(My Sportsbook) - The top two teams in the Atlantic Division square off tonight, as the Pittsburgh Penguins visit the New York Rangers and Madison Square Garden.

The Rangers are tied with Boston for first in the East with 36 points, while the Penguins are five back with 31 points. Pittsburgh has also played four fewer games than the New York.

Pittsburgh was last in action on Saturday, defeating another division rival, the New Jersey Devils, 4-1. Sidney Crosby notched his first hat trick of the season and also had an assist in the win, while Evgeni Malkin had two helpers. Petr Sykora scored the other goal.

Malkin leads the NHL with 39 points, while Crosby's four-point night and second-career hat trick has him second in scoring with 34. Crosby has 10 goals and 19 assists in 23 games versus the Rangers, while Malkin has seven goals and six helpers in 16 games against them.

Dany Sabourin made 29 saves for the Penguins, who have won two of their last three and have scored 12 goals in that span.

Sabourin will likely draw the starting assignment again tonight, as starter Marc-Andre Fleury has missed the last six games due to an undisclosed lower body injury. Sabourin has gone 2-1-1 in five starts since Fleury's injury, but lost his only other career start versus the Rangers, allowing four goals on 31 shots.

Pittsburgh begins a three-game road trip tonight and has won five of its last six as the visiting club to push its road record to 7-3-1.

The Rangers, meanwhile, had a three-game winning streak halted on Sunday when they lost to Florida, 4-0. It marked the first time this year that New York was shut out.

After notching a 4-3 shootout win last Friday in Florida, the Rangers lost the back-end of the home-and-home series. Henrik Lundqvist was yanked in the second period after giving up three goals on 23 shots. Steve Valiquette made six saves the rest of the way.

Lundqvist is 13-6-3 with a 2.10 goals against average in 22 career starts versus the Penguins.

The Rangers, who outscored their opponents 11-6 over their win streak, are 10-5-1 at home this season.

New York earned a shootout win over the Penguins at Madison Square Garden on October 25 and has won two straight, three of four and six of the last eight meetings with Pittsburgh. The Pens have also lost six in a row and seven of eight in the Big Apple.