Coyotes at Penguins 12/6/19 - NHL Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 12/05/2019 at 8:49 PM ET

The Arizona Coyotes conclude a back-to-back on Friday when visiting the Pittsburgh Penguins. The Coyotes play the Philadelphia Flyers on Thursday before heading to Pittsburgh. Arizona improved to 16-9-4 and 36 points with a 4-2 victory on Tuesday over the Columbus Blue Jackets. Darcy Kuemper made 33 saves in net for the Coyotes in the win.

Conor Garland leads the Coyotes in goals scored with 10, while Nick Schmaltz is the assists leader with 15 and points leader with 20. In net, Darcy Kuemper is 11-6-2 with goals against per game of 1.97 and save percentage of .936. Arizona is scoring an average of 2.69 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.31 per game.

Pittsburgh looks for is second straight victory on Friday when hosting the Coyotes. The Penguins defeated the St. Louis Blues 3-0 on Wednesday and improved to 15-9-4 with 34 points. Stefan Noesen scored his first goal this season, while Teddy Blueger and Alex Galchenyuk each scored for Pittsburgh. Tristan Jarry made 28 saves in net for the third shutout of his NHL career.

Jake Guentzel is leading the Penguins in goals scored with 15 and in points with 27. Evgeni Malkin is the leader in assists with 16. In net, Matt Murray is 9-5-4 with goals against of 2.84 and saves percentage of .897. The Penguins are scoring an average of 3.30 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.79 per game.

Pittsburgh has suffered through a tough first quarter of the season due to injuries keeping key players off the ice for extended time. Sidney Crosby will miss another three to four weeks with a hernia injury. However, at home this season the Penguins are 11-3-2 and coming off a strong shutout over the St. Louis Blues, while Arizona will be playing the second half of a back-to-back. Final Score Prediction, Pittsburgh Penguins win and cover ATS 3-1.

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