MATCH: Penguins vs. Wild
TIME: 7 p.m.
PLACE: PPG Paints Arena
TV: ROOT Sports
RADIO: 105.9 FM, The X
WHAT TO WATCH FOR:
The Pens are 6-0-1 at home this season, the 3rd-longest home unbeaten streak in club history … The Pens are 1 of 3 NHL teams to be undefeated at home (New Jersey, Montreal) … Conor Sheary has the hot hand for the Pens with 4 points (2G-2A) in the past 2 games … Phil Kessel has a 6-game home point streak for Pittsburgh (3G-A-8PTS) … Sidney Crosby's point streak ended, but he still has 10 points (8G-2A) in 7 games this season … The Pens have won 4 straight against Minnesota, including 3 straight in Pittsburgh … Zach Parise has missed the past 3 games with a lower-body injury … The Wild have allowed only 2 power-play goals all season and have the NHL's top PK unit (93.5%) … Eric Staal has 48 career points (21G-27A) in 48 games against Pittsburgh … Goaltender Devan Dubnyk has allowed 3 total goals in the past 5 games, including posting 3 consecutive shutouts in that stretch for a Wild franchise record shutout streak (183:16) … The Pens are celebrating Veterans Day at tonight's game. They've invited 12 post-9/11 veterans to the game and morning skate. The Pens will wear special camouflage jerseys in the pre-game warmup.
MORNING SKATE REPORT:
\The Pens had full attendance at the morning skate.
\The Pens used the same workflow from Tuesday's win against Edmonton…
Kunitz-Malkin-Kessel
Hagelin-Crosby-Hornqvist
Sheary-Bonino-Rust
Wilson-Cullen-Fehr
Dumoulin-Letang
Maatta-Daley
Cole-Schultz
Oleksy-Sestito
PP1: Letang, Malkin, Kessel, Crosby, Hornqvist
PP2: Daley, Schultz, Bonino, Sheary
*Marc-Andre Fleury was the 1st goalie off of the ice from morning skate.
