Penguins at Jets preview

PENGUINS (9-8-5) at JETS (13-7-2)
8 p.m. ET; TSN3, ATTSN-PT, NHL.TV

Laine (20 years, 222 days) is coming off a five-goal game in an 8-4 win at the St, Louis Blues on Sunday. Wayne Gretzky (20 years, 40 days) is the youngest player to score 100 NHL goals (on March 7, 1981). He's followed by Jimmy Carson (20 years, 116 days) on Nov. 13, 1988, and Brian Bellows (20 years, 179 days) on Feb. 27, 1985.
The third-year forward, votes the NHL's First Star last week, has 11 goals in a four-game goal-scoring streak and 12 points (11 goals, one assist) in a five-game point streak.
Pittsburgh is 2-0-2 in its past four games after going 1-7-1 in its previous nine. The Penguins have scored at least four goals in four of their past five games. Winnipeg is 1-2-0 in its past three games after going 4-0-1 in its previous five. The Jets have allowed at least four goals in three straight games.

Players to watch

Penguins forward Evgeni Malkin has 10 points (two goals, eight assists) in a seven-game point streak.
Laine is the third player in NHL history to score at least 11 goals in a seven-day span, joining Gretzky in February 1984 and Mario Lemieux in March 1993.

They said it

"I think the last three or four games, we've been better. We've been better managing the puck, not hurting ourselves with big mistakes, getting big plays. That's what it takes to win. We have definitely been trending the right way and we need to continue that here on the road trip." -- Penguins center Sidney Crosby
"He's so good at finding that open ice and that soft spot on the ice. Right now, it seems like he's not missing anything." -- Jets forward Bryan Little on Patrik Laine

Penguins projected lineup

Jake Guentzel -- Sidney Crosby -- Bryan Rust
Tanner Pearson -- Evgeni Malkin -- Phil Kessel
Zach Aston-Reese -- Derick Brassard -- Daniel Sprong
Dominik Simon -- Riley Sheahan -- Derek Grant
Brian Dumoulin -- Kris Letang
Jack Johnson -- Jamie Oleksiak
Olli Maatta -- Juuso Riikola
Casey DeSmith
Tristan Jarry
Scratched:Chad Ruhwedel, Garrett Wilson](https://www.nhl.com/player/garrett-wilson-8475253)
Injured: Matt Murray (lower body), Patric Hornqvist (concussion), Justin Schultz (fractured left leg), Matt Cullen (lower body)

Jets projected lineup

Nikolaj Ehlers -- Mark Scheifele -- Blake Wheeler
Kyle Connor -- Bryan Little -- Patrik Laine
Mathieu Perreault -- Adam Lowry -- Brandon Tanev
Jack Roslovic -- Nic Petan -- Brendan Lemieux
Josh Morrissey -- Jacob Trouba
Ben Chiarot -- Dustin Byfuglien
Joe Morrow -- Tyler Myers
Connor Hellebuyck
Laurent Brossoit
Scratched:Sami Niku, Mason Appleton
Injured: Dmitry Kulikov (upper body), Andrew Copp (concussion)

Status report

Grant, who has missed the past two games, participated fully in the morning skate. ... Winnipeg recalled Appleton from Manitoba of the American Hockey League on Monday.

Stat pack

Kessel has three goals and eight assists during an eight-game point streak. Guentzel has six points (five goals, one assist) in his past four games and is one point shy of 100 for his career. … Scheifele has 11 points (five goals, six assists) in his past eight games. Connor has 13 points (four goals, nine assists) in his past eight games.