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Home Game: 27

AHL Game: 824

Who: Syracuse Crunch

Where: Mohegan Sun Arena at Casey Plaza

When: 7:05 p.m.

Media Kit

Last Game: Thursday at home vs. Manchester, the Pens narrowly won in a shootout 7-6. Brandon DeFazio had a goal and two assists for the Penguins. For Syracuse, last night they hosted the Albany Devils and lost 3-1. Peter Holland had the only Syracuse goal.

Last Meeting: January 22 in Syracuse, the Pens won 4-3. Jason Williams was named first star of the game with a goal.

Record: For WBS: 32-16-2-5 (71 pts., 2nd place East Division) For SYR: 21-24-4-4 (50 pts., 4th place East Division)

Why you should care: Penguins will most likely have Cal O’Reilly making his WBS debut. Whom will the Pens start? With Brad Thiessen up in Pittsburgh and Patrick Killeen in town, do the Pens start Killeen tonight in advance of Sunday’s big game with Norfolk?

Referee(s): Ryan Fraser

Linesmen: Jud Ritter / Chris Allman

Twitter: @WBSPenguins / @SyracuseCrunch

Beat Writers: @CVBombulie / @PSCrunchHockey

Broadcasters: WBS: Tom Grace @TGracePens and Mike O’Brien @MikeOBrienWBS / SYR: Jason Lockhart @JLCrunch

Fan Bloggers: @nafsnep / @Allovimo

Radio: For WBS: 102.3 The Mountain / For Syracuse: The Score 1260

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

Promotion(s): Military Appreciation Night – Penguins Bobblehead Giveaway (first 5,000 fans) – Live Camo Jersey Auction Postgame

Other Game to Watch: Norfolk and Hershey play tonight in Chocolatetown. The Admirals are on a tear of late and the Bears are trending the wrong way.

Next Five Games: NOR 2/26, @ ADK 3/4, STJ 3/6, @ PRO 3/9, @ BRI 3/10