The Pittsburgh Penguins will host the Philadelphia Flyers tonight at PPG Paints Arena. Face-off is 7pm. Pre-game on WISR is 6:30pm.
The Penguins will be without several players after additional positive COVID tests. The players include captain Sidney Crosby and defenseman Brian Dumoulin. Crosby had just returned from wrist surgery for one game last weekend. The Pens will be without three starting defensemen tonight. The team is currently tied for last in points in the Metropolitan Division with a 3-3-2 record.
The Carolina Hurricanes defeated the Montreal Canadiens 4-3 last night and improved to 9-0 to begin their season. The Hurricanes have tied the 2015-2016 Montreal Canadiens for the NHL’s third-longest wins streak to begin a season. They will visit the Florida Panthers Saturday. Florida is 8-0-1 to begin their season heading into their game with Washington tonight.