GAMEDAY 68 - DEVILS
7:00 PM
Prudential Center
Listen to the game at [WXDX]
Know the Enemy:
From their gameday:
"It's one of those 4 point swingers. While the offense was certainly firing on all cylinders the other night, the defense had noticable lags. Pittsburgh is a much more potent team offensively than the Rangers and the Devils will need to concentrate and those defensive lags tonight. The Penguins are 4-0-1 since returning from the Olympic Break so to say that this is a hot team would pretty much be spot on."
A huge divisional game for the Pens.
The Devils sit four points behind the Penguins, but they have played two fewer games.
The Pens have played Snooki to the Devils' angry gym teacher in a bar this entire season.
New Jersey is 4-0 against Pittsburgh this year.
The Devils have outscored the Penguins 14-2.
The last two games have been shutouts for Brodeur.
This is the first time the Penguins will play against the Devils with Kovachoo in the New Jersey line-up.
He has three goals and five assists in ten games with the Devils.
It's also Martin Skoula's first game against the Pens since he was traded:
"I was part of the organization for a couple months and I just want to show them that they made a mistake trading me."
-- Martin Skoula
Penguins lines:
Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Bill Guerin
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Evgeni Malkin - Ruslan Fedotenko
Matt Cooke - Jordan Staal - Pascal Dupuis
Mike Rupp - Max Talbot - Craig Adams
Sergei Gonchar - Mark Eaton
Brooks Orpik - Kris Letang
Jordan Leopold - Alex Goligoski
Marc-Andre Fleury
Alexei Ponikarovsky - Evgeni Malkin - Ruslan Fedotenko
Matt Cooke - Jordan Staal - Pascal Dupuis
Mike Rupp - Max Talbot - Craig Adams
Sergei Gonchar - Mark Eaton
Brooks Orpik - Kris Letang
Jordan Leopold - Alex Goligoski
Marc-Andre Fleury
Devils lines (from Running with the Devils):
Zach Parise - Travis Zajac - Dainius Zubrus
Ilya Kovalchuk - Patrik Elias - Jamie Langenbrunner
Brian Rolston - Rob Niedermayer - David Clarkson
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond - Dean McAmmond - Rod Pelley
Bryce Salvador - Andy Greene
Colin White - Mike Mottau
Anssi Salmela - Martin Skoula
Martin Brodeur
Ilya Kovalchuk - Patrik Elias - Jamie Langenbrunner
Brian Rolston - Rob Niedermayer - David Clarkson
Pierre-Luc Letourneau-Leblond - Dean McAmmond - Rod Pelley
Bryce Salvador - Andy Greene
Colin White - Mike Mottau
Anssi Salmela - Martin Skoula
Martin Brodeur
We posted this a few months ago, but it's good enough to post again:
Of course, if Martin Brodeur really is pregnant, he'll soon begin cheating on himself with his sister.
Conan O'Brien on Newark:
Burn it to the ground.
Do it.
Go Pens.