New Jersey faces Sidney Crosby and the Pittsburgh Penguins for an afternoon tilt in Pittsburgh. You can watch on ABC or ESPN+ or listen on the Devils Hockey Network. Read below for your game preview and pre-game story below.

The New Jersey Devils will face the Pittsburgh Penguins in a showdown at PPG Paints Arena. It’s a divisional clash as we continue our NHL odds series and make a Devils-Penguins prediction and pick. The Devils lead the head-to-head series 145-127,

The Penguins have won three straight games after beating the Blues. In the win Jarry shined, two new Penguins scored and Rakell got his 30th.

The Penguins defeated the St. Louis Blues by a narrow margin, 5-3, for their third consecutive win against a pretty formidable Western opponent. St. Louis came into this game 7-1-2 in their last 10 games and just two points out of the final wild card spot in the Western Conference.

The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the St. Louis Blues 5-3 at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh on Thursday. The Penguins' Ryan Graves scored his first goal of the season during the game. The Penguins stand at 27-31-10;