First place in the Metropolitan Division is up for grabs in Pittsburgh Sunday afternoon, as the Canes and Penguins come into a matinee meeting both sitting at 70 points (though the Canes have three games in hand).
If it feels like it’s been awhile since you’ve seen the Pens, that’s because it has been. With Sunday’s matchup the first of the year between the division foes, this is the first time the Hurricanes and Penguins are meeting since March of 2020.
It’s also the first game of a very odd back-to-back for the Canes, who will follow up a Sunday afternoon tilt in Pittsburgh with a rare Monday afternoon appearance in Philadelphia.