The Penguins will try to bounce back against the Kings at home
The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to quickly get back to winning ways when they host the Los Angeles Kings at PPG Paints Arena (7 p.m. ET; FDSNW, SN-PIT, SNO, SNE).
The Penguins (13-14-5) had won six of their last eight games before losing 3-2 to the Ottawa Senators on Saturday.
“I thought Ottawa defended the front of its net very well all evening,” analyzed Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan after the game. “It took us a while to get close to their goal. I think from the second half of the second period we started to do it a little more, but they were defending strongly. »
Against the Senators, Quebec defenseman Kris Letang scored in a second straight game to bring his points tally to five (three goals, two assists) since the start of a four-game streak with at least one point. For his part, Penguins captain Sidney Crosby needs another game with more than one point to overtake Steve Yzerman (477) for seventh place in NHL history.
It won’t be easy for the Penguins to turn things around against the Kings (18-9-3), since they have won seven of their last eight duels. In their last game on Saturday, they defeated the New York Rangers by a score of 5-1.
The Kings quickly made up for their 3-1 defeat suffered at the hands of the New Jersey Devils on Tuesday.
“That’s one of our strengths as a group, we have a very short memory and we bounce back quickly,” noted Kings forward Warren Foegele. In the first half, we played with a lot of rhythm with a north-south style. I felt like we really connected today. »
Kevin Fiala will play his 600th career NHL game. He collected 446 points (186 goals, 260 assists) in his first 599 games.
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