The Penguins have dominated the Red Wings recently, earning points in 15 of their last 18 matchups (12-3-3) and maintaining an 11-game home points streak (8-0-3) against them. Pittsburgh has scored four or more goals in 13 of those 18 contests.
This marks the Penguins' 14th set of back-to-back games, where they've posted an 11-8-8 record. Rickard Rakell has been hot with points in 12 of his last 13 games (8-9-17), while Parker Wotherspoon has nine assists in his last nine games. Sidney Crosby notched his 1100th career assist on Monday and is just two points shy of tying Steve Yzerman for seventh place on the NHL's all-time scoring list.