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Pittsburgh Penguins (33-10-0) @ Boston Bruins (26-11-5)

ROOT, NHLN-US, NESN+ - 12:30 pm/et

TD Garden - Boston, MA

[Via Dana Heinze on Twitter]

The last few days have showed us what's really important in life, and it's not the outcome of a hockey game. However, it's nice that things are getting back to normal again and that the Bruins are back on the ice in Boston. It will be nice to watch hockey instead of 24-hour news coverage.

And this is a big game.

The Pittsburgh Penguins can clinch first in the East with a win. The Boston Bruins can move back up to second place if they win. Jarome Iginla will play in Boston for the first time since his failed trade to the Bruins. Jaromir Jagr faces the Penguins.

Just read this Days' of Y'Orr preview from yesterday.

Don't worry. We can all go back to cursing Boston again as soon as the puck drops.

Just got this email. The Penguins home game was moved from Saturday because of the manhunt in Boston . This has caused some issues for people planning to go the Pens come tomorrow. From Cory King who lives out in the middle of PA :

Guys,

I need your help and by tomorrow if at all possible.  My 30th birthday was this past Monday - April 15th.  My wife surprised me with tickets to my first ever Pens game at the new arena.  She had been planning this game since January - we drove 4 hours today from Lancaster - both getting work off so we could get in early and spend time with family - who is also serving as our babysitter for our 2 year old daughter (who by the way is a die-hard Pens fan). 

Long story short - we were exactly 1/2 way here this afternoon when they announced our game, my surprise present, and huge wish come true was just cancelled and moved to Tuesday.

Now we cannot stay, come back, or use our tickets.  Our relatives can't go as well, nor relatives in Erie.

We bought our tickets from a secondary site, so we cannot have the Pens buy the tickets back or exchange them for the last Saturday game either.

Any chance you could post my story, or recommend any help to me our we are out $300?

There are 2 tickets, Section 201, Row F, Seats 5 & 6.

 We will be in Pittsburgh area until Sunday at the latest.

 Thanks.

Cory

Cory's email is  This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. , we also have his phone number and will pass it along if need be.

Game on.

It means so much less than so many things in the grand scope of everything, but it will be nice to have hockey. Go Pens. Go Boston.

Update via the NHL:

Tonight's @penguins at @nhlbruins game has been postponed & tentatively rescheduled for tomorrow at 12:30pm ET.

— NHL (@NHL) April 19, 2013

Update from the Pens' website:

The game between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Boston Bruins scheduled for tonight at TD Garden has been postponed, the National Hockey League announced today.

The game has been tentatively rescheduled for tomorrow, Saturday, April 20, at TD Garden beginning at 12:30 p.m., Eastern time. The game's status will be formalized no later than 8:30 a.m.

The game between the Penguins and Buffalo Sabres, scheduled for Saturday night in Pittsburgh, has been moved to Tuesday, April 23 at 7:30 p.m., ET.

-- ORIGINAL POST --

Via the X Morning Show. We assume they mean "postponed" until a later date, not outright canceled.

EDIT: No one else is reporting this, but it's pretty likely  that the game will be postponed. Either the X has a source that no one else does, no one else is comfortable reporting what they know or the X just Tweeted something pretty obvious, assuming thet would be correct.

The official word is "no word yet."

Stay safe everyone.

Hammy -- top 10 photoshoppers all-time.

-- Pens playoff tickets go on sale Monday. [ PG ]                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        

About 2,000 tickets to each of the Penguins' first two home playoff games will go on sale at 10 a.m. Monday.
They will be available a the usual outlets. The team is suggesting buying them online at www.ticketmaster.com. Tickets also will be available the Consol Energy Center box office, all Pittsburgh area Ticketmaster locations, or by calling Ticketmaster at 1-800-745-3000. There will be a lotttery system used at the in-person ticket sites.

When they say Ticketmaster, they mean, "fuck you."

Here is the latest on who the Pens could be playing in the playoffs:

Interesting stuff on Pens/Rangers from Jay Caulfied actually.

If the playoffs started today under realignment:

via reddit

After the jump, Subban still a dick...

According to the Pittsburgh Penguins' official website, Steve MacIntyre has been recalled from the Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins.

The best part of the news release is where they try to make him look like an actual hockey player by listing statistics:

Last year the 32-year-old MacIntyre split the season between Pittsburgh and WBS. MacIntyre played 12 games with Pittsburgh, collecting six penalty minutes. He appeared in 24 contests with WBS, totaling one goal and 59 penalty minutes.

A native of Brock, Saskatchewan, MacIntyre has played 90 career NHL games for Pittsburgh, Edmonton and Florida, tallying two goals, two assists, four points and 163 penalty minutes.