• Who: Penguins (34-18-15) vs. Hurricanes (42-19-6) • What: NHL regular season, Game 68 • When: 7:08 p.m. Eastern • Where: Lenovo Center • Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (20-13-8, .891 SV%) vs. Frederik Andersen (11-11-5, .873 SV%) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Stream: SNP360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market) • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Satellite: SiriusXM 91 • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Hurricanes
► FOLLOW ALONG
• GOAL. Walker. Aho held forever, feeds one-time blast from left dot. Wouldn't have mattered. Shootout was next. Got the point.
• Kindel breakaway. Stopped by Andersen. Oh, my.
• All right, we're underway at three-on-three. I'll repeat: Nothing comes after this.
• That's it. Overtime next. Nothing comes after that.
• One minute.
• Two minutes to go. Both teams flying. Crazy game.
• GOAL. Miller from the left circle. Off Wotherspoon's leg, maybe? Squirts through Skinner. Ridiculous game. Time: 17:09, third period. Tie, 5-5
• GOAL. Kindel break. Beautiful. Mantha springs him. Other assist: Solovyov. Time: 15:09, third period. Penguins, 5-4
• GOAL. Karlsson. My God. Undresses Aho. Whips it through Andersen. Assists: Wotherspoon, Crrosby. Time: 14:46, third period. Tie, 4-4
• GOAL. Stankoven. Who I think only scores against Pittsburgh. Burst into the low slot way too easily. Clifton again. Just standing there. Assists: Ehlers, Blake. Time: 12:59, third period. Hurricanes, 4-3
• Sid's off for tripping Aho. Really doesn't like it. As in, REALLY doesn't like it.
• Strong shift for the Geno line. Game's evened out, for sure. Ten minutes to go.
• GOAL. Rust outraces Slavin the whole way down the rink, backhands it by Andersen. Interesting choice by Slavin to not take him down. Was sure he would. Unassisted. Time: 7:16, third period. Tie, 3-3
• Soderblom sets up Dewar point-blank, but he can't get a shot off.
• GOAL. Hall. Somehow avoids falling down. That's a tough one. Fourth line had the puck the whole shift. One rush up ice, and boom. Assists: Blake, Stankoven. Time: 3:27, third period. Hurricanes, 3-2
• Rust with a deft tip of a Sid pass ... left pipe. That close.
• Muse should've called timeout there to keep PP1 on the rink.
• Five-on-three coming. Staal's off for a trip on Geno. Full minute of this.
• Win or lose, Svechnikov needs to pay.
• Horn sounds. There'll be 1:29 of power play to open the third.
• Svechnikov takes a chop at Sid's knee after Sid takes a jab at his head. Svechnikov gets the extra two for unsportsmanlike. This is one you'd like to finish.
• It's just a dud, guys. If a point's taken here, it'll be stolen.
• GOAL. Blake's allowed to stroll right in front. Letang needed to go to him, but Shea was nowhere nearby, either. Bad team goal, really. Assists: Hall, Ehlers. Time: 16:51, second period. Hurricanes, 2-1
• Wotherspoon's off for a trip along the boards of ... guess who! That's right! He's at it again! Small wonder Wotherspoon's berating the ref the whole way to the box.
• Not even a setup for the power play. Worse, they concede another partial breakaway. Skinner saves.
• Geno's hauled down by Miller. Put his stick into the torso. That's not right. Power play.
• How in hell is this game tied?
• GOAL. Sid. Huge effort from Rakell on his rear end to poke the puck the captain's way. He backhands the rest. Down low. Other assist: Karlsson. Time: 9:57, second period. Tie, 1-1
• Mantha finally registers the first shot of the period for the visitors. Non-threatening, long-range wrister. Yikes.
• Clifton really shouldn't have dressed for this one. Not to be mean. Too much speed out here.
• GREAT save by Skinner on Stankoven from 20 feet. I mean GREAT. Should be 2-0.
• Somewhat healthier pace for the visitors on the first rotation of lines. It's something.
• Second period's underway.
• Wow. Saved by the horn. Barely. How brutal.
• It's hard to find the words for how horrible the Penguins have been with the puck in their own end. And it's unforced, too.
• Jarvis clangs one off the right pipe. Routine rush. Not great. Six straight shots now for Carolina.
• Everything about this opponent's predicated on pouncing on turnovers. So ... don't do that.
• Mad scramble around the Carolina crease after a Soderblom break, but Andersen's equal to it all. He looks so much sharper than earlier in the season.
• Chinakhov with a point-blank setup from Geno, but Chatfield does well to get his blade down.
• Raise your hand if you appreciate that Mantha puts the puck on net at every opportunity.
• Not at all surprisingly, Sid nearly scores on the first shift. Tough aerial pass from Rust, but he nearly gets it by Andersen. He's ... Sid.
THE ASYLUM
Final: Hurricanes 6, Penguins 5, OT
• Who: Penguins (34-18-15) vs. Hurricanes (42-19-6)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 68
• When: 7:08 p.m. Eastern
• Where: Lenovo Center
• Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (20-13-8, .891 SV%) vs. Frederik Andersen (11-11-5, .873 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Stream: SNP360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Satellite: SiriusXM 91
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Hurricanes
► FOLLOW ALONG
• GOAL. Walker. Aho held forever, feeds one-time blast from left dot. Wouldn't have mattered. Shootout was next. Got the point.
• Kindel breakaway. Stopped by Andersen. Oh, my.
• All right, we're underway at three-on-three. I'll repeat: Nothing comes after this.
• That's it. Overtime next. Nothing comes after that.
• One minute.
• Two minutes to go. Both teams flying. Crazy game.
• GOAL. Miller from the left circle. Off Wotherspoon's leg, maybe? Squirts through Skinner. Ridiculous game. Time: 17:09, third period. Tie, 5-5
• GOAL. Kindel break. Beautiful. Mantha springs him. Other assist: Solovyov. Time: 15:09, third period. Penguins, 5-4
• GOAL. Karlsson. My God. Undresses Aho. Whips it through Andersen. Assists: Wotherspoon, Crrosby. Time: 14:46, third period. Tie, 4-4
• GOAL. Stankoven. Who I think only scores against Pittsburgh. Burst into the low slot way too easily. Clifton again. Just standing there. Assists: Ehlers, Blake. Time: 12:59, third period. Hurricanes, 4-3
• Sid's off for tripping Aho. Really doesn't like it. As in, REALLY doesn't like it.
• Strong shift for the Geno line. Game's evened out, for sure. Ten minutes to go.
• GOAL. Rust outraces Slavin the whole way down the rink, backhands it by Andersen. Interesting choice by Slavin to not take him down. Was sure he would. Unassisted. Time: 7:16, third period. Tie, 3-3
• Soderblom sets up Dewar point-blank, but he can't get a shot off.
• GOAL. Hall. Somehow avoids falling down. That's a tough one. Fourth line had the puck the whole shift. One rush up ice, and boom. Assists: Blake, Stankoven. Time: 3:27, third period. Hurricanes, 3-2
• Rust with a deft tip of a Sid pass ... left pipe. That close.
• Muse should've called timeout there to keep PP1 on the rink.
• GOAL. Karlsson blast. Rust screen. Time: 0:59, third period. Tie, 2-2
• Five-on-three coming. Staal's off for a trip on Geno. Full minute of this.
• Win or lose, Svechnikov needs to pay.
• Horn sounds. There'll be 1:29 of power play to open the third.
• Svechnikov takes a chop at Sid's knee after Sid takes a jab at his head. Svechnikov gets the extra two for unsportsmanlike. This is one you'd like to finish.
• It's just a dud, guys. If a point's taken here, it'll be stolen.
• GOAL. Blake's allowed to stroll right in front. Letang needed to go to him, but Shea was nowhere nearby, either. Bad team goal, really. Assists: Hall, Ehlers. Time: 16:51, second period. Hurricanes, 2-1
• Wotherspoon's off for a trip along the boards of ... guess who! That's right! He's at it again! Small wonder Wotherspoon's berating the ref the whole way to the box.
• Not even a setup for the power play. Worse, they concede another partial breakaway. Skinner saves.
• Geno's hauled down by Miller. Put his stick into the torso. That's not right. Power play.
• How in hell is this game tied?
• GOAL. Sid. Huge effort from Rakell on his rear end to poke the puck the captain's way. He backhands the rest. Down low. Other assist: Karlsson. Time: 9:57, second period. Tie, 1-1
• Mantha finally registers the first shot of the period for the visitors. Non-threatening, long-range wrister. Yikes.
• Clifton really shouldn't have dressed for this one. Not to be mean. Too much speed out here.
• GREAT save by Skinner on Stankoven from 20 feet. I mean GREAT. Should be 2-0.
• Somewhat healthier pace for the visitors on the first rotation of lines. It's something.
• Second period's underway.
• Wow. Saved by the horn. Barely. How brutal.
• It's hard to find the words for how horrible the Penguins have been with the puck in their own end. And it's unforced, too.
• Jarvis clangs one off the right pipe. Routine rush. Not great. Six straight shots now for Carolina.
• Everything about this opponent's predicated on pouncing on turnovers. So ... don't do that.
• GOAL. Martinook short-handed. Clean breakaway for nearly 100 feet. Horrible awareness. Assists: Staal, Slavin. Time: 9:34, first period. Hurricanes, 1-0
• Jankowski holds Soderblom. Power play.
• Man, the Clifton struggle's real.
• Mad scramble around the Carolina crease after a Soderblom break, but Andersen's equal to it all. He looks so much sharper than earlier in the season.
• Chinakhov with a point-blank setup from Geno, but Chatfield does well to get his blade down.
• Raise your hand if you appreciate that Mantha puts the puck on net at every opportunity.
• Not at all surprisingly, Sid nearly scores on the first shift. Tough aerial pass from Rust, but he nearly gets it by Andersen. He's ... Sid.
• Faceoff: Sid vs. Aho, 7:08 p.m.
• Lineups below now official.
• Warmups underway. No surprises for either side.
• Dan Muse's expected lines and pairings:
Rickard Rakell-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust
Egor Chinakhov-Tommy Novak-Evgeni Malkin
Anthony Mantha-Ben Kindel-Justin Brazeau
Elmer Soderblom - Connor Dewar - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon-Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea-Kris Letang
Ilya Solovyov-Connor Clifton
• Rod Brind'Amour's expected lines and pairings:
Andrei Svechnikov-Sebastian Aho-Seth Jarvis
Taylor Hall-Logan Stankoven-Jackson Blake
Nikolaj Ehlers-Jordan Staal-Jordan Martinook
William Carrier-Mark Jankowski-Eric Robinson
Jaccob Slavin-Jalen Chatfield
K'Andre Miller-Sean Walker
Mike Reilly-Alexander Nikishin
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