Pittsburgh Penguins rookie goaltender Arturs Silovs is scheduled to start Monday’s game against the Ottawa Senators at PPG Paints Arena.
Coach Dan Muse announced Silovs’ status following a morning skate in Cranberry.
In 24 games this season, Silovs has a 10-6-8 record, a 2.96 goals-against average, an .893 save percentage and one shutout.
Silovs has faced the Senators once in his career. During a 4-0 road loss on Dec. 18, Silovs made 22 saves on 26 shots.
Notes:
• The Penguins’ lines and pairings at the morning skate were:
67 Rickard Rakell – 87 Sidney Crosby – 16 Justin Brazeau
59 Egor Chinakhov – 18 Tommy Novak – 71 Evgeni Malkin
2 Rutger McGroarty – 81 Ben Kindel – 39 Anthony Mantha
19 Connor Dewar – 46 Blake Lizotte – 55 Noel Acciari
28 Parker Wotherspoon – 65 Erik Karlsson
77 Brett Kulak – 5 Ryan Shea
7 Ilya Solovyov – 75 Connor Clifton
• The first power-play unit included Crosby, Karlsson, Malkin, Mantha and Rakell. The second power-play unit involved Brazeau, Chinakhov, Kindel, Novak and Shea.
• Defensemen Caleb Jones and Ryan Graves participated in the morning skate. Both players are currently designated to injured reserve with unspecified maladies. Muse indicated they have been cleared for contact.
• The Penguins enter the contest with a six-game winning streak, matching a season-best previously established between Dec. 28 and Jan. 8.
• Penguins forward Bryan Rust is serving the final contest of a three-game suspension.
• Rakell has 298 career assists.
• This will be the Penguins’ final home game before the Olympic break.
• The Senators are expected to start goaltender Linus Ullmark. In 29 games this season, Ullmark has a 15-8-5 record, a 2.89 goals against average, an .884 save percentage and one shutout.
Ullmark made 25 saves against the Penguins on Dec. 18.
• Senators forward Dylan Cozens has 99 career goals.
• The scheduled referees are Francis Charron (No. 6) and Alex Lepkowski (No. 44), while the linespersons are Brad Kovachik (No. 71) and C.J. Murray (No. 68).
