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Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Calgary Flames
Thursday, October 25, 2018
9:00 PM - Scotiabank Saddledome
TV - AT&T SportsNet
RADIO - 105.9 FM, the X
Game Day Notes:
Game Preview: Pens-Flames
* Phil Kessel will be playing his 700th straight game tonight (768 including playoffs) against the Flames. It will also be Kessel's 254th straight game for Pittsburgh, tying Evgeni Malkin for the fifth-longest consecutive game streak in team history.
* Pittsburgh had 11 players register a point against the Oilers, including Patric Hornqvist and Jamie Oleksiak who each scored 2 goals.
* The Flames are led by Johnny Gaudreau and Matthew Tkachuk, both posting 12 points.
* Defenseman Travis Hamonic could possibly return to the lineup after missing the previous 8 games with an upper-body injury.
Lines:
Pittsburgh Penguins
Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
Hagelin-Malkin-Kessel
Simon-Brassard-Hornqvist
Sheahan-Cullen-Sprong
Dumoulin-Letang
Johnson-Riikola
Maatta-Oleksiak
Murray
DeSmith
Calgary Flames
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
Bennett-Jankowski-Neal
Czarnik-Dube-Hathaway
Giordano-Andersson
Hanifin-Hamonic
Brodie-Stone
Smith
Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
Hagelin-Malkin-Kessel
Simon-Brassard-Hornqvist
Sheahan-Cullen-Sprong
Dumoulin-Letang
Johnson-Riikola
Maatta-Oleksiak
Murray
DeSmith
Calgary Flames
Gaudreau-Monahan-Lindholm
Tkachuk-Backlund-Frolik
Bennett-Jankowski-Neal
Czarnik-Dube-Hathaway
Giordano-Andersson
Hanifin-Hamonic
Brodie-Stone
Smith
Expect.... effort from Calgary
“That’s an embarrassing effort. That’s a bad way to play,” fumed Tkachuk, showing the type of heart-on-his-sleeve leadership that prompted the Flames to name him an alternate captain this fall. “We leave our goalie out to dry for the whole game. I mean, he’s not God in there. You can’t stop everything. At one point, they’re going to go in.
“Myself included, lazy plays in front of our net in our zone, and they get ahead of us. And taking long shifts, myself included. We’re getting out there, we’re tired, and they just keep getting these chances. And eventually, they’re going to go in.
“It was a bad effort after we got away with one in New York because of our goalie. So maybe tonight, we could return him the favour and play well — and hope he plays well, but if not, we bail him out.
‘That’s an embarrassing effort’: Flames waste great goaltending in Montreal“Myself included, lazy plays in front of our net in our zone, and they get ahead of us. And taking long shifts, myself included. We’re getting out there, we’re tired, and they just keep getting these chances. And eventually, they’re going to go in.
“It was a bad effort after we got away with one in New York because of our goalie. So maybe tonight, we could return him the favour and play well — and hope he plays well, but if not, we bail him out.
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