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[Dark Knight]

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

Carolina at Pittsburgh

[DropThePuck]

TSN's Ice Chips

Forward Erik Cole took the morning skate Thursday prior to Game 2 of the team's series with the Penguins, but Tuomo Ruutu was not on the ice. Head coach Paul Maurice said Cole looked like he usually does in morning skate and will see how he seems when he comes back to rink tonight at game time. Ruutu still says he's a game-time decision - TSN

Projected Lines vs. Penguins

Forwards:
LaRose - Staal - Whitney
Walker - Cullen - Jokinen
Samsonov - Brind'Amour - Eaves
Bayda - Helminen - Dwyer

Defence:
Seidenberg - Pitkanen
Gleason - Corvo
Babchuk - Wallin

Goaltender:
Ward

Sammy Pahlsson, Matt Walker, Duncan Keith and Nikolai Khabibulin did not practice today. Khabibulin is the only suprise, as Keith hasn't practiced since Friday, and Pahlsson and Walker haven't practiced since the first round. Martin Havlat skated and looked fine. Jonathan Toews and Patrick Kane were together for most of practice, even through they were split up for most of Game 2. - TSN

Forwards:
Kane - Toews - Brouwer
Ladd - Bolland - Havlat
Versteeg - Pahlsson - Byfuglien
Eager - Burish - Sharp

Defence:
Seabrook - Keith
Campbell - Hjalmarsson
Barker - Walker

Goaltender:
Khabibulin

Kirk Maltby heard he would be back in the lineup for Game 3 against the Blackhawks on Friday, but he didn't fully believe it until he heard it from head coach Mike Babcock. The 36-year-old forward was one of a small number of Wings who skated on Wednesday, while the rest of the team took the day off to rest. Maltby has been a healthy scratch the last three games. Babcock didn't reveal what lineup changes would occur as a result of Maltby being back in, but it's quite possible that Justin Abdelkader will sit. - Detroit Free Press

Forward Matt Cooke will not be suspended for a knee-on-knee hit on Hurricanes forward Erik Cole that took place during Game 1 of the Eastern Conference final on Monday. It was not yet known if Cooke will be fined by the National Hockey League office. - Post Gazette

Projected Lines vs. Hurricanes

Forwards:
Kunitz - Crosby - Guerin
Fedotenko - Malkin - Talbot
Cooke - Staal - Kennedy
Dupuis - Adams - Satan

Defence:
Orpik - Gonchar
Gill - Scuderi
Eaton - Letang

Goaltender:
Fleury
Garon

Spares:
Sykora, Godard, Goligoski

[Always Mighty]

Wow, exciting game.

[DropThePuck]

4 - Larose, C. (03:07 in 1st), Jokinen, J. (08:40 in 1st), Seidenberg, D. (12:10 in 1st), Eaves, P. (02:35 in 3rd)
7 - Crosby, S. (01:51 in 1st), Malkin, E. (08:15 in 1st), Talbot, M. (03:11 in 2nd), Kunitz, C. (19:52 in 2nd), Malkin, E. (08:50 in 3rd), Malkin, E. (12:25 in 3rd), Kennedy, T. (EN, 18:11 in 3rd)


Pittsburgh Penguins fans wave white towels and wear white T-shirts for a "Whiteout" at Mellon Arena before Game 2 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals against the Carolina Hurricanes on Thursday, May 21, 2009, in Pittsburgh.
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)


Fans tailgate outside of Mellon Arena as they await the start of the game between the Carolina Hurricanes and the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game Two of the Eastern Conference Championship Round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Mellon Arena on May 21, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

"It's called the 'Geno' for a reason," Bylsma said, suggesting the faceoff win, which Malkin pushed forward into the corner, was a set play. "He pushed through, and he went and got (the puck) himself. After that, he takes it to the net, gets it on his backhand, and there's not a lot of room there where he played. There's not many players in the world that can make a play like that."

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Pittsburgh Penguins' Chris Kunitz, right, and Carolina Hurricanes' Joe Corvo, left, collide with goalie Cam Ward, center, during the first period of Game 2 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference Finals Thursday, May 21, 2009 in Pittsburgh.
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)


Pittsburgh Penguins' Evgeni Malkin, right, of Russia, tangles with Carolina Hurricanes' Chad LaRose, left, during the second period of Game 2 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals Thursday, May 21, 2009, in Pittsburgh. Malkin and LaRose got two-minute penalties for roughing. Malkin had a hat trick in the Penguins won 7-4. Hurricanes' Rod Brind'Amour is top center.
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)


Jordan Staal #11 of the Pittsburgh Penguins battles against Eric Staal #12 of the Carolina Hurricanes during Game Two of the Eastern Conference Championship Round of the 2009 Stanley Cup Playoffs at Mellon Arena on May 21, 2009 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)


Pittsburgh Penguins' Miroslav Satan, top right, of Russia, tussles with Carolina Hurricanes' Patrick Eaves as Penguins' Kris Letang, top left, fights Hurricanes' Tim Gleason in the third period of Game 2 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals in Pittsburgh, Thursday, May 21, 2009. Letang was given a game misconduct.
(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)


Pittsburgh Penguins' Chris Kunitz (14) celebrates with Jordan Staal after scoring a second-period goal against the Carolina Hurricanes in Game 2 of the NHL hockey Eastern Conference finals Thursday, May 21, 2009, in Pittsburgh.
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

[DucksFan2035]

thats an amazing picture of the view inside the pens arena. very cool!

[DropThePuck]

Carolina Hurricanes forward Ryan Bayda has been fined $2,500 by the National Hockey League as a result of the match penalty he was assessed at 18:41 of the third period Thursday night.

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