{"id":496458,"date":"2026-03-10T12:36:18","date_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/496458\/"},"modified":"2026-03-10T12:36:18","modified_gmt":"2026-03-10T12:36:18","slug":"game-preview-pittsburgh-penguins-carolina-hurricanes-3-10-2026-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/496458\/","title":{"rendered":"Game Preview: Pittsburgh Penguins @ Carolina Hurricanes 3\/10\/2026"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"\">Who:\u00a0Pittsburgh Penguins\u00a0(31-17-14, 76 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) @ Carolina Hurricanes\u00a0(35-22-5, 75 points, 5th place Atlantic Division)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">When: 7:00 p.m. ET<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">How to Watch: Local broadcasts on FanDuel Sports Network South and SportsNet Pittsburgh, streaming on ESPN+<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Pens\u2019 Path Ahead: The Penguins are heading out West later this week to play some late-night games against the Vegas Golden Knights (Thursday, 10 p.m. ET), Utah Mammoth (Saturday, 9 p.m. ET) and Colorado Avalanche (Monday, 9:30 p.m. ET). Then it\u2019s back for a rematch with the Hurricanes in North Carolina next Wednesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Opponent Track: The Hurricanes are still on top of the Metro, and they\u2019ve won seven of their last nine, but they\u2019re coming off a loss in Calgary that featured a wild five-goal third period last Saturday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Season Series: The Penguins won this last matchup 5-1 on Dec. 30. Next up is that road game next Wednesday, followed four days later by a 3 p.m. ET Sunday matinee in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Hidden Stat: The Penguins haven\u2019t won in Carolina since March 2019. The visitors are 0-4-4 in eight matchups over that span.<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p>Getting to know the Hurricanes<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Projected lines<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">FORWARDS<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Andrei Svechnikov \u2013 Sebastian Aho \u2013 Seth Jarvis<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Taylor Hall \u2013 Logan Stankoven \u2013 Jackson Blake<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nikolaj Ehlers \u2013 Jordan Staal \u2013 Jordan Martinook<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">William Carrier \u2013 Mark Jankowski \u2013 Eric Robinson<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">DEFENSEMEN<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jaccob Slavin \u2013 Jalen Chatfield<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">K\u2019Andre Miller \u2013 Sean Walker<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Mike Reilly \u2013 Alexander Nikishin<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Goalies: Brandon Bussi, Frederik Andersen<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Potential scratches: Shayne Gostisbehere (day to day)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Injured Reserve: Charles-Alexis Legault, Pyotr Kochetkov, Nicolas Deslauriers<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Gostisbehere missed the Hurricanes\u2019 Saturday loss to the Flames with a lower-body injury. Mike Reilly will likely slide out of this lineup if he is able to go.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Season stats<br \/>via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hockeydb.com\/ihdb\/stats\/leagues\/seasons\/teams\/0009792026.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:hockeydb;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;hockeydb&quot;}\" class=\"link \">hockeydb<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"930\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/377a3ed9565873de22fc1a95a0359d8e.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Nicolas Deslauriers has yet to make his Hurricanes debut since his trade from the Philadelphia Flyers. If the Canes decide to slot him into the lineup Monday night, he would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nhl.com\/hurricanes\/news\/deslauriers-ready-when-called-upon-for-canes\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:slot;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;slot&quot;}\" class=\"link \">slot<\/a> into their fourth line.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">The Hurricanes have historically been a tough matchup for the Pens, but the Penguins could take some lessons from the Flames. Calgary got beaten on face-offs (52.5 percent to 47.5 percent) and 5-on-5 scoring chances (24 to 21) while holding strong on hits (26-20) and getting some nice saves from Dustin Wolf to claim a 5-4 win over the Canes on Saturday.<\/p>\n<p>And now for the Pens<img alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"960\" height=\"540\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/SZRtQ41goLw5iF7UD882Xg--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTk2MDtoPTU0MDtjZj13ZWJw\/https:\/\/platform.pensburgh.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/123\/2026\/03\/kktthatid87ek73mokly.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;crop=0,0,100,100\"\/><\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Projected lines\u00a0<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">FORWARDS<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Egor Chinakhov \u2013 Rickard Rakell \u2013 Bryan Rust<\/p>\n<p>Advertisement<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Anthony Mantha \u2013 Tommy Novak \u2013 Ville Koivunen<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Elmer Soderblom \u2013 Ben Kindel \u2013 Avery Hayes<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Connor Dewar \u2013 Blake Lizotte \u2013 Noel Acciari<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">DEFENSEMEN<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Parker Wotherspoon \/ Erik Karlsson<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Ryan Shea \/ Kris Letang<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Sam Girard \/ Ilya Solovyov<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Goalies:\u00a0Arturs Silovs, Stuart Skinner<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Potential Scratches:\u00a0Evgeni Malkin (suspended), Ryan Graves, Connor Clifton, Kevin Hayes, Justin Brazeau (day to day)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">IR:\u00a0Sidney Crosby, Filip Hallander<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Jack St. Ivany is off IR. He\u2019s headed to Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton on a conditioning loan, per <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SethRorabaugh\/status\/2030999918542717004?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Seth Rorabaugh;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;Seth Rorabaugh&quot;}\" class=\"link \">Seth Rorabaugh<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Justin Breazeau\u2019s status is uncertain after he was sidelined against the Bruins on Sunday with a day-to-day upper-body injury.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Today should also lead to more information on whether Sidney Crosby is joining the team for the upcoming five-game road trip. Dane Muse <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/OtherNHLCrosby\/status\/2030716058777120774?s=20\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:said;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" data-yga=\"{&quot;yLinkElement&quot;:&quot;context_link&quot;,&quot;yModuleName&quot;:&quot;content-canvas&quot;,&quot;yLinkText&quot;:&quot;said&quot;}\" class=\"link \">said<\/a> Sunday that decision would be made after the matchup against the Boston Bruins.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">Evgeni Malkin is set to miss the third game of his five-game suspension tonight. He won\u2019t be eligible to return until the Penguins rematch against the Hurricanes next week.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">It\u2019s a milestone game for Kyle Dubas, who has served as general manager for 600 career games, per Pens PR. A win tonight would tie him with Steve Yzerman for the 14th-most wins through that milestone with 326 victories.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Who:\u00a0Pittsburgh Penguins\u00a0(31-17-14, 76 points, 3rd place Metropolitan Division) @ Carolina Hurricanes\u00a0(35-22-5, 75 points, 5th place Atlantic Division) When:&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":496459,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5113],"tags":[28,1742,10448,8659,16597,710,8194,19349,530,2215,895,29,144,11081,6770,504,4587,1111,642,1495,47802,2522,1239,5,11999,1238,1610,510,1447,1448,1284,3712,5365,1499,520,1649,2218,12933,4,29698,794,15467,12934,118,56,1469,100,5216,1267,5782,3638,9748,4311,6949,1174,1177,2823,768,6733,157,1110,2171,7951,3154,39,4429,1109],"class_list":{"0":"post-496458","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-pittsburgh-penguins","8":"tag-alexander-nikishin","9":"tag-andrei-svechnikov","10":"tag-anthony-mantha","11":"tag-arturs-silovs","12":"tag-avery-hayes","13":"tag-ben-kindel","14":"tag-blake-lizotte","15":"tag-brandon-bussi","16":"tag-bruins","17":"tag-bryan-rust","18":"tag-calgary","19":"tag-carolina-hurricanes","20":"tag-colorado-avalanche","21":"tag-connor-clifton","22":"tag-connor-dewar","23":"tag-dustin-wolf","24":"tag-elmer-soderblom","25":"tag-eric-robinson","26":"tag-erik-karlsson","27":"tag-evgeni-malkin","28":"tag-fanduel-sports-network-south","29":"tag-filip-hallander","30":"tag-frederik-andersen","31":"tag-hockey","32":"tag-ilya-solovyov","33":"tag-jaccob-slavin","34":"tag-jack-st-ivany","35":"tag-jackson-blake","36":"tag-jalen-chatfield","37":"tag-jordan-martinook","38":"tag-jordan-staal","39":"tag-justin-brazeau","40":"tag-kevin-hayes","41":"tag-kris-letang","42":"tag-logan-stankoven","43":"tag-mark-jankowski","44":"tag-metropolitan-division","45":"tag-mike-reilly","46":"tag-nhl","47":"tag-nicolas-deslauriers","48":"tag-nikolaj-ehlers","49":"tag-noel-acciari","50":"tag-parker-wotherspoon","51":"tag-penguins","52":"tag-philadelphia-flyers","53":"tag-pittsburgh","54":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","55":"tag-pittsburghpenguins","56":"tag-pyotr-kochetkov","57":"tag-rickard-rakell","58":"tag-ryan-graves","59":"tag-ryan-shea","60":"tag-sam-girard","61":"tag-sean-walker","62":"tag-sebastian-aho","63":"tag-seth-jarvis","64":"tag-shayne-gostisbehere","65":"tag-sidney-crosby","66":"tag-sportsnet-pittsburgh","67":"tag-stuart-skinner","68":"tag-taylor-hall","69":"tag-the-penguins","70":"tag-tommy-novak","71":"tag-utah-mammoth","72":"tag-vegas-golden-knights","73":"tag-ville-koivunen","74":"tag-william-carrier"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":"Validation failed: Text character limit of 500 exceeded"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496458","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=496458"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/496458\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/496459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=496458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=496458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=496458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}