Tonight's (11/27/24 - 7:30pm) Officials, Anthem, Milestones

[Admin]

Vancouver Canucks (11-6-3, 25 pts.) vs. Pittsburgh Penguins (7-12-4, 18 pts.), 7:30pm - TV: SN-Pit

2024-25 Media Guides:
Penguins Media Guide: media-guides/2024-25-PIT.pdf
Opponent's Media Guide: https://media.canucks.com/media-guides

2024-25 NHL Rule Book - https://media.nhl.com/site/asset/public ... 5Rules.pdf
2024-25 NHL Pronunciation Guide - https://media.nhl.com/site/asset/public ... ations.pdf (poo-lee-AHR-vee, YEH-see)

Tonight's Officials:
Referees: Michael Markovic (31), Furman South (13)
Linespersons: Ryan Daisy (81), Julien Fournier (56)
Ntl. Anthem: Jeff Jimerson

2024-25 Home Anthem Singer Standings:

Code: Select all

Singer                G   W   L  OTL  Pts   Pct
Jeff Jimerson        11   4   5   2    10   0.455
USAF Quintet          1   0   1   0     0   0.000    

Injuries:
Position Player, Status (Consecutive Games Missed, Total Games Missed)
F Cody Glass, Concussion (8, 9)
F Blake Lizzotte, Concussion (5, 16)
2024-25 Total Regular-Season Man-Games Lost: 67

Recent Transactions:
Nov. 26 F Valtteri Puustinen placed on waivers.
Nov. 25 F Philip Tomasino acquired from Nashville for a 2027 4th-round draft pick.
Nov. 25 F Sam Poulin re-assigned to WBS (AHL).
Nov. 15 F Matt Nieto activated off of IR. F Blake Lizotte placed on IR.
Nov. 15 D Owen Pickering recalled from WBS (AHL).

Milestones Watch:
F Sidney Crosby is 5 from 1,300 games played
HC Mike Sullivan is 6 from 700 games coached with Pittsburgh

2024-25 Milestones Achieved:
Rutger McGroarty made NHL debut vs. NYR on Oct. 9
G Joel Blomqvist made NHL debut vs. Det. on Oct. 10
F Evgeni Malkin reached 800 career assists on Oct. 10
F Evgeni Malkin reached 1,300 career points on Oct. 12
F Sidney Crosby reached 1,600 career points on Oct. 16
F Evgeni Malkin reached 500 goals on Oct. 16.
D Kris Letang played his 1,100th career game on Nov. 2
F Cody Glass played his 200th career game on Nov. 5
D Owen Pickering made NHL debut and 1st NHL point on Nov. 16
F Sidney Crosby reached 600 career goals vs Utah on Nov. 23

[pfim]

77 days until pitchers and catchers report.

[Admin]

Canucks projected lineup
Jake DeBrusk -- Elias Pettersson -- Kiefer Sherwood
Dakota Joshua -- Pius Suter -- Conor Garland
Danton Heinen -- Teddy Blueger -- Brock Boeser
Nils Hoglander -- Aatu Raty -- Arshdeep Bains

Quinn Hughes -- Filip Hronek
Erik Brannstrom -- Tyler Myers
Carson Soucy -- Noah Juulsen

Arturs Silovs
Kevin Lankinen

Scratched: Max Sasson
Injured: Derek Forbort (knee), Vincent Desharnais (lower body)

[Admin]

77 days until pitchers and catchers report.

100 days until NHL Trade Deadline

[DelPen]

G&G were the last defensemen off the ice so they have a better than 0% chance of being the scratches.

[BigMcK]

Turkey is the main dish reserved for tomorrow. No turkeys to be displayed in tonight's game. And no, turkeys can't fly...

[IntangibleBeer]

27 shopping days until Christmas!

[IntangibleBeer]

Tradition demands that the Penguins embarrass themselves themselves in front of a huge (sell out) crowd in town for the holiday.