAA 2.74 Johnson
Sv% .905 Fleury Sv% .909 Johnson
 
Injuries/Suspensions
Penguins Injury Status
Dupuis, DTD
Fedotenko, IR
Zigomanis, IR
Gonchar, IR		 Undisclosed
Broken hand
Shoulder
Shoulder		 Questionable
Out until February
Out indefinitely
Out until February
Capitals Injury Status
Pothier, DTD
Gordon, DTD
Poti, IR		 Concussion
Back
Groin		 Out indefinitely
Questionable
Out until late February
     
Note: Info up-to-date as of 1:04 pm, Wednesday, January 14, 2009.

Comments

  1. Andrew Rothey

    Jan 14, 02:54 PM

    Is there any game with better storylines than Pens-Caps? The sheer starpower, the AO-Malkin falling out, Semin’s comments on Crosby, the battle for the title of best player in the world, the evident passion (both personal and team) of these players…

    If you miss this game, shame on you for six weeks.

  2. DaBich

    Jan 14, 05:25 PM

    I hope MT leaves Cooke where he is for a while. I like it!

  3. jay s

    Jan 14, 06:30 PM

    So AO likes taking runs at Malkin. Would it be ethical or unethical for someone like Cooke to take runs at AO?

    I think if the chance is there to lay him out, do it.

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