![]() ![]() They already have five players with at least 20 points, including Nikita Kucherov who has 35 points (15 goals, 20 assists) in 20 games. Their stars are still dominating offensively. The fact they won as many games as they did while getting sub-.900 goaltending from Jonas Johansson and Matt Tomkins is a strong testament to how talented this roster still is. The Lightning did not have starting goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy for the first 20 games of the season and managed to hold their own without their franchise netminder. The Predators are successfully killing off just 72.7 percent of their penalties this season, a success rate that places them 28th in the NHL.Īfter playing in Nashville, the Penguins go on the road on Thursday at a Tampa Bay team that is still loaded with talent and now has one of its biggest superstars back in the lineup. Nashville will also present an opportunity for the Penguins power play to maybe get something going. Saros is not having his best season in goal, but he is always capable of stealing a game on any night. Keeping him contained will be the primary focus for the Penguins defensively. The overall roster is not great, and over the past year they have shed significant salary and talent from the roster in the name of clearing salary cap space and collecting future assets and draft picks.īut they still kept players like Filip Forsberg, Roman Josi and Juuse Saros, and then spend the offseason adding veterans like Ryan O’Reilly and Gustav Nyquist on long-term deals.ĭespite their flaws and shortcomings, the Predators are entering the week on a roll having won five games in a row and scoring 23 goals in the process.įorsberg is having an especially strong season after having been limited to just 50 games a year ago. ![]() The Predators are one of those teams that seems to be stuck in the middle between contending and rebuilding, without having a direction on which way it wants to go. The week starts on Tuesday with a road game at the Nashville Predators. The Penguins did rebound from Friday’s disappointing loss with a hard fought, tough win against Toronto on Saturday, and they now have to go on the road as they try to build some momentum off of that win. The Penguins are 10-10-0 and still on the outside of the Eastern Conference playoff picture, which is a frustrating position given how many points and games they have left on the table by blowing games against Chicago, Anaheim and Buffalo. There have been some issues holding leads, there has been some inconsistency with depth scoring, and the power play has continued to be a thorn in their side. The Pittsburgh Penguins have reached the first quarter mark of the 2023-24 NHL season and they are still trying to find some consistency.
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