{"id":503243,"date":"2026-03-14T16:27:12","date_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:27:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/503243\/"},"modified":"2026-03-14T16:27:12","modified_gmt":"2026-03-14T16:27:12","slug":"penguins-game-66-getting-tight-lines-notes-how-to-watch-vs-utah","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/503243\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins Game 66, Getting Tight; Lines, Notes, & How to Watch vs. Utah"},"content":{"rendered":"

SALT LAKE CITY \u2014 The Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a>\u2018\u00a0(32-18-15)\u00a0five-game road trip is not off to a great start with a pair of losses and only one point earned in the first two games and their lead for a playoff spot is down to just two points. The Penguins visit the Utah Mammoth <\/a>(24-26-6) Saturday at the Delta Center. <\/p>\n

The puck drops just after 9 p.m. EST, and it will be the fifth and final game of Evgeni Malkin\u2019s<\/a> suspension. <\/p>\n

The Penguins were too cute, too careless with the puck, and otherwise not very good Thursday against the Vegas Golden Knights, losing 6-2 at T-Mobile Arena. The Penguins pulled to within one goal of Vegas twice, but could not sustain their pressure, and instead passed up scoring chances by making ill-advised extra passes and gifted Vegas more opportunities via turnovers. <\/p>\n

Penguins goalie Arturs Silovs<\/a> took the brunt of the Penguins\u2019 lackluster performance. He stopped 11 of 16 shots, but there was not a soft goal in the bunch. Rickard Rakell and Ben Kindel scored for the Penguins. <\/p>\n

Utah is the fourth-place team in the extraordinarily loaded Central Division, trailing Stanley Cup contenders Colorado, Dallas, and Minnesota. Three of Utah\u2019s last four games have gone to overtime (two against Chicago and one against Columbus). Utah is just 1-1-2 in those four games. <\/p>\n

Utah lost to Chicago 3-2 in OT Thursday. Utah\u2019s JJ Peterka tied the game with just under seven minutes remaining before Chicago\u2019s Connor Bedard scored the game-winner. Goalie Karel Vejmalka stopped 20 of 23 to earn the point. <\/p>\n

Based on Penguins coach Dan Muse\u2019s<\/a> goalie rotation, Stuart Skinner is in line for the start in goal. Vejmelka is expected for Utah. <\/p>\n

Penguins captain Sidney Crosby<\/a> is progressing from his MCL sprain and is unlikely to play Saturday. Filip Hallander and Jack St. Ivany remain on injured reserve, but St. Ivany is concluding his conditioning assignment with the Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton Penguins<\/a> Monday. <\/p>\n

How to Watch<\/p>\n

TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh<\/p>\n

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

Expected Penguins Lines<\/p>\n

Egor Chinakhov-Rickard Rakell-Bryan Rust<\/p>\n

Anthony Mantha-Tommy Novak-Ville Koivunen<\/p>\n

Elmer Soderblom-Ben Kindel-Avery Hayes<\/p>\n

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

Defense<\/p>\n

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

Ryan Shea-Kris Letang<\/p>\n

Ilya Solovyov-Connor Clifton<\/p>\n

Goalie: Stuart Skinner, expected<\/p>\n

Expected Mammoth Lines<\/p>\n

Clayton Keller-Nick Schmaltz-Lawson Crouse <\/p>\n

JJ Peterka-Logan Cooley-Dylan Guenther <\/p>\n

Jack McBain \u2013 Barrett Hayton-Michael Carcone <\/p>\n

Alex Kerfoot-Kevin Stenlund-Kailer Yamamoto<\/p>\n

Defence<\/p>\n

Mikhail Sergachev-Mackenzie Weegar<\/p>\n

Nate Schmidt-John Marino<\/p>\n

Ian Cole-Sean Durzi<\/p>\n

Goalie: Karel Vejmelka, expected<\/p>\n

Special Teams<\/p>\n

Penguins\u2019 power play: 24.7%, 6th. Penguins penalty kill: 84.5%, 2nd.<\/p>\n

Mammoth power play: 16.6%. 26th. Mammoth penalty kill: 78.2%, 20th.<\/p>\n

Penguins Game Notes<\/p>\n

The Penguins are 1-1-1 all-time against the Mammoth and have points in back-to-back games. The Penguins won last season\u2019s meeting at the Delta Center.<\/p>\n

Goaltender Stuart Skinner is 2-0-0 with a 2.00 goals-against average and a
.920 save percentage in two career games versus Utah.<\/p>\n

The Penguins have points in 25 of 29 games (19-4-6) in which Tommy Novak has
recorded at least one point.<\/p>\n

Rickard Rakell comes into tonight on a four-game point streak (2-3-5).<\/p>\n

Forward Anthony Mantha tallied an assist on Thursday night to help him set a new career high in points. He also has four points over his last three games (3-1-4). Mantha is just one goal shy of tying his career-best (25) set in the 2018-19 season.<\/p>\n

Erik Karlsson tallied two assists on Tuesday against the Hurricanes and now has nine points (2-7-9) in the last eight games.<\/p>\n

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