{"id":341000,"date":"2025-12-10T12:46:06","date_gmt":"2025-12-10T12:46:06","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/341000\/"},"modified":"2025-12-10T12:46:06","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T12:46:06","slug":"lines-goalies-how-to-watch-vs-ducks","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/341000\/","title":{"rendered":"Lines, Goalies, & How to Watch vs. Ducks"},"content":{"rendered":"

Despite playing fewer games than most NHL teams, the Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> (14-7-6) have already played more road games than any other. They have played just 12 home games and 15 road games, including one of each in Sweden. They finally post up at home for a couple of weeks, beginning with the much-improved Anaheim Ducks (18-10-1) at PPG Paints Arena. <\/p>\n

The puck drops just after 7 p.m., following Mr. Jeff Jimmerson singing the National Anthem. <\/p>\n

The FanDuel odds<\/a> aren\u2019t strong in either direction, offering somewhat even odds on both the Penguins and Anaheim. Instead, the NHL prop bets<\/a> are the better play Tuesday.<\/p>\n

The Penguins claimed five of six points on their three-game road trip through Philadelphia, Tampa Bay, and Dallas. In fact, they were less than two minutes away from a perfect three-for-three until Dallas generated momentum with the extra attacker. D-man Miro Heiskanen blasted a shot through traffic to tie the game 2-2, and Dallas won in a shootout. <\/p>\n

The Penguins are 0-4 in shootouts this season and 1-13 since the start of last season. <\/p>\n

The Penguins got an early fourth-line goal Sunday when Connor Dewar<\/a> one-timed a shot past Dallas goalie Jake Oettinger<\/a> in the first period, and took a 2-1 lead when Tommy Novak set in motion an offensive sequence that ended with him tipping Kris Letang\u2019s point shot. <\/p>\n

Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry<\/a> was again very good, though he didn\u2019t face a high volume of action until overtime. Jarry faced only 18 shots in regulation and stopped two of three in the shootout. However, the Penguins\u2019 SO contingent of Sidney Crosby<\/a>, Bryan Rust, and Kris Letang failed to score in the shootout. <\/p>\n

The very talented Anaheim forwards have been on a roll, winning three of their last four games, including giving the Penguins some help by beating the Washington Capitals 4-3 Friday in a shootout and then thumping the Chicago Blackhawks 7-1 Sunday. <\/p>\n

With very talented forwards, Anaheim also relies on a bruising blue line that features (trigger warning) Jacob Trouba and Radko Gudas. <\/p>\n

Anaheim has been winning without starting goalie Lukas Dostal, who is still out with an upper-body injury. His return is expected within the next week. Ville Husso has been between the pipes for most of Dostal\u2019s absence. <\/p>\n

Jarry has started three straight games for the Penguins, the first time this season that any Penguins goalie has been tabbed for three straight. Coach Dan Muse<\/a> will announce his starting goalie after the morning skate Tuesday. <\/p>\n

Penguins center Evgeni Malkin<\/a> missed Sunday\u2019s game with an upper-body injury. Tuesday, the team placed him and Blake Lizotte on injured reserve, then recalled Sam Poulin and Danton Heinen from the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins. <\/p>\n

How to Watch<\/p>\n

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, NHL Network<\/p>\n

Radio: 105.9 The X<\/p>\n

Expected Penguins Lines<\/p>\n

Tommy Novak-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust<\/p>\n

Anthony Mantha-Kevin Hayes-Justin Brazeau<\/p>\n

Rutger McGroarty-Ben Kindel-Ville Koivunen<\/p>\n

Connor Dewar-Danton Heinen-Noel Acciari<\/p>\n

Defense<\/p>\n

Parker Wotherspoon-Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n

Ryan Shea-Kris Letang<\/p>\n

Ryan Graves-Connor Clifton<\/p>\n

Goalie: Arturs Silovs, confirmed.<\/p>\n

Expected Ducks Lines<\/p>\n

Chris Kreider-Leo Carlsson-Troy Terry <\/p>\n

Cutter Gauthier-Mason McTavish-Beckett Sennecke <\/p>\n

Ross Johnston-Ryan Poehling-Mikael Granlund <\/p>\n

Frank Vatrano-Ryan Strome-Alex Killorn <\/p>\n

Defense<\/p>\n

Jackson LaCombe-Jacob Trouba <\/p>\n

Ollen Zellweger-Radko Gudas <\/p>\n

Pavel Mintyukov-Drew Helleson <\/p>\n

Goaltender: Ville Husso, expected<\/p>\n

Special Teams<\/p>\n

Penguins\u2019 power play: 34.3%, 1st. Penguins penalty kill: 85.0%, 4th.<\/p>\n

Ducks power play: 18.8%, 18th.\u00a0Ducks penalty kill: 75.3%, 28th.<\/p>\n

Penguins PP1: Erik Karlsson, Sidney Crosby, Ben Kindel, Bryan Rust, Anthony Mantha.<\/p>\n

PP2: Kris Letang, Ville Koivunen, Kevin Hayes, Justin Brazeau, Tommy Novak. <\/p>\n

Penguins Game Notes<\/p>\n

The Penguins are 8-4-0 in their last 12 against Anaheim, but Kreider scored with less than 90 seconds remaining to beat the Penguins 4-3 at the Honda Center on Oct. 14. <\/p>\n

The Penguins have points in six of their last seven games (4-1-2). <\/p>\n

Noel Acciari returned to the Penguins\u2019 lineup Sunday. He assisted on Dewar\u2019s tally and played 13:51. The Penguins are 8-3-3 with Acciari in the lineup.<\/p>\n

Sidney Crosby has multiple points in seven of his last 20 games vs. the Ducks.<\/p>\n

The Penguins\u2019 power play has been hot, converting on five of the last 10 attempts.<\/p>\n

Tommy Novak scored Sunday, extending his point streak to three games (2-2-4). Novak also has six points (2-4-6) over his last five games.<\/p>\n

The Penguins have allowed the fourth-fewest goals against in the NHL (73).<\/p>\n

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