St Louis Blues v Pittsburgh Penguins Live

While some had doubts whether the Pittsburgh Penguins would be able to repeat last year’s success in 2009-10, they proved all their critics wrong so far. Posting a 6-1-0 record to open the season, the Penguins established themselves at the top of the Eastern Conference and underlined their Stanley Cup ambitions. Thus, Evgeni Malkin and company will host the St Louis Blues at Mellon Arena on Tuesday at 11 p.m. GMT.

In contrast, the St Louis Blues got off to a great start with two straight wins versus the almighty Detroit Red Wings, but hit a slump afterwards. Most importantly, the Blues were not able to keep up the same intensity throughout the whole sixty minutes versus the Atlanta Trashers and Los Angeles Kings.

Unlike St Louis, there is hardly anything to complain about for Sydney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins. Coming out of the gates all fired up, the Penguins had one of the best season starts in franchise history after winning the Stanley Cup in June. So far, Pittsburgh only dropped one game while scoring 24 goals in seven contests. Similarly, the Penguins did a reasonably good job defensively and fed off goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury who put up a .917 save percentage. Given the fact that Pittsburgh’s only weakness last year was their inability to prevent their opponents from scoring at times, it will be a key factor to keep up a high energy level on defense down the stretch. Taking the aforementioned circumstances into account, the Penguins are everyone’s favorite to win their encounter with the Blues. Ultimately, the team from Pennsylvania has significantly more talent on their roster and should be able to secure a victory if they play up to their potential.

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