PITTSBURGH AT NEW JERSEY

MARCH 18, 2021 | 7:00 PM ET | PRUDENTIAL CENTER

MULTI-TALENTED TANEV On Tuesday vs. Boston, Brandon Tanev scored the lone Penguins for his seventh goal of the season. His seven goals are tied with Kasperi Kapanen for the fifth-most on the team. PIT n Tanev leads the Penguins with 128 hits, while also leading all Penguins forwards with 32 blocked shots. His plus-11 AT ranks second on the team. NJD n Tanev ranks in the top-5 among all NHL forwards in hits and blocked shots in 2020-21:

Hits Blocked Shots ‘20-21 OVERALL NHL Forwards NHL Forwards 1. Brady Tkachuk 137 1. Austin Watson 42 18-10-1 RECORD 9-13-4

2. Brandon Tanev 128 2. Boone Jenner 40 7-3-0 LAST 10 GAMES 2-6-2 3. Ryan Reaves 103 3. Kailer Yamamoto 33 17.9% POWER-PLAY 13.3% 4. Josh Archibald 98 3. Ryan Getzlaf 33 5. 92 5. Brandon Tanev 32 75.0% KILL 71.2% n Tanev enters tonight’s game with seven points in his last seven games (2G-5A), as well as a plus-7. 3.14 GF/GP 2.50

BENCH BOSS 2.83 GA/GP 3.12

Head coach Mike Sullivan heads into tonight’s game with 232 wins behind the Penguins bench, one win away ‘19-20 HEAD TO HEAD from taking sole possession of second-place on the Penguins’ all-time wins list. n Sullivan’s .634 points percentage with the Penguins ranks second in franchise history. 2-1-0 RECORD 1-2-0 n Since the Penguins hired Sullivan on Dec. 12, 2015, the Penguins’ 232 wins rank third in the league. 1-1-0 RECORD AT NJD 1-1-0 Points Percentage Wins Penguins History (Min. 100 GP) Since Dec. 12, 2015 0.0% POWER-PLAY 22.2%

1. Dan Bylsma .668 1. Tampa Bay 253 77.8% PENALTY KILL 100.0% 2. Mike Sullivan .634 2. Washington 249 3.33 GF/GP 1.67 3. Scotty Bowman .628 3. Pittsburgh 232 1.67 GA/GP 3.33 4. Mike Johnston .595 4. Boston 229 5. Kevin Constantine .558 5. St. Louis 224 NOTABLES NJ BOUND JARR(Y)ED LOOSE Tonight is the first of eight The Penguins face off against the tonight Entering tonight’s game, Tristan Jarry is on a meetings between the Penguins for the first time since their last game before the league’s season-long four-game winning streak and has and Devils this season. These pause in 2020. won nine of his last 11 games. two teams have played eight-plus times in four previous seasons n Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin have historically had success n Since Feb. 14, Jarry leads the league with 10 wins. against the Devils, ranking first and third, respectively, in In that span, he has a .927 SV% and 2.38 GAA. (1992-93, 2005-06, 2006-07, career points against NJD among active players: 2007-08). Points vs. NJD Most Wins Since Feb. 14 Pittsburgh has won three out of Active Players the last four games against New Tristan Jarry 10 1. Sidney Crosby 72 Jersey (3-1-0). Marc-Andre Fleury 9 2. Alex Ovechkin 66 Kaapo Kahkonen 9 In New Jersey, the Penguins have 3. Evgeni Malkin 57 won six of the last nine games vs. Andrei Vasilevskiy 9 4. Nicklas Backstrom 54 the Devils (6-3-0). 5. Joe Thornton 50 Philipp Grubauer 9 2 4 6 8 10 5. Claude Giroux 50