Overview
- Pittsburgh (5-2-0) visits Florida (4-4-0) at 7 p.m. ET at Amerant Bank Arena, with local TV on Sportsnet Pittsburgh and Scripps Net and streaming on ESPN+.
- Bobrovsky is expected to start for the Panthers, while morning reports point to Tristan Jarry getting the nod for the Penguins.
- The Penguins arrive on a three-game win streak after a 5-1 win over Vancouver, outperforming underlying metrics thanks to strong play from the Jarry–Arturs Silovs tandem.
- Florida halted a four-game slide with Carter Verhaeghe’s late winner in Boston, and Brad Marchand leads the team with three goals and five assists.
- The Panthers remain without Aleksander Barkov (ACL) and Matthew Tkachuk, removing about $19.5 million in cap hits from the lineup, though they are 3-0-0 at home after a difficult road trip.