With Crosby on the threshold of history the Penguins aim to avoid season sweep by the Jets
Boasting the best record in the National Hockey League, the Winnipeg Jets open a season-longest six-game road trip on Friday night as they take on Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins inside PPG Paints Arena. The Jets own the top scoring offense in the league led by the number one ranked power play that is converting on 35.7% of chances with the man advantage. The Penguins have lost 12 of their last 16 games despite Crosby being on the verge of becoming just the eighth player in NHL history to accumulate 600 goals and 1,000 assists in a career and comes into this game one goal away from being the third Penguin to achieve that feat.
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Game Date: Nov. 22, 2024
Game Time: 7:00 p.m. ET
TV Channel: SportsNet Pittsburgh
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The Winnipeg first line featuring center Mark Scheifele and winger Kyle Connor have combined for 48 points through the first 19 games this season with identical 12-goal and 12-assist totals in the season’s first quarter. Scheifele, in his 15th NHL season, eclipsed the 300-goal mark earlier this year and is on pace for his 10th consecutive 60-plus point season.
Pittsburgh is last in the NHL allowing 3.86 goals per game and has allowed three or more goals in 14 of their last 17 games despite their penalty kill ranking in the top nine in the league. That penalty kill unit will be tested by Winnipeg which has four power play goals in the last five games.
The Jets won the first meeting between the clubs this season 6-3 lighting the lamp three times in the third period including an empty net goal for Nino Niederreiter.
Winnipeg has won three of the last four meetings in this series with two wins coming in the last four trips to Pittsburgh.
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