Game Preview: Nashville Predators vs. Pittsburgh Penguins 3/15/22

The Nashville Predators briefly return home to face the Pittsburgh Penguins tonight. The Penguins are scrapping with the New York Rangers to for the second spot in the Metropolitan Division, while the Preds are trying to work their way up out of wild-card positioning.

Jake Guentzel leads the team in points with 59 and goals with 28, while Kris Letang is the assists leader with 45. Sidney Crosby is second in each of those categories, with 58 points, 38 assists, and 20 goals (he ties Bryan Rust in that statistic). Evan Rodrigues and Jeff Carter have also been major contributors, while Evgeni Malkin has 24 points in the 24 games he’s played this season. Crosby and Rust have also missed a fair…