Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Between pipes against Canes
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Skinner will tend the twine on the road versus Carolina on Tuesday, Michelle Crechiolo of the Penguins' official site reports.
Skinner and fellow backstop Arturs Silovs have been splitting the workload for much of the season, a trend fantasy managers can expect will likely continue down the stretch. The 27-year-old Skinner is currently mired in a four-game losing streak, having gone 0-1-3 with a 2.90 GAA over that stretch. He'll face an uphill battle trying to secure his 20th win of the year with both Sidney Crosby (lower body) and Evgeni Malkin (suspension) unavailable.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Four-game losing streak
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Skinner made 12 saves Saturday in a 4-3 shootout loss to Philadelphia.
Skinner is 0-1-3 in his last four starts; he has allowed 12 goals in that span (0.857). Prior to that, Skinner won eight of his previous nine games. He has a 2.63 GAA with Pittsburgh this season, which is about as strong as he's had at any point in his career. However, Skinner's .889 save percentage in black and gold is his worst result, other than in the single game he played in 2020-21.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Better in black and gold
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Skinner made 26 saves in a 2-1 loss to Boston on Tuesday.
Skinner was strong, aside from the two goals he allowed in a 50-second span in the first period. Skinner went into the break with a 4-0-1 record, but he's 0-1-1 in two games since the return. Skinner has been a better netminder in Pittsburgh's system than he was in Edmonton's run-and-gun.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Winning streak ends
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Skinner made 23 saves in a 3-2 shootout loss to the Rangers on Saturday.
Skinner hasn't lost in regulation since Jan. 11, and he's 5-0-2 in his last seven outings. He has also gone 8-1-2 since Christmas. Skinner allowed 12 goals in his first three games in Pittsburgh, but since then, he has allowed two or fewer goals in seven of 11 games. Skinner has a 2.76 GAA and an .891 save percentage in 37 appearances this season between the Penguins and Oilers.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Facing Rangers
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Skinner will defend the visiting goal against the Rangers on Saturday, Josh Yohe of The Athletic reports.
Skinner is 19-12-5 with a pair of shutouts in 36 starts for Pittsburgh and Edmonton this season. One of his two shutouts came against the Rangers on Oct. 14, when he stopped 30 shots while he was a member of the Oilers. The Rangers have posted 2.60 goals per game, tying the team for 27th in the league this campaign.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Surrenders five goals
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Skinner stopped 18 of 23 shots in Tuesday's 5-4 overtime loss to the Islanders.
Skinner's five-game winning streak came to a crashing halt with this performance. This is the second outing in a row that he's given up five goals, so the upcoming Olympic break should provide a beneficial reset for the 27-year-old netminder. He's now at a 19-12-5 record with a 2.79 GAA and an .890 save percentage over 36 starts. The Penguins have been alternating goalies lately, so it wouldn't be a surprise to see Arturs Silovs get the nod versus the Sabres on Thursday.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Hangs on for win Saturday
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Skinner made 15 saves in Saturday's 6-5 win over the Rangers.
The Penguins seemed to have the game well in hand, holding a 3-0 lead late in the second period and going ahead 5-1 before two minutes had elapsed in the third, but a wild finish saw the Rangers come storming back. Skinner gave up two goals in the final 67 seconds but still came away with his fifth straight win. Over eight outings in January, he went 7-1-0 with a sharp 2.13 GAA and .910 save percentage.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Tending twine Wednesday
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Skinner will defend the road crease against Calgary on Wednesday, Josh Yohe of The Athletic reports.
After alternating starts with Arturs Silovs for over a month, Skinner will make a second consecutive start during Wednesday's matchup. Skinner has been strong in recent weeks, going 5-1-0 with a 1.67 GAA and a .931 save percentage over his last six outings. He faced Calgary back on Oct. 8 with the Oilers and turned aside 19 of 22 shots en route to a 4-3 shootout loss.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Set to face Seattle
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Skinner is set to start on the road against Seattle, per Penguins play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff.
Skinner has gone 4-1-0 across his past five outings while stopping 115 of 122 shots (.943 save percentage). He's 15-12-4 with a 2.72 GAA and an .894 save percentage in 31 outings between Edmonton and Pittsburgh this season. Seattle has dropped to 21-17-9 after going 1-3-2 across its past six games. The Kraken have averaged just 2.50 goals per outing across that six-game stretch.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Defending home crease Thursday
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Skinner will be between the home pipes versus the Flyers on Thursday, per Penguins' studio host Dan Potash.
Skinner has played well since his trade from Edmonton in December, going 3-4-0 with a 2.34 GAA and an .899 save percentage. Overall, the 27-year-old netminder is 14-12-4 with a pair of shutouts, a 2.71 GAA and an .893 save percentage across 30 appearances with Pittsburgh and Edmonton. The Flyers are 23rd in NHL scoring, tallying 2.89 goals per game.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Sunday starter
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Skinner will start Sunday's contest against the Bruins, Penguins play-by-play announcer Josh Getzoff reports.
Skinner has been red-hot during his personal three-game winning streak, allowing just one goal in each start. The 27-year-old is 3-3-0 with a 2.56 GAA and an .893 save percentage in his Penguins tenure. He will attempt to stay hot against the Bruins, who are on the second of a back-to-back but fresh off of potting 10 goals against the Rangers.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Excels in net Thursday
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Skinner halted 28 of 29 shots on net in Thursday's 4-1 win over New Jersey.
Skinner was perfect at even strength Thursday, as he allowed just one power-play tally early in the third period en route to his third consecutive win. With Thursday's victory, he is up to a 14-11-4 overall record, a 2.77 GAA and an .892 save percentage across 29 games between Edmonton and Pittsburgh this season. After three consecutive losses to start his tenure with the Penguins, the 27-year-old netminder has a 3-0-0 record with a 1.00 GAA and a .957 save percentage over his last three starts. Pittsburgh has won each of its last six games and will need Skinner to keep up at least a fraction of his recent form if the Penguins are to make a push for a playoff spot in the Eastern Conference. Regardless of his past inconsistencies, the polarizing goalie is a top streaming option in fantasy formats while he soars on his current winning streak.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Second straight sharp game
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Skinner made 11 saves in a 4-1 win over Detroit on Saturday.
The game was closer than the score indicates, as the Penguins notched two empty-netters. Skinner was well-protected by his teammates -- the Red Wings actually had more shot attempts blocked (14) and ones that missed the net (16) than on the Pittsburgh netminder. He struggled in his first three games in black and gold, allowing 12 goals and posting an .831 save percentage, but he has won two consecutive starts with just one goal against in each outing.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Facing Red Wings
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Skinner will be between the visiting pipes in Detroit on Saturday, according to Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.
Skinner is 1-3-0 with a 3.36 GAA and an .869 save percentage since coming over to Pittsburgh as part of the deal that sent Tristan Jarry to Edmonton on Dec. 12. Skinner has been rotating with Arturs Silovs in the Penguins' crease since the trade, but Silovs has outperformed the ex-Oilers netminder. Detroit has generated 3.05 goals per game, which ranks 19th in the league.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Cruises to easy win
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Skinner stopped 27 of 28 shots in Tuesday's 5-1 win over the Hurricanes.
Skinner was beaten by Mark Jankowski late in the second period, but that would be all the offense the Hurricanes would muster throughout the game. This snapped a three-game losing streak for Skinner, a stretch in which he had allowed three or more goals each time. Skinner ends the month of December with a 3-4-1 record, a 2.68 GAA and an .895 save percentage across eight outings.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Between pipes versus Leafs
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Skinner will tend the twine for Tuesday's road tilt with Toronto, Jason Mackey of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette reports.
Skinner has underwhelmed since joining the Penguins, going 0-2-0 with a 4.25 GAA and an .810 save percentage in his two outings for his new club. If the 27-year-old backstop continues to struggle, the Pens may consider bringing Sergei Murashov up from the minors to compete for Skinner and Arturs Silovs.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Starting in Montreal
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Skinner will guard the road net against the Canadiens on Saturday, Renaud Lavoie of TVA Sports reports.
During his Pittsburgh debut, Skinner surrendered five goals on 22 shots in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to Edmonton. He has posted a record of 11-9-4 with two shutouts, a 2.93 GAA and an .887 save percentage through 24 appearances between the Penguins and Oilers this season. Montreal is tied for eighth in the league with 3.18 goals per game this year.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Gives up five goals
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Skinner stopped 17 of 22 shots in Tuesday's 6-4 loss to the Oilers. The sixth goal was an empty-netter late in the third period.
Skinner was making his Penguins debut, but he didn't fare well against his former club. He posted a 2.82 GAA while going 11-8-4 in his 23 outings with Edmonton before being traded to Pittsburgh. Skinner will aim to secure his first win as a Penguin if he gets the nod when they take on the Senators on Thursday.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: First goalie off Tuesday
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Skinner was the first goalie to exit the ice Tuesday, Wes Crosby of NHL.com reports, indicating he'll tend the twine at home versus Edmonton.
Skinner will be starting against his former club, while the Oilers go with the man he was traded for in Tristan Jarry. For the 27-year-old Skinner, it will mark his Penguins debut after having gone 11-8-4 with a 2.82 GAA and two shutouts in his 23 outings with Edmonton this year.
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Penguins' Stuart Skinner: Dealt to Pittsburgh
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Skinner, Brett Kulak and a 2029 second-round pick were traded to the Penguins from the Oilers on Friday in exchange for Tristan Jarry and Samuel Poulin.
Skinner has been a disappointment in goal for the Oilers over the last couple of seasons, and the need to upgrade sends Skinner to Pittsburgh. Skinner should share the Pittsburgh net with Arturs Silovs the rest of the way, barring any injuries. Skinner was 11-8-4 with a pair of shutouts, a 2.82 GAA and an .891 save percentage across 23 appearances with Edmonton this season.
