A season-high matching six-game winning streak takes the Colorado Avalanche (2nd in Central Division) to a domestic matchup against the Pittsburgh Penguins (5th in Metropolitan), who have dropped four decisions in a row.
The current misery run of the Pittsburgh Penguins (34-26-10) stretched out to four consecutive outings (0-4-0) after the team was beaten with a count of 2-1 by the Ottawa Senators at PPG Paints Arena on Monday. The Pens conceded the opener with 3:14 remaining in the first period before Rickard Rakell (25 goals, 50 points this year) tied it at 1-1 at 14:39 of the final third, only for the visitors to bank the winner during power play just over two minutes from time. Pittsburgh, which had gone 7-1-1 in nine games prior to the current slide, has been outscored 18-7 during the skid. The team has now dropped out of the 2nd Wild Card spot of the Eastern Conference, trailing the Florida Panthers for it by one point.
Goalie Tristan Jarry stopped 19 shots on Monday to take his ongoing performance tally to 20-10-6 for the season with a 3.01 GAA and a .907 save percentage. He has posted a 0-4-0 career record versus Colorado with a 3.58 GAA and a .884 save percentage, while Casey DeSmith (13-14-4 on the year with a 3.12 GAA and a .907 save percentage) is a perfect 2-0-0 against the Avalanche historically with a 1.94 GAA and a .954 save percentage. The Penguins, meanwhile, are 16th in most goals netted per game this season (3.19), 15th in most goals given up on average (3.24), 17th in power play (21.2%) and 15th in penalty kill (79.7%).
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