Devils at Penguins Prediction
The New Jersey Devils will play the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday night at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Devils Preview
The New Jersey Devils are 35-14-5 this season after they lost to the St. Louis Blues by a score of 4-2 in their last game. New Jersey out shot St. Louis by a total of 36-35 and went 0-1 on the power play in the loss. The New Jersey Devils are averaging 3.43 goals per game, 2.65 goals against per game, 20.9% on the power play, and 80.6% on the penalty kill. Jack Hughes has led the Devils with 35 goals, 32 assists, and 229 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for New Jersey is Vitek Vanecek, who is 23-5-3 this season with a 2.31 goals against average and a .916 save percentage.
Penguins Preview
The Pittsburgh Penguins are 27-18-9 this season after they lost to the New York Islanders by a score of 5-4 in their last game. Pittsburgh out shot New York by a total of 44-28 and won 57.1% of the faceoffs in the game. The Pittsburgh Penguins are averaging 3.23 goals per game, 3.08 goals against per game, 21.6% on the power play, and 80.8% on the penalty kill. Sidney Crosby has led the Penguins this season with 25 goals, 42 assists, and 153 shots on goal this season. The projected starting goalie for Pittsburgh is Dustin Tokarski, who is 1-1-0 this season with a 3.20 goals against average and a .893 save percentage.
Trends
New Jersey is 4-0 in their last 4 games against the Metro and 8-2 in their last 10 Saturday games. The under is 3-0-1 in New Jersey’s last 4 games. Pittsburgh is 4-1 in their last 5 home games and 0-7 in their last 7 games against the Metro. The under is 5-2 in Pittsburgh’s last 7 Saturday games. The road team is 5-1 in these two teams last 6 head to head meetings.
Pick
Pittsburgh will be on the second game of a back to back in this matchup after blowing a lead to the Islanders last night. New Jersey has won three of their last five games, but their offensive output has slowed down over their last four games. This should be a good game between two good teams, but I think New Jersey will take advantage of the back to back for Pittsburgh. I like the Devils here.
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