PREGAME: Pens vs #Lumbus

CONSOL Energy Center. 7 pm. Root. 105.9 The X

So the Penguins open up a back to back-home and home with the new division rival Columbus Blue Jackets. We are all hoping this becomes a big rivalry in the NHL in the near future and with the Blue Jackets up and coming, this could turn into a rivalry soon. The Pens are 9-4-0 and leading the Metropolitan Division by 7 points over the Islanders and Hurricanes and Columbus sits 1 point behind those teams. These next two games could have a huge outcome on the standings. If the Pens get 4 points, they probably start to run away with the division but if Columbus gets 4, then they're right back into it. Should be a fun couple of days of hockey.

LINES:

Foligno - Anisimov - Gaborik

Letestu - Dubinsky - Atkinson

Comeau - Johansen - Umberger

Chaput - MacKenzie - Boll

Johnson - Savard

Tyutin - Prout

Murray - Wisniewski

Bobrovsky

Kunitz - Crosby - Dupuis

Jokinen - Malkin - Megna

Glass - Sutter - Adams

Jeffrey - Vitale - Engellend

Orpik - Martin

Letang - Niskanen

Maatta - Bortuzzo

Fleury

Here's Sid being the best in the world off the ice too.

http://video.penguins.nhl.com/videocenter/?id=473119

Go Pens.