Well gang, all I can say about Monday is I’m glad I didn’t stay up to watch it. So instead I’ll take a moment to appreciate how lucky we’ve been throughout the years. Even though we suck now, it’s important to remind ourselves all great teams eventually go through this and not take it too seriously. With that said, I hope you all can still enjoy chatting in the game day threads and watching some Pens hockey with me win or lose.

Anyway, now it’s off to Utah, as the gang is looking closer to a lottery team than having any chance of appearing in the post season. The Pens faced Utah for the first time at home last November, and suffered a devastating 6-1 loss. (At least our team actually has a name though, so that’s basically a win, …right?) Now, the Pens look to even up the score and get their first win against this club in enemy territory.

Game day thread question to maybe increase morale and discussion:

Who do you think has been our most impactful Defenseman this year and why?

Projected Lines:

Rakell - Crosby - Rust
Bunting - Hayes - Beauvillier
O’Connor - Glass - Puljujarvi
Nieto - Lizotte - Acciari

Pettersson - Letang
Grzelcyk - Karlsson
Graves - PO Joseph

Nedeljkovic(confirmed)
Blomqvist

Injuries:
St. Ivany - OUT
Malkin - IR

Utah’s Lines