Tonight at 10:00 p.m. ET, the Pittsburgh Penguins (41-17-4, 86 points) and Anaheim Ducks (43-14-6, 92 points) hit the ice at the Honda Center for the second and final meeting against each other this season. The game can be live streamed here. Pittsburgh fans can hear all of the action on WXDX 105.9 while Anaheim fans can do the same on KLAA 830.
Both of these teams lead their conferences and had busy NHL trade deadlines. Eastern Conference-leading Pittsburgh has lost three of its last four games while Anaheim is the class of the Western Conference and has won two of its last three. The first time these two teams met, the Penguins beat the Ducks 3-1 on Nov. 18 in Pittsburgh.
The Ducks have received points in all three games since the Olympic break, which were all played at Honda Center and the team was happy to acquire Stephane Robidas, who is hurt and may not debut until next Friday.
"We know from experience that we hated playing against him," coach Bruce Boudreau said of Robidas, according to the Ducks website. "He would be in [Corey] Perry's face all night long. He can be a real agitator as well as a real good player. It seems like a good fit come playoff time. He brings Stanley Cup experience."
Perry is second on the team with 63 points off of 32 goals and 31 assists while Ryan Getzlaf leads the way with 68 points off of 29 markers and 39 helpers and Nick Bonino has found the twine 16 times while adding 25 assists for 41 points.
The Penguins are coming off of a rough 5-3 loss to the Sharks in which the Pens allowed a dagger of a short-handed goal and captain Sidney Crosby was a minus-5.
"They got a big goal there on their penalty kill and that was a big boost, I'm sure," Crosby told NHL.com. "But then we got the lead back shortly after, and then when they tied it 3-3 they seemed to come pretty hard after that. I think the whole second half of the game we were on our heels a bit."
Crosby leads the team with 83 points off of 29 goals and 54 assists while Evgeni Malkin has 18 tallies and 44 helpers for 62 points and Chris Kunitz has lit the lamp 29 times and added 28 assists for 57 points.
Marc-Andre Fleury will likely play in between the pipes for Pittsburgh and is 32-14-3 with a 2.32 goals-against average and a .916 save percentage while Jonas Hiller will likely suit up for Anaheim and is 26-9-5 with a 2.29 GAA and a .917 save percentage.
The top team in the East meets the top team in the West when the lights come up on the Penguins and Ducks tonight at the Honda Center in Anaheim.
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