What – Game 70 (44-19-6)
When – 3 p.m., Sunday, March 21
Where – PPG Paints Arena; Pittsburgh, PA
How to Watch – FanDuel Sports Network South, Sportsnet Pittsburgh Sportsnet 1, TVAS

It’s starting to feel like a playoff series at this point.

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For the third time in less than two weeks, the Carolina Hurricanes and Pittsburgh Penguins will square off once again.

It’s the final meeting between the top two Metro division clubs, with Carolina currently leading the season series 2-1.

The Hurricanes enter the contest on a two-game winning streak, pulling off a second straight overtime victory on Friday over the Toronto Maple Leafs.

Pittsburgh played yesterday afternoon, pulling off a 5-4 shootout win over the Winnipeg Jets.

The two teams have combined for 25 goals across their three meetings, so expect a high-tilt matchup in Game 4.

Streaks

K’Andre Miller (2g) has goals in back-to-back games.

Seth Jarvis (3a), Sebastian Aho (3a) and Jordan Staal (1g, 1a) have points in back-to-back games.

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Milestone Watch

Taylor Hall is one goal away from 300 career goals.

Sean Walker is three assists away from 100 career assists.

Game Notes

Carolina is 2-1-0 against Pittsburgh this season.

Projected Starting Goalies

Frederik Andersen: 12-11-5; 0.872 Sv%; 3.19 GAA

Stuart Skinner: 20-13-9; 0.890 Sv%; 2.85 GAA

Leading Scorers

Goals – Seth Jarvis (28) / Sidney Crosby (28)

Points – Sebastian Aho (71) / Sidney Crosby (62)

Power PlayPenalty Kill

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

Frederik Andersen
Brandon Bussi

Injuries and Scratches: Jesperi Kotkaniemi, Nicolas Deslauriers, Shayne Gostisbehere (LBI), Pyotr Kochetkov (hip)

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
Samuel Girard – Kris Letang
Ryan Graves – Connor Clifton

Stuart Skinner
Arturs Silovs

Injuries and Scratches: Ville Koivunen, Ilya Solovyov, Jack St. Ivany, Ryan Shea (UBI), Blake Lizotte (UBI), Kevin Hayes (UBI), Filip Hallander (leg)

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