MATCH: Penguins vs. Sharks
TIME: 10:30 p.m. EST
PLACE: SAP Center
TV: ROOT Sports
RADIO: 105.9 FM, The X
WHAT TO WATCH FOR:
The Pens return to the site where they won the 2016 Stanley Cup championship … On June 12th, Pittsburgh defeated San Jose, 3-1, in Game 6 at the SAP Center to win its fourth Cup title … The Pens won the rematch, 3-2, last month in Pittsburgh on Oct. 20 … Sidney Crosby enters the game on a 5-game scoring streak (6G-2A) … Conor Sheary returns to the lineup after missing the previous 7 with an eye injury … Goaltender Matt Murray will start in goal.
MORNING SKATE REPORT:
\The Pens had full participation at their morning skate.
\Conor Sheary, who will play tonight, took a regular rush on the fourth line and took reps with the second power-play unit. He's missed the past seven games after taking a high stick. Sheary is wearing a full-face shield.
\The Pens used the following workflow…
Kunitz-Malkin-Kessel
Hagelin-Crosby-Hornqvist
Wilson-Bonino-Rust
Sheary-Cullen-Fehr
(Sestito, Kuhnhackl)
Dumoulin-Letang
Maatta-Daley
Cole-Schultz-Warsofsky
PP1: Letang, Crosby, Malkin, Kessel, Hornqvist
PP2: Daley, Schultz, Bonino, Sheary, Kunitz
\Matt Murray will start between the pipes
