Pittsburgh brings a two-game winning streak into PPG Paints Arena, but Utah has the stronger record and two top scorers tied at 15 points.
Pittsburgh has won two straight, but at 5-6-1 with 11 points, it faces a Utah side that is 8-5-0 with 16 points and ranked 13th in the power index to the Penguins' 23rd. Utah arrives after a loss, yet its leading scorers Clayton Keller and Mikhail Sergachev have 15 points apiece; Pittsburgh's Erik Karlsson leads the Penguins with 12. Utah won the teams' earlier meeting 5-4, and its plus-6.1 shots-on-goal differential per game gives it a clear edge in generating attempts over Pittsburgh's plus-0.3. The key is whether Pittsburgh can curb that shot volume while turning its recent momentum into offense against Utah's more productive attack.