Other than the starting goaltender, coach David Quinn made no changes to Saturday's lineup against Pittsburgh from the group that won Thursday in Buffalo. With defenseman Jack Johnson still unavailable with a groin strain, that meant Julien Gauthier was the lone healthy scratch again, his fifth straight game in street clothes.
It also meant the new-look first power-play unit, with both Adam Fox and Tony DeAngelo on it – along with Mika Zibanejad, Artemi Panarin and Pavel Buchnevich – stayed together a second straight game.
"We got eight scoring chances on our power play (Thursday) night, so the looks were good,’’ Quinn said.