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Home Game: 24

AHL Game: 734

Who: Portland Pirates

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m. EST

Media Kit

Last Game: This past Sunday in Hershey the Penguins lost in a shootout 4-3. Bryan Lerg had a goal and an assist and was the second star of the game. For Portland, last night in Providence the Pirates lost 6-3. Marc-Andre Pouliot had two goals for the Pirates in the loss.

Last Meeting: December 2 in Wilkes-Barre, the Pens won 4-1. Four different Penguins (Mormina, Street, Walker, Tangradi) had goals in the win.

Record: For WBS: 28-13-2-5 (63 pts., 1st place East Division) — For POR: 23-20-2-3 (51 pts., 5th place Atlantic Division)

Why you should care: Wilkes-Barre is the fresher team tonight as Portland is coming in from a loss in Providence last night with the Penguins idle. Does this work to the Pens advantage tonight?

Referee(s): Terry Koharski

Linesmen: Leo Boylan / Scott Adams

Twitter: @wbspenguins / @PortlandPirates

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @Chris_MHJ

Broadcasters: For WBS: Tom Grace @TGracePens and Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / For POR: Jeff Mannix @PPiratesInGame

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain / For Portland: WPEI 95.9 FM

Television: AHL Live / My Network TV (WQMY-TV) in Wilkes-Barre

Promotion(s): Valentine’s Day Celebration / Thanks 4 Fighting Night

Other Game to Watch: Keep tabs on Adirondack / Norfolk, which will be the second game in as many nights between the clubs.

Next Five Games: @ HER 2/12, NOR 2/15, @ BNG 2/17, @ ALB 2/18, @ POR 2/20