Blues and Penguins face off for non-conference matchup

Updated Oct. 20, 2023 4:31 a.m. ET
Associated Press

Pittsburgh Penguins (2-2, fourth in the Metropolitan Division) vs. St. Louis Blues (1-1-1, seventh in the Central Division)

St. Louis; Saturday, 8 p.m. EDT

BOTTOM LINE: The St. Louis Blues and the Pittsburgh Penguins square off in an out-of-conference matchup.

St. Louis went 37-38-7 overall and 18-17-6 in home games a season ago. The Blues scored 3.2 goals per game last season while allowing 3.6 per game.

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Pittsburgh had a 40-31-11 record overall and a 17-18-6 record in road games last season. The Penguins had a 21.7% power play success rate last season, scoring 63 goals on 290 chances.

INJURIES: Blues: Pavel Buchnevich: out (upper body), Anton Malmstrom: out (undisclosed), Josh Jacobs: out (undisclosed).

Penguins: Mark Pysyk: out (lower-body), Will Butcher: out (undisclosed), Kris Letang: day to day (lower body), Noel Acciari: day to day (upper body).

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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