ColePens
RIP Fugu Buffaloed & parabola
(lulz at Brassard as the headline)
Game Date - Tuesday, January 15, 2019
Opponent - San Jose Sharks
Game Time - 10 PM
Place - SAP Center
TV - AT&T SportsNet
Radio - 105.9 FM, the X
Notables
* Pittsburgh is 10-2 in its past 12 games. The Pens' PK is 28 of 30 (93.3%) in that span.
* Jake Guentzel was named the NHL's 3rd Star of the Week of Jan. 7-13. In 3 games during the week Guentzel posted 6 points (5G-1A). His 5 goals are the most in that span, which included his 2nd hat trick of the season.
* Guentzel has a 6-game scoring streak (7G-3A). He has notched a career-high 23 goals this season, and his 44 points are 4 away from his career-best 48 posted last season.
* In the last game between the Pens and Sharks on Jan. 30 of last season, Evgeni Malkin recorded a hat trick in a 5-2 win.
* San Jose is riding a 6-game winning streak into tonight's game. The Sharks are 8-1 in their last 9 games, and have only lost twice in regulation in their last 17 games (13-2-2).
* The Sharks have the 2nd-best home record in the league (16-4-4, 36 points). The 16 home wins are 3rdmost and their 89 goals at home are 4th most in the NHL.
Lineup
Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
Pearson-Malkin-Simon
Sheahan-Brassard-Kessel
Grant-Cullen-Wilson
Dumoulin-Letang
Maatta-Oleksiak
Pettersson-Johnson
Murray
DeSmith
Marcus Sorensen - - Joe Thornton - - Joe Pavelski
Lukas Radil -- Logan Couture -- Timo Meier
Evander Kane -- Tomas Hertl -- Joonas Donskoi
Melker Karlsson -- Barclay Goodrow -- Kevin Labanc
Radim Simek -- Brent Burns
Brenden Dillon -- Erik Karlsson
Tim Heed -- Justin Braun
Martin Jones
Aaron Dell
All Hail Joe Vitale!!