Overview
- Puck drop is set for 7 p.m. EST in Pittsburgh for the teams’ second meeting after New Jersey’s earlier shootout win.
- Pittsburgh enters on a season-best five-game streak, most recently a 5-4 overtime victory at Columbus.
- Sidney Crosby carries a seven-game point streak with 12 points and leads the Penguins with 24 goals and 47 points.
- Evgeni Malkin practiced this week following an upper-body injury and could rejoin the lineup after more than a month out.
- Devils defenseman Simon Nemec is slated to play if he has no morning setback as New Jersey seeks a response to a 9-0 loss.