Pittsburgh Penguins vs. Nashville Predators The Pittsburgh Penguins (4-6-1) ended their four-game losing streak with their most consistent game of the season Thursday. They will try to dig out of the early-season hole that their disjointed efforts and awful turnovers have created when they host the Nashville Predators (3-3-3) at PPG Paints Arena Saturday.
The puck drops just after 7 p.m. when Maria Yezovich signs the National Anthem.
The Penguins easily handled the Florida Panthers Thursday, outskating them and outplaying them in a 4-0 home win. Nick Robertson had a pair of goals, including the first goal and the empty-netter.
Evgeni Malkin and Hendrix Lapierre each added a goal and an assist in the win. Arturs Silovs was steady and stopped all 26 shots in the win.
The Penguins lineup might look a little different Saturday. Egor Chinakhov and Sam Girard remain out day-to-day and did not practice Friday, and Evgeni Malkin also missed practice due to illness.
However, he skated Saturday morning. Coach Dan Muse said Malkin will not play and Arturs Silovs will start.
The Penguins recalled prospect Avery Hayes to fill Malkin’s spot. The Boston Bruins shut out Nashville 6-0 Thursday.
Casey Mittelstadt and Elias Lindholm scored in the first period, David Pastrnak and JJ Peterka added goals in the second, and Mark Kastelic and Pastrnak scored in the third. Justus Annunen made 25 saves in his first start of the season for Nashville How to Watch TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh Radio: 105.9 The X Penguins Lines Tommy Novak-Sidney Crosby-Rickard Rakell Ville Koivunen-Hendrix Lapierre-Evgeni Malkin Andrei Kuzmenko-Blake Lizotte-Rutger McGroarty Elmer Soderblom-Connor Dewar-Nick Robertson Defense Spencer Stastney-Erik Karlsson Declan Carlile-Kaeden Korczak Ilya Solovyov-Kris Letang Goalies: Arturs Silovs Predators Lines Steven Stamkos-Ryan O’Reilly-Matthew Wood Filip Forsberg-Mavrik Bourque-Jonathan Marchessault Ross Colton-Alexander Kerfoot-Nils Hoglander Reid Schaefer-Jack Drury-Adam Edstrom Defense Roman Josi-Adam Wilsby Brady Skjei-Nick Perbix Nicolas Hague-Jayden Struble Goalies: Juuse Saros, expected Special Teams Penguins power play: 21.2% (18th), penalty kill: 83.3% (T-7th).
Predators power play: 28.6% (T-3rd), penalty kill: 83.3% (T-7th). Penguins Injuries F Justin Brazeau — Lower body; 11 consecutive games missed D Trevor van Riemsdyk — Lower body; 6 D Sam Girard — Lower body; 2 F Egor Chinakhov — Lower body; 1 F Ben Kindel — Vasovagal episode; 1.
F Bryan Rust — Lower body; 1 2026-27 regular-season man-games lost: 29 Penguins Game Notes Domination: The Penguins have an active nine-game point streak against the Predators (7-0-2) dating back to Apr. 10, 2022.
The Penguins have points in 22 of their last 26 games (19-4-3) vs. Nashville dating back to October 21, 2010. The Penguins have won six consecutive games over Nashville at home (6-0-0).
Erik Karlsson’s five power-play points are tied for fourth among NHL defensemen. Tommy Novak spent the first three and a half years of his career with Nashville.
In 201 regular-season games, Novak scored 49 goals with 68 assists and 117 points, hitting the 40-point plateau twice. Silovs has a three-game home winning streak with a 1.93 goals-against average and a .921 save percentage.
Hendrix Lapierre recorded his second multi-point game (1G-1A) of the season in his seventh game played on Thursday, matching his multi-point game total from last year in 74 games played in Washington.
