The Pittsburgh Penguins (38-29-10, 86 points, 2nd wildcard) look to keep their playoff hopes alive with a victory on Tuesday when visiting Metropolitan division rival the New Jersey Devils (48-21-8, 104 points, 2nd Metropolitan), who have already clinched a postseason berth. Pittsburgh defeated Philadelphia 4-2 on Sunday night and the Penguins are currently second in the Eastern Conference wild card race, just one point behind the New York Islanders and only one point ahead of the Florida Panthers with the top two earning a berth in the postseason. New Jersey was defeated by the Winnipeg Jets 6-1 on Sunday snapping a two-game winning streak. New Jersey is second in the Metropolitan division and is guaranteed a top three finish in the division.
Pittsburgh is allowing an average of 3.22 goals per game, which is 18th in the NHL, while scoring an average of 3.21 which is 17th. Pittsburgh is allowing an average of 33.0 shots per game which is 25th and the Penguins are taking an average of 34.6 shots per game which is 4th best. Pittsburgh's penalty kill unit is successful 78.3% of the time which is only 18th and its power play is successful 21.3% of the time which is 15th.
Jake Guentzel is the leading goal scorer for Pittsburgh with 35, while Sidney Crosby is second in goals scored with 31. Crosby is the leader in assists with 57, while Evgeni Malkin is second in assists with 55. Crosby is the points leader with 88 and Malkin is second with 80. Pittsburgh has scored 58 goals on the power play in 77 games with three players scoring 10 power play goals each. Tristan Jarry is 22-11-6 with a 2.93 goals against average, .909 save percentage and two shutouts..
Pittsburgh is playing without Nick Bonino, Dmitry Kulkov, Marcus Pettersson and Jan Rutta
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