{"id":512884,"date":"2026-03-20T08:32:21","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:32:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/512884\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T08:32:21","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T08:32:21","slug":"penguins-host-the-jets-after-karlssons-2-goal-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/512884\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins host the Jets after Karlsson’s 2-goal game"},"content":{"rendered":"

Winnipeg Jets<\/a> (28-29-11, in the Central Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins<\/a> (34-18-16, in the Metropolitan Division)<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh; Saturday, 1 p.m. EDT<\/p>\n

BOTTOM LINE: The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Winnipeg Jets after Erik Karlsson<\/a> scored two goals in the Penguins’ 6-5 overtime loss to the Carolina Hurricanes<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh is 34-18-16 overall and 16-9-8 at home. The Penguins have a +34 scoring differential, with 234 total goals scored and 200 conceded.<\/p>\n

Winnipeg is 28-29-11 overall and 11-16-5 on the road. The Jets are 11-11-8 in games decided by a goal.<\/p>\n

Saturday’s game is the second time these teams match up this season. The Jets won the last matchup 5-2. Kyle Connor<\/a> scored two goals in the win.<\/p>\n

TOP PERFORMERS: Sidney Crosby<\/a> has 28 goals and 33 assists for the Penguins. Bryan Rust<\/a> has seven goals and six assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

Connor has 31 goals and 47 assists for the Jets. Mark Scheifele<\/a> has four goals and nine assists over the last 10 games.<\/p>\n

LAST 10 GAMES: Penguins: 4-3-3, averaging 3.7 goals, 6.3 assists, 4.3 penalties and 10.6 penalty minutes while giving up 3.3 goals per game.<\/p>\n

Jets: 5-3-2, averaging 2.5 goals, 4.4 assists, 1.7 penalties and 3.6 penalty minutes while giving up 2.7 goals per game.<\/p>\n

INJURIES: Penguins: Samuel Girard: day to day (upper-body), Kevin Hayes<\/a>: day to day (upper-body), Ryan Graves<\/a>: out (undisclosed), Filip Hallander: out (leg), Blake Lizotte<\/a>: out (upper-body).<\/p>\n

Jets: Nino Niederreiter: out (lower body), Vladislav Namestnikov<\/a>: out (lower body), Colin Miller<\/a>: out (knee), Neal Pionk<\/a>: out (lower-body).<\/p>\n

___<\/p>\n

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Winnipeg Jets (28-29-11, in the Central Division) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (34-18-16, in the Metropolitan Division) Pittsburgh; Saturday, 1…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5121],"tags":[8194,2215,13015,642,56683,5,78,5365,1290,3522,285,2001,4,100,3638,768,3935,77,18,5288],"class_list":{"0":"post-512884","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-winnipeg-jets","7":"tag-blake-lizotte","8":"tag-bryan-rust","9":"tag-colin-miller","10":"tag-erik-karlsson","11":"tag-event_preview","12":"tag-hockey","13":"tag-jets","14":"tag-kevin-hayes","15":"tag-kyle-connor","16":"tag-mark-scheifele","17":"tag-national-hockey-league","18":"tag-neal-pionk","19":"tag-nhl","20":"tag-pittsburgh-penguins","21":"tag-ryan-graves","22":"tag-sidney-crosby","23":"tag-vladislav-namestnikov","24":"tag-winnipeg","25":"tag-winnipeg-jets","26":"tag-winnipegjets"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@nhl\/116260579453742587","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512884","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=512884"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/512884\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=512884"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=512884"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/nhl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=512884"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}