Game Preview: 03.09.21 vs. NYR

GM 25 | MARCH 9 | 6:00 PM ET | PPG PAINTS ARENA
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PIT: 14 - 9 - 1 (29 pts)
NYR: 10 - 10 - 3 (23 pts)

MATCHUP PREVIEW

The Penguins conclude their five-game homestand against the New York Rangers at PPG Paints Arena. As a friendly reminder, tonight's game is a rare 6:00 PM start time. Pittsburgh has points in 11 of its last 12 games versus New York (8-1-3), and is 12-3-3 in its last 18 games versus the Rangers. Pittsburgh also has points in six-straight home games against New York (5-0-1). The Penguins have earned points in seven of their last 10 games overall (7-3-0). The Penguins are scheduled to play 12 home games during the month of March. It is the most home games played in a calendar month in franchise history, and second-most in NHL history. Thus far they are 3-1-0 in those games. Tonight, the Penguins will be wearing their 'Pittsburgh Gold' third jerseys. Following tomorrow's game, the team will wear them four more times this season.
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QUICK HITS

Evgeni Malkin enters tonight's game riding a four-game point streak (2G-4A), and can establish a season-long five-game point streak with a point tonight. He also has points in six-straight home games (2G-7A), and with a point tonight he can have his first seven-game home point streak since Jan. 25-Feb. 17, 2018 (7 Games, 11G-7A).
Forward Kasperi Kapanen enters tonight's game with points in six of his last eight games versus New York (2G-7A). Overall, he has six points (3G-3A) in his last four games.
Evgeni Malkin has 20 points (9G-11A) in his last 16 home games against the Rangers. Pittsburgh has picked up points in 13 of those 16 games (11-3-2).
Sidney Crosby enters tonight's game with 199 career multi-assist games, and his next such instance will make him the 22nd player in NHL history to have 200 or more games with multiple assists, moving him into a three-way tie with Doug Gilmour (200) and Bobby Clarke (200) for the 20th most multi-assist games in NHL history.
The Penguins are averaging 4.2 goals per game over their last 10 home games against the Rangers dating back to March 3, 2016.

Tweet from @penguins: Coach Sullivan on McCann: "Jared will be out for tonight's game with an upper-body injury. Right now his status is day-to-day."

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LETANG RISING THE RANKS

Kris Letang continued his solid play on Sunday, finishing the night with an assist and plus-1. The assist gives him 10 points (5G-5A) over his last nine games dating back to Feb. 20, and during that span, no defenseman in the NHL has recorded more goals (5) or points (10) than Letang. He also enters tonight's game with 554 points - one shy of tying Kevin Stevens (555) for the eighth-most points in franchise history.

DEFENSEMEN DELIGHT

John Marino opened the Pittsburgh scoring on Sunday night with his first goal of the season and seventh of his career. Marino is the seventh different Penguins defenseman to tally a goal this season, tying them with Washington and Columbus for the most unique goal scorers who are defensemen in the NHL. Pittsburgh now has 13 goals from defensemen this season which ranks tied for fourth in the NHL while their 17.6% of goals from defensemen ranks sixth in the league

COACH INTERVIEW

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