Pittsburgh will be without their top goal-scoring forward when they take on Los Angeles, who will play their first home game since the onset of the wildfires
The Pittsburgh Penguins players and coaches honored the LA firefighters Monday. The coaches donned the hats on the ice while the players wore the LAFD hats in the locker room Monday after the team’s morning skate.
The circumstances are particularly meaningful for Penguins forward Blake Lizotte, who started his NHL career with the Kings and had 106 points (37 goals, 69 assists) in 320 games for them. This will be his first game at Crypto.com Arena as a visitor, but the LAFD hat he wore after Monday’s morning skate reflected the larger circumstances.
In their first home game back to Crypto.com Arena, the Los Angeles Kings and the visiting Pittsburgh Penguins honoured the local fire department by wearing LAFD hats during warm-ups and partaking in a centre-ice ceremony ahead of first puck drop.
The Los Angeles Kings will try to keep their nine-game home win streak intact when they face the Pittsburgh Penguins.
The Penguins arrive at Crypto.com Arena on a mini two-game win streak, while splitting their last 10 games ,and sitting in sixth place in the Metropolitan Division. They're six points off the Wild Card pace, and desperately need some wins before the 4 Nation's Faceoff break.
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The Los Angeles Kings’ Anze Kopitar and the Pittsburgh Penguins’ Rickard Rakell are two of the top players to keep an eye on when these squads play on Monday at 10:30 PM ET, at Crypto.com Arena. Buy tickets for this game at StubHub!
You may need a little coffee today for this one, but it is an important game. The Penguins are just 2-5-3 in their last 10 games and are 13th among 16 teams in the East.
One of the Pittsburgh Penguins top goalie prospects was promoted to the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins on Monday afternoon.
After a not-so-successful road trip, the Los Angeles Kings return home to face the struggling Pittsburgh Penguins on Monday night.