Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET, the Pittsburgh Penguins (31-12-1, 63 points) and Vancouver Canucks (23-13-8, 54 points) skate against each other live from Rogers Arena in Vancouver for the second and final meeting against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Pittsburgh fans can hear all of the action by adjusting their radios to 105.9 WXDX while Vancouver fans can do the same on Team 1040.
Pittsburgh enters play at the start of a three-game road trip through western Canada while Vancouver once again may be without their No.1 goaltender. The first time these two teams met, the Penguins topped the Canucks 4-3 in a shootout in Pittsburgh on Oct. 19.
The Penguins got some key pieces of their team back in their latest 6-5 win over the Winnipeg Jets on Sunday.
"We have a good structure here. We're always going to have a good chance to win because of that," defenseman Rob Scuderi told the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "But you can't teach what those guys have. Their vision, the ability to make guys miss, to open up space for someone else. That's strictly a feel thing. They have it. That's why they're special."
The Canucks gave up 45 shots in their 4-3 loss to the Anaheim Ducks on Sunday and the team may have lost Roberto Luongo due to an ankle injury.
"Giving up that many shots, it's not one or two things," defenseman Dan Hamhuis said per the Vancouver Province. "It's a lot of collective things and aside from the actual details and specifics, a lot of it is a mindset too."
Without Luongo, Eddie Lack is probable to get the start and is 7-3-2 this season with a 2.16 goals-against average and a .923 save percentage while Marc-Andre Fleury is likely to start for the Penguins and is 24-10-1 with a 2.23 GAA and a .919 save percentage.
Sidney Crosby is first in the league in points (63), second in assists (40) and fourth in goals (23) and is on a five-game point streak while Chris Kunitz is on a four-game point streak and has 23 tallies and 24 helpers for 47 points and Evgeni Malkin has lit the lamp 11 times and added 33 assists for 44 points.
Vancouver has been led by Daniel Sedin, who has 39 points off of 13 goals and 26 assists while Henrik Sedin also has 39 points and has found the twine 10 times while adding 29 helpers and Ryan Kesler--who has goals in consecutive games--has 17 markers and 12 assists for 29 points.
The Penguins look for a season sweep against their opponents while the Canucks will look to even things up with the Pens when these teams hit the ice at the Rogers Arena tonight in Vancouver.
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