GAMEDAY: Game 4 - Islanders vs. Pens

Consol Energy Center - 7PM

TV: ROOT Sports

Radio: 105.9 The X

Tonight, the Penguins host John Tavares and the New York Islanders as they look to bounce back from a tough loss against the Dallas Stars this past Thursday Night. The Islanders are actually legit now and are no longer that joke team you pad your stats against. While the Islanders might finally be legit and no longer a joke, whoever was in charge of constructing their new home in Brooklyn clearly didn't get the memo.  

yikes

Lines via Empty Netters

Kunitz - Crosby- Hornqvist

Dupuis - Sutter - Malkin 

Comeau - Spaling - Downie 

Sill - Goc - Adams

Letang - Maatta

Martin - Ehrhoff

Despres - Scuderi

Conacher - Tavares - Okposo

Kulemin - Nelson - Strome

Bailey - Nielsen - Clutterbuck 

Martin - Cizikas - McDonald

Leddy - Boychuk

Hickey - Hamonic

Haan - Strait

Notes and Thoughts: 

• The Islanders come into tonight's game undefeated, holding a record of 4-0-0. They've never gone 5-0-0 to start the season.
• It's looking like Pascal Dupuis will somehow play tonight despite being stretchered off the ice Thursday night after getting cross checked in the back and then hit in the neck/head with a Letang slap shot. We all feared the worst when the incident happened and whether Dupuis goes tonight or not, he is incredibly lucky as he seems to be OK and was skating the very next morning. 

Dupuis basically

• The Pens and Islanders hold the top two Power Plays in the NHL. The Penguins are clicking at 46.2% while the Islanders are not far behind at 42.9%. So obviously, special teams will be big tonight. 
• Tavares is pretty good at hockey. He is leading the league in points right now with 9 in 4 games.
• Crosby is also apparently pretty good, with 7 points in 3 games.

Go Pens