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The top two teams in the Atlantic Division.

And the Eastern Conference.

And the NHL.

At least according to points, that is.

The Penguins have had trouble with the Devils this year.

They've lost both games against them so far, both by a score of 4-1.

The Penguins want to do better tonight.

Martin Brodeur versus Marc-Andre Fleury.

Both men want to be in net for Team Canada.

Fleury was named the second star for last week by the NHL.

In other news, Mark Eaton, the only Penguins defenseman to survive the rash of injuries on the blue line earlier this season, will miss tonight's game with an injury.

Eaton's injury isn't considered long term, but he is being evaluated by team doctors today.

Martin Skoula will take his place in the line-up.

The Penguins depth on defense is always, always a good thing.

We're in the midst of doing out decade wrap up post that we probably won't post until March, and we were reviewing some old comments section on Blogspot.

Everyone has clearly seen this, it is nothing new.

But for some reason we haven't seen it in years.

The 2003-2004 Penguins jumbotron video.

This sums up how we feel:

We lost bowel function by the time they got to Holzinger. Christ.

Pens need to show this at games for a good laugh.

P.S. if anyone has any old videos from 2000-2009 in mind, send them to us. Every little bit helps.

If there is a video of 66 eating a peanut butter sandwhich on youtube, chances are we are posting it.

Kudos again to the FSN guys, especially Dan Potash for getting out some more footage of Lemieux coaching.

Favorite part of this one is at the 1:08 mark when one of his players tells Mario his backup stick is in his car:

No a lot of people survive that stare.

go pens

Another unreal performance in the shootout.

All that was missing in the shootout on the Pens' side was Erik Christensen.

Same moves and everything.

This game was such an engima. First off, it probably got pretty solid ratings for Saturday night, considering there were more than a handful of people who didn't feel like driving on the roads in the midst of a southwest-Pennsylvania-er.

And then came the storylines.

These two teams are battling at the top of the Eastern Conference.

Actually that was the only storyline.

Not too much to say about the game itself other than the Pens won.

It was a solid game to watch, though.

They are now 13-3-1 since Bill Guerin's buzzer-beater.

A 6-2 loss in Ottawa.

A 3-2 loss on the Island.

A 3-2 loss at home to Carolina.

And the Blackhawk game.

Two of those teams are stains.

The Pens just don't bring their shit some nights. Big deal.

No rest for the weary.

The top team in the East comes to the Mellon on Monday.

A little over a week from now, the Pens repeat this schedule.

Bizarre.

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Listen to the game at [WXDX]

If you have any questions for Mike Lange, Phil Bourque or Bob Grove join the Penguins Radio Network Facebook page.

You can submit questions via the discussion tab for the Crash the Net segments or Penguins Hotline after the game.

The Sabres are playing their second of back-to-back games tonight.

Last night they defeated the Maple Leafs 5-2.

This is the Pens first game against the Sabres this year.

Ryan Miller played yesterday, so Patrick Lalime will start for the Sabres.

No word as to whether or not he will hold out for more money if he wins tonight's game.

How amazing (and appropriate) is this video?

Go Pens.

And yes there is no "G" in there.

I would love to have a weekly MaleBag....

...segment each week where I answer questions.

After the jump, my first blogging enemy.

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From the Penguins website:

"Pittsburgh Penguins fans have been named the best in the NHL by Forbes magazine, in ratings unveiled this week at www.forbes.com.

Penguins fans were rated No. 1 in the league, followed by Toronto Maple Leafs fans at No. 2 and Philadelphia Flyers fans at No. 3.

According to Forbes, “For the 2008-09 season, we ranked teams based on average regular-season home game attendance as a percentage of arena capacity, regular-season local television ratings as a percentage of the team’s metro area population and team merchandise sales. Pens fans emerged the most fanatical."

Basically this gives Flyers fans another thing to complain about.

It also gives us a reason to re-post a bunch of fan photos we've received over the last few months.

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