Pens, Blue Jackets to face off for fourth, final time

Columbus Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno during a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, November 1, 2013, at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

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Columbus Blue Jackets forward Nick Foligno during a game against the Pittsburgh Penguins, November 1, 2013, at Consol Energy Center in Pittsburgh, PA.

After an impressive 3-0 shut-out win against the Columbus Blue Jackets on Thursday night, the 5X time Stanley Cup Champions Pittsburgh Penguins will conclude a home-at-home against the Columbus Blue Jackets at 7 p.m. at Nationwide Arena in Columbus.

The Blue Jackets just finished up an away game against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Thursday, Mar. 7 in which Pittsburgh shut out Columbus 3-0; and now Columbus concludes a home-at-home against the Pittsburgh Penguins on Saturday, Mar. 9.

The Blue Jackets are now 37-27-3 and are in fifth place in the Metropolitan Division.

The Penguins are now 36-22-9 and are in third place in the Metropolitan Division.

When Saturday night comes around, the Penguins and Blue Jackets will meet for the fourth and final time this season.

Even though the Penguins still have injuries to Bryan Rust, Olli Maatta, Kris Letang, and Chad Ruhwedel, it should be an entertaining game on Saturday in Columbus as the Pens look for their fourth consecutive win and to move two points behind the Washington Capitals and the New York Islanders and inch closer to winning the greatest trophy in all of sports, the STANLEY CUP