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Wild at Penguins preview - 11/18; Fleury out with injury

by Tony on 11/18/08 at 08:40 AM ET
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Wild at Penguins, 7PM ET, Mellon Arena

Season records:

Wild, 10-4-1, 21 pts, 5th in Western Conference
Penguins, 11-4-2, 24 pts., 4th in Eastern Conference

Season series: 1st meeting

Last game vs. Wild: Penguins def. Wild, 4-2, Oct. 30, 2007.

Last game results: Penguins def. Sabres, 5-2, Nov. 15th. Wild def. Blue Jackets, 3-2 (SO), Nov. 15th.

Special teams rankings:

Powerplay: Penguins 19.8% (12th), Wild 23.9% (3rd)
Penalty Kill: Penguins 84.0% (11th), Wild 93.3% (1st)

Probably goaltender rankings:

SV%: Penguins - Dany Sabourin .942 (n/a), Wild - Niklas Backstrom .934 (3rd)
GAA: Penguins - Dany Sabourin 1.68 (n/a), Wild - Niklas Backstrom 2.00 (5th)

Notes:
- Penguins will don their third jerseys again tonight
- Goaltender John Curry was recalled from Wilkes-Barre/Scranton (AHL)
- New Penguin Philippe Boucher makes his debut tonight, wearing #43.
- A sellout tonight at the Igloo will be the 76th consecutive.

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I’m a huge Pens fan, but as an even bigger Boston University fan, I’ll be rooting for three or four quickies on Sabou so that my man John Curry can make his NHL debut and the Pens can turn it up and get him the win, haha.

Posted by NHLJeff from Boston, MA on 11/18/08 at 07:40 PM ET

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