The Pittsburgh Penguins host the Vancouver Canucks tonight at PPG Paints Arena. The Pens lost in Vancouver 4-2 earlier this month. The Canucks defeated Philadelphia 5-2 last night. Face-off is 7pm. Pre-game on WISR 680am will be 6:30pm. The Pens begin the night two points behind first place New Jersey and Columbus in the Metropolitan Division.
The Pens will be without center Evgeni Malkin who suffered an upper body injury in the loss to Chicago over the weekend.