Join us as we discuss the events of tonight’s game between the Winnipeg Jets and their hosts the Pittsburgh Penguins.
Will the Penguins win their eighth straight? Will the Jets take down the one of the hottest teams in the NHL? Find out tonight!
Random facts about Pittsburgh:
The Big Mac sandwich was invented in Pittsburgh by Jim Delligatti in 1967.
Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood was filmed and produced in Pittsburgh.
The polio vaccine was created for the first time by Dr. Jonas Salk at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.
Winnipeg Jets Lineup:
FORWARDS:
27 Nikolaj Ehlers/ 55 Mark Scheifele/ 26 Blake Wheeler
81 Kyle Connor/ 18 Bryan Little/ 29 Patrik Laine
85 Mathieu Perreault/ 17 Adam Lowry/ 13 Brandon Tanev
9 Andrew Copp/ 28 Jack Roslovic/ 48 Brendan Lemieux
DEFENCE
44 Josh Morrissey/ 8 Jacob Trouba
7 Ben Chiarot/ 70 Joe Morrow
5 Dmitry Kulikov/ 57 Tyler Myers
STARTING GOALIE
37 Connor Hellebuyck
Riding the pine: 30 Laurent Brossoit
Scratched: 83 Sami Niku, 82 Mason Appleton, 19 Nic Petan
Injured: 33 Dustin Byfuglien (lower body)
Pittsburgh Penguins Lineup:
FORWARDS
59 Jake Guentzel/ 87 Sidney Crosby/ 17 Bryan Rust
12 Dominik Simon/ 71 Evgeni Malkin/ 72 Patric Hornqvist
14 Tanner Pearson/ 19 Derick Brassard/ 81 Phil Kessel
15 Riley Sheahan/ 7 Matt Cullen/ 46 Zach Aston-Reese
DEFENCE
8 Brian Dumoulin/ 58 Kris Letang
6 Jamie Oleksiak/ 3 Olli Maatta
28 Marcus Pettersson/ 73 Jack Johnson
STARTING GOALIE
30 Matt Murray
Riding the pine: 1 Casey DeSmith
Scratched: 2 Chad Ruhwedel, 38 Derek Grant, 50 Juuso Riikola
Injured: 4 Justin Schultz (leg surgery)
