After falling 5-2 at home to the Leafs on Nov. 15 to drop them to 6-7-3 at the time, the Penguins have sine rattled off five straight wins over Minnesota, Winnipeg, Chicago, Calgary, and Philadelphia, outscoring the opposition 20-9 over that stretch.
The Penguins are full marks for their winning streak based on their command of the even-strength play, controlling over 56% of the expected goals at five-on-five while receiving much-improved goaltending with a .944 save percentage at 5v5 that bests even the Leafs‘ .942 since the middle of the month. It’s largely been Tristan Jarry carrying the mail for the Penguins in net, though, and the Leafs will face Casey DeSmith in a back-to-back for both teams tonight.