Game 55 - Jets at Pens

2:00

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The Eastern Conference is tight as hell right now.  Pens are in 6th, only eight points out of first, but only four points ahead of ninth.  The Jets are in 10th with 58 points, only three points out of eighth.  Buckle up for the home stretch.

The Pens are 1-2-1 in February, as they've cooled off a bit from the 8-4 record in January.  Getting points today and tomorrow against teams out of the playoff picture in Tampa and Atlanta Winnipeg would be huge.  Crosby and Asham also skated this morning, hinting that their comebacks could be sooner rather than later.

Really no clue how Winnipeg got to be a decent team.  They didn't have any huge signings after leaving Atlanta.  They also beat the Pens earlier this year.  

Jordan Staal is back today.  Also, former Penguin Chris Thorburn makes his long awaited return to Pittsburgh.  He once fought Derian Hatcher.

Lines from Empty Netters

PENS

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

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

Andrew Ladd - Bryan Little - Blake Wheeler
Evander Kane - Nik Antropov - Eric Fehr
Tanner Glass - Jim Slater - Chris Thorburn
Alexander Burmistrov - Aaron Gagnon - Antti Miettinen

 

Tobias Enstrom - Dustin Byfuglien
Ron Hainsey - Zach Bogosian
Mark Stuart - Johnny Oduya