Game Preview: 04.26.22 vs. EDM

GM 81 | APRIL 25 | 7:00 PM ET | PPG PAINTS ARENA
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PIT: 45 - 24 - 11 (101 pts)
EDM: 46 - 27 - 6 (98 pts)

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GAME PREVIEW

The Penguins return home for their final homestand of the season as they take on the Edmonton Oilers at PPG Paints Arena. Tonight's game is presented by Berkshire Hathaway and doors to the arena for fans will open at 6:00 PM. Pittsburgh is facing Edmonton at home for the first time since a 2-1 overtime loss on Nov. 2, 2019. Brian Dumoulin scored the lone goal for the Penguins in regulation. Pittsburgh has points in 19 of its last 20 games versus the Oilers (15-1-4) dating back to December 5, 2007, with the lone regulation loss coming earlier this season. Here at home, Pittsburgh hasn't lost to Edmonton in regulation since Jan. 10, 2006, and since then have gone 7-0-2 versus them. Pittsburgh is 18-8-5 against Western Conference opponents.

QUICK HITS

Rickard Rakell has 24 points (11G-13A) in 28 games against Edmonton in his career. Both of his two career hat tricks have come versus the Oilers (Feb. 25, 2018 and Mar. 30, 2019).
The Penguins have wins in three straight home games. A win tonight would give them their third four-game home winning streak of the season (7 games from Dec.11-Jan. 20; 4 games from Mar. 11-27). Only Minnesota (5 games) has a longer active home winning streak than Pittsburgh.
Since April 12, only Kevin Fiala (9), Vladimir Tarasenko (8) and Nikita Kucherov (8) have more goals than Jake Guentzel (7) in the NHL.
Despite only playing in 39 games this season, Evgeni Malkin sits one goal shy of hitting the 20-goal plateau for the 13th time in his career. Only teammate Sidney Crosby (14) has more such instances in team history.
Teddy Blueger has points (1G-2A) in three of four career games against the Oilers.

CENTURY MARK

With just two games left in the regular season, the Penguins have hit the 100-point plateau for the 14th time in team history. With a maximum of four potential points left to accumulate this season, Pittsburgh (45-24-11, 101 points) has a chance to finish somewhere on the top-10 list of most points in a single season in franchise history. The team record was set in the 1992-93 season.

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