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[Dark Knight]

Please post your thoughts, pictures and comments on tonight's games in this thread.

Pittsburgh at NYR
Atlanta at TBL

[DropThePuck]

TSN's Ice Chips:

Rookie center Ryan Carter (wrist) is expected to skate this week and could be available for either of the final two games on the weekend against the Kings and Phoenix. Ater missing three games with a shoulder injury, Ryan Getzlaf returned to the lineup and collected two assists against the Stars. Doug Weight was a healthy scratch. - LA Times

Centre Patrice Bergeron will spend the next two weeks trying to add strength in his neck and body and adding weight so he's physically up to the challenge of returning. - Boston Herald

The Hawks made one lineup change from Saturday with Yanic Perreault replacing Dave Bolland (ankle) as the third-line centre. Jason Williams suffered what head coach Denis Savard thought was a charley horse late in Sunday's game. His status will be evaluated Monday. - Chicago Sun Times

After playing the previous three games, Peter Forsberg (groin) was a scratch against the Wild on Sunday. - Denver Post

Defenceman Ron Hainsey, left winger Fredrik Modin and goaltender Pascal Leclaire -- all out because of head injuries -- skated Sunday and reported no ill effects. All three are expected to join the team in practice this week. But defenceman Dick Tarnstrom is still having concussion symptoms and could be out for the rest of the season. Forward Ole-Kristian Tollefsen, out because of a cracked vertebra in his neck, is awaiting word from doctors regarding possible surgery. - Columbus Dispatch

Defenceman Sergei Zubov did not play Sunday. He will continue to skate with the Stars and could be ready for Thursday's game at Phoenix. - Dallas Morning News

Tomas Holmstrom (abdominal strain) will likely sit out the rest of the week and get ready for the playoffs. He had a cortisone shot late last week. Mikael Samuelsson (groin) continues to be day-to-day. Brad Stuart (broken finger) is aiming to return for Game 1 of the playoffs. Detroit News

Joni Pitkanen will have an MRI on his injured groin Monday and is doubtful for Tuesday againsy Calgary. Mathieu Garon is doubtful for backup duty in either of the team's last two games (ankle). - TSN

Centre Andrew Sweetland agreed to terms on an entry-level contract.

Goalie Dan Cloutier is out because of a sore groin/hip flexor on his right side and is scheduled to be reevaluated Monday. - LA Times

Defenceman Greg de Vries, who missed his fourth straight game with a broken rib, was scheduled to meet the team Sunday night in St. Louis. He's expected to return to the lineup against the Blues on Tuesday. - Tennessean

Head coach Tom Renney said Henrik Lundqvist is likely to start against the Penguins Monday. After saying last week he would meet with the general manager of his former team in Russia, Jaromir Jagr refuted the suggestion that this would be his last season in the NHL. "I never said I'm leaving," Jagr said. "You guys are already kicking me out. Maybe you guys don't want me here, but there are 29 other teams where I might have a chance." - Rockland Journal News

Martin Gerber will start against Montreal, while centre Cory Stillman is out day-to-day (leg injury). Daniel Alfredsson (soreness) is expected to play Tuesday. - TSN

Vesa Toskala's streak of 29 consecutive starts will end Tuesday as seldom used backup Andrew Raycroft will start against the Buffalo Sabres. The Leafs had a light skate for half an hour. John Pohl took Bryan McCabe's spot on defence. McCabe is visiting his pregnant wife on Long Island. - TSN

[anaheim_aussie]

Nice goal by the Penguins.

1-1. 5' left in the 3rd

[DropThePuck]

1 - Talbot, M. (10:03 in 3rd)
2 - Jagr, J. (PPG, 11:43 in 2nd), Drury, C. (PPG, 01:46 in OT)


Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury #29 and Maxime Talbot #25 of the Pittsburgh Penguins talk before warmups prior to a game against the New York Rangers on March 31, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


Jaromir Jagr #68 of the New York Rangers crashes the net against Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Pittsburgh Penguins on March 31, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Rangers defeated the Penguins 2-1 in overtime.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


Ryan Malone #12 of the Pittsburgh Penguins jumps on the back of Dan Girardi #5 of the New York Rangers on March 31, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Rangers defeated the Penguins 2-1 in overtime.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


Tyler Kennedy #48 of the Pittsburgh Penguins has his shot stopped by Henrik Lundqvist #30 of the New York Rangers on March 31, 2008 at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The Rangers defeated the Penguins 2-1 in overtime.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)

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2 - Kovalchuk, I. (14:54 in 3rd), Kovalchuk, I. (19:01 in 3rd)
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Tampa Bay Lightning defenseman Matt Smaby (32) checks Atlanta Thrashers' Colby Armstrong (19) as Armstrong reaches for a loose puck during the first period of an NHL hockey game Monday night, March 31, 2008, in Tampa, Fla. Looking on is Tampa Bay's Jussi Jokinen (10), of Finland.
(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)


Tampa Bay Lightning goaltender Mike Smith kicks the puck away from Atlanta Thrashers' Ilya Kovalchuk (17), of Russia, as Lightning defenseman Alexandre Picard (2) moves in during the first period of a hockey game Monday night March 31, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.
(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)


Atlanta Thrashers goalie Kari Lehtonen (32), of Finland, knocks away a shot by Tampa Bay Lightning's Jussi Jokinen (10), also of Finland, as Thrashers' Tobias Enstrom (39) and Niclas Havelid (28), both of Sweden, move in during the second period of a hockey game Monday night March 31, 2008 in Tampa, Fla.
(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)


Atlanta Thrashers' Boris Valabik, left, of Slovakia, knocks down Tampa Bay Lightning's Nick Tarnasky during a third-period fight in an NHL hockey game Monday night, March 31, 2008, in Tampa, Fla.
(AP Photo/Chris O'Meara)