Time: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Pittsburgh 6-4-0; Boston 4-4-2
Already without forwards Evgeni Malkin and Maxime Talbot and defenseman Sergei Gonchar, the Penguins were missing forward Tyler Kennedy on Saturday due to an undisclosed injury and lost defenseman Kris Letang during the game to an upper-body injury.

Forwards Marc Savard and Milan Lucic are the most significant injuries the Bruins have right now. Forward David Krejci missed Saturday’s game recovering from the swine flu. First of four meetings this season. They split last season’s series, with the Bruins picking up one additional point by virtue of a 2-1 shootout loss at TD Garden in October. They came back to sweep a home-and-home from the Penguins on Dec. 30 and Jan. 1.
Neither offense is sizzling right now, but backup goalie Tuukka Rask has won consecutive starts for the Bruins, stopping 47 of 49 shots. Tim Thomas, who figures to be in goal Tuesday, is 0-3-1 in his last four starts, but has given up only six goals during that span.
If not for a Scott Walker overtime goal that lifted Carolina in Game 7 of an Eastern Conference semifinal, Boston might have completed a comeback from a 3-1 deficit and met Pittsburgh to determine which team would go on to the Stanley Cup Final. This is the premiere matchup of the evening and it’s being treated as such, with national coverage on Versus in the U.S. and TSN in Canada. We will post results of this match, as soon as posible.. stay tuned.