NHL: PITTSBURGH (5-5) at MINNESOTA (7-4) <h3>Wild hoping to contain Crosby, Penguins</h3> <div class="pre">Pittsburgh (5-4-1) at Minnesota (7-2-2) 7:00 pm EDT</div> <div class="pre">ST. PAUL, Minnesota (Ticker) - The injuries are really</div>beginning to pile up for the Minnesota Wild. Pavol Demitra, Marian Gaborik, and goaltender Niklas Backstromare all hampered by groin injuries as the Wild host thePittsburgh Penguins on Tuesday night. Demitra and Gaborik have combined for four goals and 16 pointsthis season, but the most significant loss would be if Backstromis out any significant amount of time. Josh Harding is a solid backup, but he will not provide the kindof consistency that the 29-year-old Backstrom does. TheFinnish netminder is 5-1-1 with a 1.98 goals-against average and.923 save percentage this season. Last season, Backstrom was influencial in the Wild's run to thepostseason. He went 23-8-6 with a league-leading 1.97 GAA andfive shutouts. With Harding or the recently called up Nolan Schaefer in thecrease, Minnesota will have a tough time containing a potentPittsburgh offense led by reigning Hart Trophy winner SidneyCrosby. The 20-year-old Crosby will look to continue his nine-gamepoints streak as he has registered at least a point in everygame since the season opener. The youngest captain in NHLhistory has four goals and a team-leading 13 points. Crosby will be joined by second-year pro Evgeni Malkin and thenewly-acquired Petr Sykora on the Penguins' attack. Malkin istied with Crosby for the team lead in points and Sykora leadsthe club with five goals. Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury is 4-4-0 with a 3.50 GAA andone shutout this season.
NHL: PITTSBURGH at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">NHL AT MINNESOTA STARTING GOALIES: PIT - DANY SABOURIN MIN - JOSH HARDING OFFICIALS: REF - DEAN WARREN, MIKE LEGGO LIN - DARREN GIBBS, MARK WHELER</div>
NHL: PITTSBURGH at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">PITTSBURGH VS MINNESOTA - SCRATCHES PITTSBURGH MINNESOTA G LARAQUE GROIN K CARNEY HEALTHY J RUUTU HEALTHY M GABORIK GROIN A NASREDDINE HEALTHY N BACKSTROM GROIN</div>
NHL: PITTSBURGH at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">NHL END OF THE 1ST 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- PITTSBURGH 0 0 MINNESOTA 0 0 END OF THE 1ST GOAL SCORING: 1ST PRD: NONE SHOTS ON GOAL: 1ST 2ND 3RD TOTAL --- --- --- ----- PIT 6 6 MIN 10 10 GOALIES: PIT - DANY SABOURIN MIN - JOSH HARDING</div>
NHL: PITTSBURGH at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">------------------------ Pittsburgh 0 --0 Minnesota 0 --0 ------------------------ FIRST PERIOD -- Scoring: None. Shots on goal: ----------------------------- Pittsburgh 6 --6 Minnesota 10 --10 ----------------------------- Goalies : Pittsburgh, Dany Sabourin (10 shots, 10 saves). Minnesota, Josh Harding (6 shots, 6 saves). Referees: Dean Warren, Mike Leggo. Linesmen: Darren Gibbs, Mark Wheler.</div>
NHL: PITTSBURGH at MINNESOTA <div class="pre">NHL PITTSBURGH 1 MINNESOTA 0 2ND PRD: PIT - EVGENI MALKIN 4 (SIDNEY CROSBY, RYAN MALONE) 3:30</div>
