After two wins against Washington, Pittsburgh is looking to start off 3-0 at home for the first time since the 2013-14 season when the Penguins won their first five home games.
Forward Kasperi Kapanen enters tonight's game riding a three-game point streak versus New York (3A).
Evgeni Malkin got on the board for the first time this season with a power-play goal on Tuesday versus Washington. He is now one of just four active, and 53 players in NHL history, to record 150 or more power-play goals.
The Penguins are 9-3-1 in their last 13 home games dating back to last season (Jan. 14, 2020). During that span, Sidney Crosby has amassed 27 points (7G-20A) in those 13 games. Since Jan 14, 2020, no NHL player has more points at home than Crosby's 27.
Last game, Teddy Blueger's shorthand goal was just the third 5-on-3 shorthanded goal in Penguins history (Mario Lemieux vs. LAK, Feb. 13, 1988; Matt Cooke vs. PHI, Feb. 18, 2012).