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Golden Knights @ Pittsburgh Penguins
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Game News/Notes
Following the announcement that starting goaltender Matt Murray was diagnosed with a concussion the Pens turn to DeSmith, who will start Thursday night when Pittsburgh hosts Vegas at PPG Paints Arena.
"I've been having really good practices lately. I felt good out there," DeSmith said. "I got all the new gear broken in so that always good. Beginning the year is always rough in that way for me. Everything is coming together for me."
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Thursday should be the official NHL debut of Juuso Riikola. The youngster opened eyes in preseason and unfortunately sat the first two games while the defense gave up goals left and right. I'm very interested to see how the kid plays as preseason is over and we need someone to step up big time on defense.
While it will take a team effort for a much needed better effort on defense, hopefully the youngster brings a spark.
Lines
Penguins:
Guentzel-Crosby-Hornqvist
Hagelin-Malkin-Kessel
Simon-Brassard-Rust
Cullen-Sheahan-Sprong
Dumoulin-Letang
Johnson-Schultz
Oleksiak-Riikola
Maatta-Ruhwedel
DeSmith
Jarry
Vegas:
Marchessault-Karlsson-Smith
Pacioretty-Haula-Nosek
Carpenter-Eakin-Lindberg
Carrier-Bellemare-Reaves
McNabb-Miller
Theodore-Engo
Merrill-Holden
Fleury (?)
Subban
Congrats Tangers!Penguins:
Guentzel-Crosby-Hornqvist
Hagelin-Malkin-Kessel
Simon-Brassard-Rust
Cullen-Sheahan-Sprong
Dumoulin-Letang
Johnson-Schultz
Oleksiak-Riikola
Maatta-Ruhwedel
DeSmith
Jarry
Vegas:
Marchessault-Karlsson-Smith
Pacioretty-Haula-Nosek
Carpenter-Eakin-Lindberg
Carrier-Bellemare-Reaves
McNabb-Miller
Theodore-Engo
Merrill-Holden
Fleury (?)
Subban
On Saturday, October 6, 2018, Kris Letang picked up his 441st-career point, surpassing Paul Coffey for the most points in franchise history by a defenseman. See more about Kris' career, and his path to establishing himself as one of the best defensemen to ever wear a Penguins jersey.
DAMMIT WE NEED SOME COLDPLAY
But seriously... Spaceballs gifs that represent the Penguins: