MATCH:Penguins vs. Canucks
TIME:7 p.m. EST
PLACE:PPG Paints Arena
TV:AT&T SportsNet
RADIO:105.9 FM, the X
5 THINGS:
1.Center Evgeni Malkin will miss tonight's game with an upper-body injury. Carter Rowney (hand) will be a game-time decision.
2.Jake Guentzel, who will move to his natural center position tonight, has goals in his last 2 games against Vancouver and points in every game played against the Canucks (2G-2A) in his career.
3.The Pens have a 4-game winning streak on Thanksgiving Eve games.
4.Vancouver defeated the Flyers, 5-2, last night in Philadelphia. The Canucks are playing the Pens on the second half of back-to-back contests.
5.Rookie Brock Boeser leads the Canucks with 9 goals on the season. He has a 3-game goal-scoring streak (4 total), and posted his first career hat trick against the Pens in early November.
INJURIES
PIT - Evgeni Malkin (upper-body), Carter Rowney (hand).
VAN - Troy Stecher (knee), Chris Tanev (upper-body), Derek Dorsett (upper-body).
MORNING SKATE:
* The Pens held an optional skate. Missing were Olli Maatta, Phil Kessel, Kris Letang, Malkin and Sidney Crosby.
