Arena: Philips Arena
Time: 10 April, 2010 at 7:00 PM ET
League: NHL – United States of America

Last 10 matches: Pittsburgh 5-3-2; Atlanta 3-5-2
Fourth and final meeting. Pittsburgh is bidding for a sweep, having dealt one of the major blows to Atlanta’s playoff hopes with a 4-3 overtime win last Saturday at Mellon Arena. Sergei Gonchar’s power-play goal with 1:14 left in regulation forced the extra period, where fellow blueliner Jordan Leopold scored at 2:50 to end it. From a team standpoint, the Penguins need this game as they battle the Devils for the Atlantic Division title. The teams have identical records with two games remaining, but New Jersey swept the season series and thus owns the tiebreaker. From an individual standpoint, Sidney Crosby tries to tie and perhaps overtake Alex Ovechkin for the goal-scoring lead. Ovi reached 50 with a pair on Friday, while Sid the Kid has 49.
Crosby has two goals and eight assists during a three-game points streak for the Penguins. Guerin has two goals and two assists in his last two games. Leopold has three goals in as many games.
While his 50th goal was taken away, Crosby still reached 500 career points on Thursday and, at 22 years, 244 days, became the third-youngest player in NHL history to get there. Wayne Gretzky was 21 years, 52 days, and Mario Lemieux was 22 years, 172 days. … Thrashers defenseman Arturs Kulda, called up for Friday’s game, picked up his second career assist in his third NHL game. The 21-year-old made his debut with a two-game prior to the Olympic break in February. Goal’s highlights, results and more will be on site, as soon as posible.. don’t miss it.