Tonight at 7 p.m. ET, the Pittsburgh Penguins (10-2-1, 21 points) and New York Rangers (6-6-2, 14 points) face-off for the first of four meetings against each other live from Madison Square Garden in New York City. The game can be live streamed here. Pittsburgh fans can hear all of the action on WXDX 105.9 while New York fans can do the same on 98.7 ESPN.
Pittsburgh leads the Metropolitan Division and has won eight straight games and plays the fourth contest of a five-game road trip while New York has dropped two straight decisions and plays the middle match of a three-game home stand.
This is a Stanley Cup Playoffs Round 2 rematch as the Rangers rallied from a 3-1 series deficit to rattle off three straight wins and defeat the Penguins in seven games. These teams play again at the Consol Energy Center on Saturday in Pittsburgh.
Pittsburgh is coming off of a 6-1 victory over the Buffalo Sabres that saw captain Sidney Crosby pick up five assists and Patric Hornqvist notch two goals.
"I didn't realize until the end of the game that he had five assists on the first five goals, but any time you have a night like that, it's quite a night," Penguins coach Mike Johnston said, according to NHL.com. "You could see he was playing both ends of the rink though tonight."
Crosby leads the NHL with 17 assists and 24 points this season. Hornqvist is second on the Penguins with 18 points off of nine tallies and nine helpers. Evgeni Malkin is third on the team with 17 points off of six goals and 11 assists.
The Rangers had a rough weekend, dropping a 5-4 decision to the Toronto Maple Leafs on Saturday and then losing 3-1 to the Edmonton Oilers on Sunday.
"I felt prior to the weekend that we were on the right track. This game has a funny way of kicking you right where you least expect it sometimes," coach Alain Vigneault told NHL.com.
Carl Hagelin scored the lone goal for New York in the loss on Sunday, notching his fourth tally of the season.
New York forward Rick Nash is tied for the NHL lead with 11 goals and leads the Rangers with 14 points. Derick Brassard is second on the team with 12 points off of five goals and seven assists while Martin St. Louis has four tallies and seven helpers to rank third on the team with 11 points.
In net, New York is slated to turn to Henrik Lundqvist, who is 6-4-1 this season with a 2.79 goals-against average and a .905 save percentage.
Pittsburgh is likely to counter with Marc-Andre Fleury, who is 9-2-0 with a 1.90 GAA this season and a .931 save percentage.
It's a Stanley Cup Playoffs rematch when the Penguins and Rangers take the ice tonight live from Madison Square Garden in New York City.
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