Sport Preview: 03.15.25 vs. New Jersey Devils

Since being recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins, Tristan Jarry has been stellar. He’s posted a 3-0-0 file with a 1.99 goals-against common and a .942 save share, each of which rank fourth amongst all goaltenders since March 9.

Sidney Crosby added two extra assists Thursday evening vs. St. Louis within the crew’s third-straight win, and he recorded his third-consecutive recreation with a number of factors, additionally scoring two objectives on Sunday in Minnesota and two objectives on Tuesday vs. Vegas.

Over the past three video games courting again to March 9, the ahead leads the NHL in objectives and factors.

That is simply the second time all season that Crosby has gone three-straight video games with a number of factors, beforehand doing so from Oct. 29 – Nov. 2, 2024 when he factored in on seven-consecutive Penguins’ objectives.

The ahead leads the Penguins in assists (49) and factors (72). Together with his subsequent help, Crosby could have the twelfth 50-assist season of his profession, tying Adam Oates for the eighth-most such seasons in NHL historical past.

Crosby is at the moment one level away from tying Wayne Gretzky (1,669, EDM) for the fourth-most factors with a single franchise in NHL historical past.

The Penguins captain has been on an distinctive run at PPG Paints Enviornment, recording factors in nine-straight residence video games courting again to Feb. 1, 2025. Throughout this residence level streak, Crosby has posted 5 objectives, 9 assists and 14 factors. His nine-game residence level streak is fourth within the league for lively residence level streaks.

Evgeni Malkin enters at this time’s recreation with 9 factors (4G-5A) in 11 video games since coming back from the 4 Nations Break. He at the moment has the 14th-most assists for a single franchise in NHL historical past.

Erik Karlsson is only one help shy of recording his Tenth 40-assist season. Together with his subsequent help, Karlsson will tie Brian Leetch and Brad Park for the seventh-most 40-assist seasons by a defenseman in NHL historical past.

Karlsson’s 0.86 factors per recreation towards New Jersey additionally ranks sixth amongst lively defensemen (min. 10 GP).

Moreover, Karlsson is barely two factors away from hitting the 50-point mark for the ninth time in his profession. When he reaches this mark, he’ll grow to be simply the fifteenth defenseman in NHL historical past to have 9 or extra 50-point seasons.

The defenseman has factors in 12 of his final 16 video games, which features a season-long seven-game level streak which ran from Jan. 29-Feb. 23. Since Jan. 29, Karlsson is tied for third in factors amongst all defensemen.

Defenseman Kris Letang has recorded 768 factors (174G-594A) in 1,148 profession video games with the Penguins. Together with his subsequent level, Letang will move Corridor-of-Famer Borje Salming for sole possession of the Tenth-most factors with a single franchise in NHL historical past amongst defensemen.

VS. NJD

Erik Karlsson and Kris Letang have discovered success towards the New Jersey Devils of their careers. Amongst lively defensemen, Karlsson’s 30 factors (7G-23A) is second and Letang’s 28 factors (3G-25A) ranks fourth towards the Devils.

Sidney Crosby has made a behavior of handing over strong performances towards the Devils. In 87 profession video games versus New Jersey, Crosby has recorded 93 factors (41G-52A), rating first in scoring amongst all lively gamers, whereas teammate Evgeni Malkin ranks third in factors amongst lively gamers. Solely 4 gamers in NHL historical past have scored extra objectives towards the Devils than Crosby’s 41.

QUICK HITS

1) Bryan Rust has 31 factors (17G-14A) and is plus-10 in 38 profession video games towards the Devils. It’s essentially the most factors he’s picked up versus anyone crew and 6 greater than his subsequent closest opponent (Philadelphia, 25 PTS in 35 GP). He has factors in 4 of his final six video games towards the Devils (4G-2A) and 11 factors (6G-5A) in 18 video games at residence vs. New Jersey.

2) On Thursday, Rickard Rakell hit the 30-goal mark for the primary time since 2017-18 and have become the fourth lively Swedish-born participant with at the least three 30-goal seasons (Filip Forsberg (4), Elias Pettersson (3) and Mika Zibanejad (3)).

3) Rickard Rakell has eight factors (3G-5A) in 9 profession residence video games towards the Devils.

4) The Penguins are using a three-game win streak, which is tied for the fifth-longest lively win streak within the league. A win tomorrow would tie their season-long profitable streak of 4 video games set from Nov. 27-Dec. 3.

5) The Penguins personal an total file of 402-92-49 when each Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin file some extent in a recreation.