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.
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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