Pens @ Caps Today

The Pens are visiting the red hot Washington Capitals this afternoon at 12:30 pm. Marian Hossa is not in the starting line-up as many, including myself, expected that he would be. The game is being nationally televised on NBC and is getting a lot of exposure for the #1 and #2 leading scorers in the NHL (Ovechkin and Malkin) will be going against each other.

There was an interesting story in today's Pittsburgh Tribune Review concerning the pressure that is on Michel Therrien's ability to win a couple of playoff series in the upcoming weeks:

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Joe Starkey is very insightful concerning the internal workings of the team and it is not an exception this time. I completely agree that this is Therrien's make or break time with the Penguins. They will need to win and they will need to go deep in the playoffs for him to remain behind the bench, at least the Pittsburgh bench. Ray Shero's moves at the trade deadline only solidified this belief. Going out to sign a player of Hossa's stature, sent a message to everyone that it is now time for the Penguins to win.

More on today's game later. The game should be fantastic!