Penguins at Coyotes 1/12/20 - NHL Picks & Predictions

The Pittsburgh Penguins look for their third straight victory when they visit the Arizona Coyotes on Sunday. the Penguins improved to 27-12-5 and 59 points after defeating the Colorado Avalanche 4-3 in overtime. Jared McCann scored the winning goal for Pittsburgh 3 minutes and 19 seconds into the extra period.  Evgenii Malkin, Teddy Blueger and Bryan Rust each scored one goal and one assist for the Penguins, while Matt Murray stopped 28 shots in net. Pittsburgh is 3-1-1 since leading scorer Jake Guentzel was lost for the rest of the season with a shoulder injury.

Bryan Rust is leading the Penguins in goals scored with 18. Evgeni Malkin is the leader in assists with 29 and points with 42. In net, Matt Murray is 13-6-4 with goals against of 2.91 and saves percentage of .896. The Penguins are scoring an average of 3.35 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.70 per game. 

Arizona looks to snap a two-game losing streak when hosting the Penguins on Sunday. The Coyotes lost on Friday night to the Carolina Hurricanes 3-0. With the loss Arizona fell to 25-18-4 and 54 points. Antti Raanta stopped 25 shots in net in two periods of work, but was replaced after the third period by Adin Hill who faced just one shot. 

Conor Garland leads the Coyotes in goals scored with 14, while Nick Schmaltz is the assists leader with 28 and points leader with 35. In net, Antti Raanta is 9-9-2 with goals against per game of 2.72 and save percentage of .919. Arizona is scoring an average of 2.70 goals per game while allowing an average of 2.49 per game.