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The Penguins rookie goalkeeper Joel Blomqvist should begin against Rangers

The rookie goalkeeper from Pittsburgh Penguins, Joel Blomqvist, is to start the game on Sunday against the New York Rangers in the PPG Paints Arena.

His status was announced about two hours before the opening of the opening of the team.

In 12 games this season, Blomqvist has a 3-8-0 record, a hit of 3.68 against the average and a percentage of 0.893.

He has never confronted the Rangers in his career.

Notes:

• The penguins Bryan Rust remains superfluous due to an illness. The reserve currently intended for injured reserve missed the last two games of the penguins due to an unknown injury (February 8) and an illness (Saturday).

Rust is usually performed in the top line and in the top power play unit in 48 games this season and has scored 42 points (20 goals, 22 templates), while it was achieved an average of 19:32 ICE time.

• The penguins Boko Imama remains superfluous due to an unknown injury. He missed the last two games due to an illness that is not mentioned.

Imama has no points in six games this season, while she scores an average of 5:28 ice age per competition.

• Penguins Rickard Rakell's striker has 498 career points.

• The Rangers will probably start goalkeeper Igor Shesterkin. In 40 games this season he had a record of 18-20-2, 2.98 goals against the average, a percentage of 0.903 and three failures.

During his entire career, Shesterkin confronted the penguins in 16 competitions and scored a 9-6-1 record, 2.01 goals against the average, a percentage of 0.927 and three closings.

• The Rangers goalkeeper Jonathan Quick played in 799 career games.

• The striker of Rangers, Jimmy Vesey, has 99 career goals.

• The feeling of opening is planned for 3:52 p.m.

Seth Rorabaugh is a triple reporter who covers the Pittsburgh Penguins. The north -hunting don born, has entered the trib in 2019 and reported the penguins since 2007. It can be reached at srorabaugh@triblive.com.