(Sports Network) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will aim for a third straight victory when they welcome the Montreal Canadiens for this afternoons battle at CONSOL Energy Center. Dave Bolland Leafs Jersey . The Penguins enter tonight with 86 points, leaving them four behind Philadelphia for the Atlantic Division lead and two points ahead of Tampa Bay for the Eastern Conferences fourth seed. Pittsburgh has recorded at least a point in five straight contests, going 3-0-2 over that stretch. Today, the Pens can post their first three-game winning streak since rattling off five straight victories from Jan. 22-Feb. 4. Todays meeting marks the finale of the regular-season series between the Penguins and Montreal. The Canadiens won the first two encounters this year, but Pittsburgh recorded a 5-2 road victory over the Habs when the clubs last met in Montreal on Jan. 12. That loss ended a three-game series winning streak for Montreal, which has taken four of its last seven games in the Steel City. The Canadiens will try to gain some ground on Pittsburgh in the East standings today, as Montreal is currently seeded sixth in the conference and is five points behind the Penguins. Pittsburgh ended a two-game slide with last Saturdays overtime win in Boston and followed with Tuesdays home win over Buffalo. Marc-Andre Fleury made 29 stops to help the Penguins take the 3-1 decision over the Sabres. Zbynek Michalek, Mark Letestu and James Neal each had a goal and an assist for the Penguins, who had lost six out of seven games before posting back-to-back wins. Todays test marks the first for Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma since he signed a three-year extension with Pittsburgh on Wednesday. Bylsma, who led the Pens to a Stanley Cup title in 2009, is now signed through the 2013-14 season. The Pens, who are 21-11-2 as the host this season, are playing the middle test of a three-game homestand today and will close the residency tomorrow afternoon against Edmonton. Fleury and backup goaltender Brent Johnson will likely split the starts this weekend. Montreal had a five-game winning streak halted in its last trip to the ice, getting dealt a 4-1 setback Thursday in St. Louis. Jaroslav Halak was nearly flawless in his first game against his former team, making 27 saves to lead the Blues to the victory. Halak, who was an integral part of the Canadiens run to the Eastern Conference finals last spring, was dealt to St. Louis in June for two players. He stopped all 10 shots he faced in the third period to preserve the win. Jeff Halpern notched the lone goal for the emotionally drained Canadiens, who returned the ice for the first time since a brutal hit by Bruins captain Zdeno Chara on forward Max Pacioretty sent him to hospital with a severe concussion and vertebra fracture in his neck on Tuesday. Carey Price, who the Canadiens kept in favor of Halak, yielded three goals on 26 shots in the loss. The important thing is we regroup and go out there again, Montreal forward Brian Gionta said. We have to provide a little more spark than that. Thursdays loss also snapped a four-game road winning streak for the Habs, who are 16-16-1 as the guest this season. The Canadiens played their last game without defenseman Brent Sopel, who is questionable for todays tilt with an upper-body injury. Wendel Clark Leafs Jersey . Aduriz headed home Markel Susaetas cross in the sixth minute to open the scoring at San Mames Stadium. He bettered that with a long-range blast that went in off the goal frame in the 18th, and converted a penalty in the 72nd after Diego Mainz was sent off for fouling Aduriz with only the goalkeeper to beat. Darcy Tucker Authentic Jersey . Kawhi Leonard scored 20 points, Tony Parker had 16 points and 10 assists, and San Antonio rolled to a 114-97 victory over the Trail Blazers on Thursday night for a 2-0 lead in the Western Conference semifinals.VANCOUVER - Vancouver Whitecaps forward Kekuta Manneh voted Major League Soccers player of the week after becoming the youngest player in league history to score a hat trick. Manneh scored three goals in Vancouvers 4-1 road win in Seattle on Wednesday. The hat trick was also the first in club history. Manneh scored his first goal of the game in the 12th minute when he beat Sounders FC defender Jhon Kennedy Hurtado in a foot race and smoothly slotted the ball past goalkeeper Michael Gspurning to make it 1-0. In the 42nd minute, Young-Pyo Lee collected a looose ball in the Whitecaps half and sent it down the sideline to Camilo Sanvezzo, who deftly passed it to Manneh in the centre of the field. Dave Bolland. Manneh ran past the defence and fired a low shot under Gspurning. He completed the hat trick in the 54th minute when he combined with Daigo Kobayashi at the top of the penalty area and beat Gspurning. A Whitecap player has won player of the week honours six times this season. Camilo has won three times, including last week. Kenny Miller and Brad Knighton have also won the award this year. cheap nfl jerseyscheap jerseys ' ' '
