NHL Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins at Carolina Hurricanes with Line Combinations 03/18/2026 | Inside The Rink
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Pittsburgh Penguins (34-18-15, 83 pts)Â at Carolina Hurricanes (42-19-6, 90 pts)
Venue: Lenovo Center
Date: Wednesday, March 18
Time: 7:00 pm EST
How To Watch:Â ESPN+/SN-PIT/FDSNSO
Radio: WEPN-AM 880,1050 AM/102.5 The Game
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Pittsburgh Penguins & Notes:
The Penguins picked up their second straight win with a 7-2 victory over the Avalanche on Monday. They’ve picked up points in five of their last six games, averaging 4.2 goals per game while allowing four goals per game.
Carolina Hurricanes News & Notes:
The Hurricanes suffered a 5-1 loss to the Blue Jackets last night. The loss dropped them to 4-4-0 in March, averaging 3.5 goals per game while also allowing 3.5 goals per game.
Pittsburgh Penguins Projected Lines
Mantha-Rakell-Rust
Chinakhov-Novak-Malkin
Koivunen-Kindel-Brazeau
Soderblom-Dewar-Acciari
Wotherspoon-Karlsson
Shea-Letang
Solovyov-Clifton
Skinner
Silovs
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Carolina Hurricanes Projected Lines
Svechnikov-Aho-Jarvis
Hall-Stankoven-Blake
Ehlers-Staal-Martinook
Carrier-Jankowski-Deslauriers
Slavin-Chatfield
Miller-Walker
Reilly-Nikishin
Andersen
Bussi
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Players To Watch:
Pittsburgh Penguins
Anthony Mantha has a goal in each game against the Hurricanes. He has three goals in total against them.
Carolina Hurricanes
Mark Jankowski has a goal in each game against Pittsburgh this season.
Injury Report:
Pittsburgh Penguins
C Filip Hallander – IR
G Joel Blomqvist – IR
F Sidney Crosby – IR
D Jack St. Ivany – IR
D Ryan Graves – IR
D Samuel Girard – DTD
Carolina Hurricanes
D Charles-Alexis Legault – IR
G Pyotr Kochetkov – IR
D Shayne Gostisbehere – DTD
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