The Pittsburgh Penguins will wrap up their four-game western trip with a trip to Edmonton, Alberta, on Sunday night.
They’ll drop the puck at 9 p.m. Eastern Time on Sunday, with ESPN+ and on SportsNet Pittsburgh, which you can live-stream on fubo TV (FREE trial) and DirecTV Stream (also a FREE trial).
The Penguins (27-23-8, seventh in the Metropolitan Division) are 1-2-0 on this important trip, and would love to head east off a victory.
Saturday night’s loss put them 10 points behind the Tampa Bay Lightning for the second Eastern Conference wild card — though Pittsburgh has five games in hand. They are also nine points behind third-place Philadelphia in the Atlantic Division.
Pittsburgh enters with a 12-13-4 record on the road.
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“We have no choice — we have to keep fighting,” left wing Drew O’Connor told The Associated Press following a disappointing 4-3 loss to the Calgary Flames on Saturday night. “It’s a tough way to end that game. We know how important each game is, and we need a lot of them right now. To lose that one when we’re in control hurts a lot, but we have another one tomorrow we have to get ready for.”
Jonathan Gruden got the Penguins on the scoreboard first as he chased down a puck near the corner and flung a shot from a sharp angle that squeaked inside the near post on Markstrom with 3:18 left in the first period. The first NHL goal for the 23-year-old Gruden came in his ninth career game — sixth this season. He was called up from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton of the AHL on Friday.
Lars Eller had a power-play goal with 34 seconds left in the first to make it 2-0.
Pittsburgh Penguins forward Jeff Carter (77) and teammates celebrate his goal against the Calgary Flames during the third period of an NHL hockey game Saturday, March 2, 2024, in Calgary, Alberta. (Jeff McIntosh/The Canadian Press via AP)AP
Edmonton (36-20-2, second in the Pacific Division), meanwhile, has won three straight, including 2-1 over Seattle on Saturday night.
Stuart Skinner made 24 saves, Leon Draisaitl scored his 30th goal of the season off the league-leading 73rd assist from Connor McDavid, and the Oilers held on to win.
This will be the first meeting of the season between the two teams.