Game 53 - Pens at Devils

Prudential Center - Newark, NJ

1:00 p.m.

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The Pens roll into New Jersey this afternoon to take on the Devils.  Despite the tradition of the Pens stinking in afternoon games, they have won their last two, beating the Bruins yesterday, and the Capitals last Sunday.  

The Devils are sixth in the Eastern Conference, right behind the Pens, who are in fifth.  While they cannot overtake the Pens today (64 points vs 61 points), it is a traditional "4 point game" where the Pens could come out 5 points up or 1 point up.  So it is a pretty big game in that regard.

The Devils beat the Flyers 6-4 yesterday in Philly.  Ilya Kovalchuk beat some dude up.

Also, go check out the The Paul Martin Powerball over at thePensblog.  Can Martin score against his former team?

Lines from Empty Netters

PENS

Chris Kunitz - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal
Matt Cooke - Dustin Jeffrey - Pascal Dupuis
Steve Sullivan - Cal O'Reilly - Tyler Kennedy
Richard Park - Joe Vitale - Craig Adams

Brooks Orpik - Kris Letang
Paul Martin - Zbynek Michalek
Matt Niskanen - Deryk Engelland

DEVILS

Zach Parise - Patrik Elias - Ilya Kovalchuk
Petr Sykora - Dainius Zubrus - David Clarkson
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Jacob Josefson - Steve Bernier
Eric Boulton - Brad Mills - Peter Harrold

Andy Greene-Mark Fayne
Bryce Salvador-Anton Volchenkov
Matt Taormina-Kurtis Foster

No idea on Goalies for either team.

GO PENS