Game Notes
Erik Karlsson (776) is one point shy of tying Rob Blake (777) for the 20th most points among a defenseman in NHL history.
Bryan Rust has 26 points (14G-12A) and is plus-14 in 33 career games against the Devils. It’s the most points he’s picked up versus any one team and six more than his next closest opponent (Washington, 20 PTS in 31 GP).
Jake Guentzel has 27 points (11G-16A) in 28 career games versus New Jersey. He has more points against them than any other team. The only team he has scored more goals against in his career is Columbus (12) and Vancouver (12).
The Penguins enter tonight's game riding a five-game winning streak, which is tied with the Florida Panthers for the longest active win streak in the NHL. With a win, Pittsburgh can become the sixth team this season to record a win streak of six or more games.
Tristan Jarry enters tomorrow's game riding a four-game win streak, where he’s gone 4-0-0 with a 1.38 goals-against average and a .955 save percentage. During this span, which began on Nov. 4, Jarry’s goals-against average and save percentage both rank third in the NHL (min. 2 GP).
Kris Letang enters tonight's game one point shy of becoming just the third active, and 28th blueliner in NHL history, to record 700 points. Letang (157G-542A) is also looking to become the 10th defenseman in NHL history to record 700 points with one franchise.
Sidney Crosby enters this game riding a nine-game point streak (7G-7A) and has been held without a point just once in 14 games this year. His point streak is the longest by a Penguin this season, and a point tonight would give him his 11th point streak of 10 or more games in his career. He would become just the 15th player in NHL history with 11 point streaks of 10 or more games, and would join Connor McDavid (12x) as the only active players to do so.
Erik Karlsson notched his team-leading sixth multi-point effort (1G-1A) on Wednesday night, extending his point streak to six games (4G-5A). His six-game point streak is the second-longest active point streak among defensemen, and the third longest point streak by any blueliner this season.
Only five players in NHL history have scored more goals against the Devils than Crosby’s 39. With one goal, Crosby can tie Mike Bossy (40) and Marcel Dionne (40) for the fourth-most goals against New Jersey in NHL history.
