Get ready for the bloodbath. Go Pens. (PS: how about the faces in the picture?)

The Pens can put the Isles in a tough position tonight. At the same time, the Isles can continue to shock the NHL as they have done so thus far in the series. The choice is up to the Pens. Which...

The Pittsburgh Penguins lucked their way out of another outright bad game against the Islanders, taking a 2-1 series lead with Chris Kunitz's overtime winner.

After a quick start, the Pens let the Islanders take over a game in embarrassing fashion.

Fresh off a 5-0 rout in Game 1, the Pittsburgh Penguins get good news for Game 2: Sidney Crosby will be back in the lineup.

If James Neal is injured, Beau Bennett may be the perfect replacement on Evgeni Malkin's line.

The Pittsburgh Penguins take a 1-0 series lead with a 5-0 beating of the New York Islanders. A playoff series isn't won in the first night, but it was all systems go tonight for the Pens.

Here's your gamethread for Game 1 of the 2013 NHL Stanley Cup playoffs!

The three J's of Pensburgh (Jim, James and Justin) weight on on the Pittsburgh vs. New York Islanders series with predictions.

A pre-series chat with our rival's blog covering topics of interest to Penguin fans from the Islander perspective.