Free Daily NCAA Lock Pick, Wednesday October 18th: New Mexico State vs UTEP 9:00pmET
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The Pittsburgh Penguins face the Detroit Red Wings with both teams looking to improve on strong starts to the season. The Penguins lost their opening night game but won their last two to leap to the top of the Metropolitan Division. The Red Wings have back-to-back wins and at 2-1, they are near the top of the Atlantic Division. The Penguins look to continue to improve in the Metropolitan Division while the Red Wings look to remain near the top of the Atlantic Division and the upcoming game should be a great one.
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The Penguins are off to a hot start with their offense taking off and scoring 3.67 goals per game with nine goals in their last two games. Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin, and Jake Guentzel have scored six goals and 10 assists but the rest of the offense has been great as well. Bryan Rust, Reilly Smith, and Lars Eller have combined for five goals and two assists while defensemen Kris Letang and Erik Karlsson have added four assists to open up the offense.
The offense has been great but the defense has stepped up as well, allowing only 2.00 goals per game with only one goal in the last two games. Kris Letang and Ryan Graves have combined for 14 blocked shots to lead the top pairing but the rest of the unit has stepped up as well with Marcus Pettersson, Erik Karlsson, and Pierre-Olivier Joseph creating turnovers all over the ice and limiting shots on the net. In addition, goaltender Tristan Jarry ha s stepped up in the net wit a .944 save percentage and a 1.53 goals-against average on 54 shots.
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