Pittsburgh faces Vancouver, aims to break 3-game slide

Pittsburgh Penguins (10-8-5, fifth in the Metropolitan) vs. Vancouver Canucks (8-14-2, seventh in the Pacific)

Vancouver, British Columbia; Saturday, 10 p.m. EST

LINE: Canucks +118, Penguins -141; over/under is 5.5

BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh enters the matchup with Vancouver after losing three in a row.

The Canucks are 3-6-1 at home. Vancouver averages 9.2 penalty minutes per game, the seventh-most in the Western Conference. Oliver Ekman-Larsson leads the team serving 26 total minutes.

The Penguins have gone 5-3-3 away from home. Pittsburgh serves 6.6 penalty minutes per game, the least in the league. Sam Lafferty leads them averaging 1.0.

In their last meeting on Nov. 24, Pittsburgh won 4-1. Brock McGinn recorded a team-high 2 points for the Penguins.

TOP PERFORMERS: Quinn Hughes leads the Canucks with a plus-four in 23 games this season. J.T. Miller has two goals and five assists over the last 10 games for Vancouver.

Jake Guentzel leads the Penguins with 10 goals and has 20 points. Sidney Crosby has two goals and six assists over the last 10 games for Pittsburgh.

LAST 10 GAMES: Canucks: 3-7-0, averaging 2.3 goals, 3.8 assists, four penalties and 8.5 penalty minutes while giving up 2.9 goals per game with a .910 save percentage.

Penguins: 5-4-1, averaging 2.4 goals, 4.5 assists, 2.9 penalties and 6.3 penalty minutes while giving up 1.8 goals per game with a .935 save percentage.

INJURIES: Canucks: None listed.

Penguins: Brian Boyle: day to day (upper-body).

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