The puck drops tonight in Pittsburgh at 7:30 for game four of the eight game season series between the Pittsburgh Penguins and New Jersey Devils. In the last meeting between these two, the Devils walked away victorious despite a late run at a comeback from the Pens. In what was initially presumed to be Martin Brodeur's 500th win night, the Devils opted to instead start back-up goaltender Kevin Weekes. Weekes stopped 23 of the 25 shots faced putting him at 2-0-1 on the season.
In the heat of recording his first NHL shutout against the Devils back on November 5th, Coach Therrien chose to start Dany Sabourin in favor of Marc-Andre Fleury. By the end of the game the Devils showed they finally had his number, as Sabourin stopped 18 of 21 for his third loss of the season (3-3-1).
Both teams were somewhat evenly matched on the power play. While the Penguins only had three attempts, they managed to convert once on a third period goal from Malkin. The Devils, given twice as many attempts, also scored once on a Zach Parise shot half-way through the first.
Tonight, Sidney Crosby looks to stretch his consecutive-game point streak to 20 straight in front of the home crowd. This game marks the last division game of the month for the Penguins, who out of 14 potential division points this month have only walked away with five. They can make that number 7 out of 16 with a win tonight.
