(My Sportsbook) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will try to get back on track when they visit the surging New Jersey Devils for a clash between Atlantic Division rivals tonight at Prudential Center.

The Penguins, who are second in the Atlantic with 34 points, have lost three of four contests to begin the month of December.

Pittsburgh has lost back-to-back games and dropped both of those tests in regulation. The most recent setback came Monday evening in a close battle with the visiting Buffalo Sabres.

Thomas Vanek's league-leading 20th goal of the season was the go-ahead score in the third period, as the Sabres came back to edge the Penguins, 4-3, at Mellon Arena.

The Pens had held a 3-1 advantage in the game, but Buffalo would score the game's final three goals. Vanek's tally capped the Sabres surge at 6:13 of the final period.

Ruslan Fedotenko had two goals for the Penguins and Kris Letang added the other score. Dany Sabourin turned aside 25 shots in the loss.

Sidney Crosby had an assist in the loss and has recorded a point in seven straight games. He has six goals and 10 assists during the run and is second in the NHL, as well as on his team, with 41 points this year. Pittsburgh's Evgeni Malkin leads the league with 45 points.

The Penguins are 8-4-2 as the visiting team this season and tonight are beginning a stretch of three road tests in four outings.

The Devils, however, have won seven of eight games and last played on Saturday when they edged the Canadiens in overtime. That tilt in Montreal allowed New Jersey to end a five-game road trip with a 4-1-0 mark.

Zach Parise netted the game-winner 31 seconds into overtime to lift the Devils to the 2-1 decision in Montreal.

Alex Kovalev was called for tripping with 28 seconds left in the third, and the Devils set up the power play early in overtime. A shot from the high slot from Paul Martin was deflected out to Patrik Elias to the left of the net. Elias chose to fire a pass across the goal mouth instead of taking a high-percentage shot and Parise was able to score into a wide open net.

Scott Clemmensen stopped all but one of 26 shots to earn the win for New Jersey, which is fourth in the Atlantic Division, but just four points in back of Pittsburgh.

New Jersey is 7-4-1 as the host this year and is beginning a three-game homestand tonight. The Devils have won three straight in Newark.

The Penguins beat the Devils, 4-1, in Pittsburgh last Saturday, and have won three of four and four of the last six meetings in this series. New Jersey has also lost five of six at home against the Penguins.