Game 5 - Craps at Penguins

19:00

ROOT Sports, NHL Network

The always hated Washington Capitals come to town to play the Pens.  The Pens haven't won a regular season game against Washington at home since 2007 (although the playoffs are another matter).  The "rivalry" has been trumped up by the mass influx of the Capitals bandwagon and Ted Leonsis making keyboard love to his players on the blog.

Pittsburgh got their $5 footlongs, so it's time for us to get ours.

Interesting storyline for Washington signing Vokoun in the offseason and starting Neuvirth.  Now Neuvirth is sick so we assume Vokoun will start tonight.  Vokoun has to be upset at being the backup though, and he got lit up the other night.

Lineups from the Pens website.

Cooke-Crosby-Dupuis
Sullivan-Malkin-Neal
Kunitz-Staal-Kennedy
Asham-Park-Adams

Letang-Engelland
Martin-Michalek
Lovejoy-Niskanen

Johnson

Malkin is a game time decision and Crosby is not playing, so we assume Vitale will be in for Sid.

Capitals

Ovechkin-Backstrom-Knuble
Semin-Perreault-Brouwer
Chimera-Laich-Johansson-Ward
Hendricks-Halpern-Beagle-King

Alzner-Carlson
Hamrlik-Green
Schultz-Wideman
Erskine

Vokoun

Mike Green sucks.  Go Pens