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Penguins Host Red Wings After Road Win

The Pittsburgh Penguins (37-21-16) host the wild card-pursuing Detroit Red Wings at PPG Paints Arena, concluding their 14th set of back-to-back games.

The Penguins look to continue their dominance against Detroit, having earned points in 15 of their last 18 meetings (12-3-3). Pittsburgh has scored four or more goals in 13 of those 18 games and holds an active 11-game home points streak (8-0-3) against the Red Wings.

For Pittsburgh, Rickard Rakell has points in 12 of his last 13 games (8-9-17), while Parker Wotherspoon has nine assists (0-9-9) in his last nine games. Sidney Crosby recently notched his 1100th career assist and is two points shy of tying Steve Yzerman for seventh place on the NHL's all-time scoring list.