The Pittsburgh Penguins (9-4-3) will complete the second of their weekend back-to-backs on Sunday when they host the LA Kings (6-5-4) at PPG Paints Arena.
The puck drops just after 2 p.m.
The game will almost certainly be the NHL debut for goalie prospect Sergei Murashov , who has dominated AHL competition at just 21 years old. Murashov was the Penguins' fourth-round pick in 2022.
This season, as the primary goalie for the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins , Murashov earned AHL goalie of the month honors for October, while posting a 5-2-0 record with a .931 save percentage.
The debut is just the latest in eagerly awaited prospects arriving in Pittsburgh , though Murashov's stay is likely temporary as goalie Tristan Jarry is out for three weeks with a lower-body injury.
Saturday, the Penguins carried the play against the New Jersey Devils but received only one power play and again performed poorly in a shootout. The Penguins lost to New Jersey 2-1 via shootout.
Ryan Graves had the Penguins' only goal. Graves and defense partner Connor Clifton were quite good Saturday. As was fellow rookie Ben Kindel , who played his second game on the top line with Sidney Crosby .
LA has been struggling. They are 2-2-1 in their last five games, but have scored an anemic 42 goals this season, which is third-worst in the Western Conference.
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Bryan Rust-Sidney Crosby- Ben Kindel
Tommy Novak-Evgeni Malkin-Anthony Mantha
Ville Koivunen-Danton Heinen-Kevin Hayes
Joona Koppanen- Blake Lizotte -Connor Dewar
Parker Wotherspoon-Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea-Kris Letang
Ryan Graves -Connor Clifton
Goalie: Sergei Murashov
Joel Armia – Anze Kopitar – Adrian Kempe
Kevin Fiala – Quinton Byfield – Alex Laferriere
Andre Kuzmenko–Philip Danualt–Alex Laferriere
Warren Foegele-Alex Turcotte-Corey Perry
Mikey Anderson-Drew Doughty
Joel Edmundson-Brandt Clarke
Brian Dumoulin-Cody Ceci
Penguins' power play: 35.9%. Penguins penalty kill: 84.4%, 9th.
Kings power play: 17%, 22nd. Kings penalty kill: 77.2%, 20th.
The Penguins have wins in three consecutive games against Los Angeles (3-0-0), and a win tonight can give them their first four-game win streak against them since Nov. 22, 1975, to Feb. 15, 1976 (5-0-0).
The Penguins are 10-3-1 in their last 14 games against Western Conference opponents. The team is 5-2-0 against the West this year.
Forward Blake Lizotte spent the first six seasons of his professional career with the LA Kings organization from 2018-24. With the Kings, Lizotte appeared in 320 regular-season games, recording 106 points (37-69-106).
Sidney Crosby is tied for third in the NHL in goals (11) and is riding an active four-game point streak (3-2-5).
Sidney Crosby is one multi-point effort shy of becoming just the sixth player in NHL history with 500 or more multi-point games.
Ben Kindel has five goals this season and is second among all NHL rookies. He trails only Montreal 's Oliver Kapanen , who has six.
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