The Pittsburgh Penguins are gearing up for their busiest month of the 2013 NHL season, playing 15 games over 30 days in March.
Of the Penguins’ 15 games, 10 are at home. This will be a welcome change after playing only two of seven games at home in January and only nine at home all season through February.
One of those five road games is this Saturday against former coach Michel Therrien and the Montreal Canadiens.
The Canadiens are one of the league’s biggest surprises, sitting atop the Eastern Conference nearly halfway through the season. Without much firepower, the Habs have relied heavily on their defense—featuring P.K. Subban and Andrei Markov—while leaning on netminder Carey Price to clean up what’s left.
Montreal is third in the NHL in goals allowed per game at 2.05 while the Penguins are second in the league in goals scored per game at 3.37. Combine that with Sidney Crosby visiting the wolf’s den that is the Bell Centre (for some reason, nobody in Canada likes him) and you’ve got one of the most anticipated games of the month.
Despite playing so many games in so few days, t ...
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Looking Ahead at the Pittsburgh Penguins’ March Schedule
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