{"id":441919,"date":"2026-02-02T19:55:32","date_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:55:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/441919\/"},"modified":"2026-02-02T19:55:32","modified_gmt":"2026-02-02T19:55:32","slug":"lines-goalies-how-to-watch-vs-senators-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/441919\/","title":{"rendered":"Lines, Goalies, & How to Watch vs. Senators"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> (28-14-11) hope to keep their January steamroll going. After climbing into second place and solidly into a playoff spot through their 13-2-2 run since Dec. 27, the Penguins go marching into February Monday against the Ottawa Senators (26-21-7) at PPG Paints Arena. <\/p>\n

The puck drops just after 7 p.m. when Le\u2019Aysia Williams\/Chuck8301 Music perform the National Anthem. <\/p>\n

The Penguins\u2019 comedy became a drama Saturday as a comfortable 5-1 third period lead became a 6-5 win over the New York Rangers<\/a> at PPG Paints Arena, as the Penguins needed to win a defensive zone faceoff with three seconds remaining to seal the win. <\/p>\n

Anthony Mantha<\/a> and Noel Acciari each scored a pair of goals. Rickard Rakell had one goal and one assist, while Connor Dewar and Blake Lizotte each had two assists. <\/p>\n

Stuart Skinner\u2019s stats took a beating in the final minutes of the game as the Rangers filled the net. Ultimately, Skinner stopped 15 of 20 shots, though there wasn\u2019t a softy in the bunch. <\/p>\n

The Penguins have won six in a row and have points in nine straight, setting season highs for both. <\/p>\n

In the standings, the Penguins are solidly in second place in the Metro Division, leading the New York Islanders by two points, with two games in hand. The Penguins trail the first-place Carolina Hurricanes by seven points, but have two games in hand, making the potential difference only three points. <\/p>\n

The Columbus Blue Jackets are the first team outside the playoffs, and trail the Penguins by six points, but the Penguins have one game in hand on them. <\/p>\n

Ottawa is rejuvenated after a mid-season meltdown that saw them drop in the standings and be forced to deal with wild public rumors about their personal lives, and the personal life of goalie Linus Ullmark<\/a>, who had taken a personal leave to deal with mental health issues. <\/p>\n

Ullmark returned to the lineup for the first time Saturday and beat the New Jersey Devils. <\/p>\n

Ottawa has won three in a row and is 6-2-2 in its last 10 games. They trail the Buffalo Sabres by seven points for the second wild-card position. <\/p>\n

The short story on Ottawa\u2019s current situation is desperation. <\/p>\n

\u201cThey\u2019re playing really good hockey right now. They\u2019re a team that makes things difficult,\u201d coach Dan Muse said. \u201cThey have numbers back. They do a good job on the defensive side, and then when they get the puck, they have some very dangerous players, both up front and on their back end, that you have to be aware of.\u201d<\/p>\n

How to Watch<\/p>\n

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

Radio: 105.9 The X<\/p>\n

Expected Penguins Lines<\/p>\n

Expected Penguins Lines<\/p>\n

Rickard Rakell-Sidney Crosby-Justin Brazeau<\/p>\n

Egor Chinakhov-Tommy Novak-Evgeni Malkin<\/p>\n

Rutger McGroarty-Ben Kindel-Anthony Mantha<\/p>\n

Connor Dewar-Blake Lizotte-Noel Acciari<\/p>\n

Defense<\/p>\n

Parker Wotherspoon-Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n

Brett Kulak-Connor Clifton<\/p>\n

Ilya Solovyov-Ryan Shea<\/p>\n

Goalie: Arturs Silovs, confirmed<\/p>\n

Senators Lines<\/p>\n

Drake Batherson-Tim St\u00fctzle-Claude Giroux <\/p>\n

Brady Tkachuk-Dyla Cozens-Ridly Greig <\/p>\n

Nick Cousins-Shane Pinto-Michael Amadio <\/p>\n

Stephen Halliday-Lars Eller-Fabian Zetterlund <\/p>\n

Defence<\/p>\n

Jake Sanderson-Artem Zub <\/p>\n

Thomas Chabot-Nick Jensen <\/p>\n

Tyler Kleven-Jordan Spence<\/p>\n

Goalie: Linus Ullmark, expected<\/p>\n

Special Teams<\/p>\n

Penguins\u2019 power play: 27.2%, 3rd. Penguins penalty kill: 83.8%, 4th.<\/p>\n

Rangers power play: 22.8%, 9th.\u00a0Blackhawks penalty kill: 79.5%, 16th.<\/p>\n

Special Teams<\/p>\n

Penguins\u2019 power play: 27.2%, 3rd. Penguins penalty kill: 83.8%, 4th.<\/p>\n

Rangers power play: 22.8%, 9th.\u00a0Blackhawks penalty kill: 79.5%, 16th.<\/p>\n

Penguins Game Notes<\/p>\n

The Penguins have points in 16 of their last 22 games versus Ottawa (10-6-6) dating back to March 23, 2017.<\/p>\n

Monday is Bryan Rust\u2019s final game of his three-game suspension for an illegal check to the head of Brock Boeser of the Vancouver Canucks. <\/p>\n

Ben Kindel has a three-game goal streak. <\/p>\n

Anthony Mantha scored two goals Saturday and recorded his fourth multi-point game in the last six games.<\/p>\n

The Penguins have scored six goals in five of their last eight games. <\/p>\n

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