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(SportsNetwork. Marvin Benard Jersey .com) - The Pittsburgh Penguins will aim to eliminate the upstart Columbus Blue Jackets on Monday, as the clubs battle in Mondays Game 6 at Nationwide Arena. The Penguins, who are seeded second in the East, were tied at 2-2 with Columbus before gaining an edge in the best-of-seven series with Saturdays 3-1 victory in Pittsburgh. If Pittsburgh fails to wrap up the series tonight in Columbus, the clubs will play a decisive Game 7 in the Steel City on Wednesday. Columbus, which had never won a playoff contest before this series, has little margin for error in Game 6. Blue Jackets center Mark Letestu hopes facing elimination can bring the best out of his club. "I mean, if theyre going to push, what are we going to do?," Letestu said. "Its back in our building and our backs are against the wall. When there is adversity, this is the best that this team has played all year. I expect this first elimination game for everybody to play with their hair on fire." Columbus is 1-1 on home ice in this series, losing Game 3 to the Pens before rebounding with an overtime victory in the next encounter. The Blue Jackets are 1-3 all-time at Nationwide Arena in the postseason. The Blue Jackets had lost six straight home games against the Penguins before notching a victory in Game 4. Columbus and Pittsburgh were tied at 1-1 after 40 minutes on Saturday, but Jussi Jokinen scored the eventual game-winner at 6:16 of the third period. Kris Letang added an empty-netter with 1:01 left in regulation to seal the win for the Penguins and put them one victory away from advancing to the second round. After a rough outing in Game 4, Pens goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury bounced back by making 23 saves for the win. Chris Kunitz had a goal and an assist in the victory. Sidney Crosby added an assist to give him five helpers in the series, but he has yet to score a goal. After his club grabbed a 3-2 lead on Saturday, the Pens captain talked about the difficulty of closing out a series. "We have to realize theyre going to be as desperate as theyve been," Crosby said of tonights Game 6 battle. "It doesnt get any easier. We know the fourth one is the toughest." Crosbys teammate Evgeni Malkin also has yet to score over the first five games, but he has four assists. Boone Jenner scored the one goal for Columbus on Saturday, while Sergei Bobrovsky single-handedly kept his team in the game with a 48-save loss. "It was one of those performances where you come into an opposing rink, thats a game that your goaltender can steal for you," Columbus head coach Todd Richards said. "We just werent able to do enough in the offensive zone." Columbus defensemen Fedor Tyutin and Ryan Murray each returned to the lineup after missing time with lower-body injuries. Tyutin missed the previous two games, while Murray was held out of Game 4. Penguins defenseman Robert Bortuzzo made his NHL playoff debut in Game 5, replacing injured blueliner Brooks Orpik. Pittsburgh hasnt disclosed the specifics of Orpiks injury and he is questionable for tonight. Orlando Cepeda Jersey . -- Athletics manager Bob Melvin is already starting to run out of superlatives to describe Scott Kazmir. 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Dont believe weve fixed the issues, its a process. Weve won four in a row but it doesnt mean were good to go now.Tim Duncan added 16 points, all in the second half, to help the Spurs beat the Nuggets for the fifth straight time.Leonard has been a big part of San Antonios recent surge, averaging 16.3 points in three games after missing the previous 15 because of a bruised right hand. Parker, too, is rounding into form after missing much of December with a hamstring strain.Its coming back, Parker said. Im still mad at myself because I missed some easy stuff (against the Nuggets). I just have to be patient. Its only my seventh game back.Leonard said he feels like the Spurs are back on track.We all felt like we gave away some of those games in December, Leonard said. We just have to win out these next games, get into a rhythm going into the All-Star break.Denver got a big game from Kenneth Faried, with 26 points and 14 rebounds but it wasnt enough to avoid their fourth straight loss, including their second in two nights. Golden State routed the Nuggets by 43 points Monday, Denvers biggest loss of the season and the seventh biggest defeat in franchise history.We tried. We brung it, but the Spurs are a championship team and theyre on a hot streak right now, Faried said. Dereck Rodriguez Jersey. Theyve been winning games. Their chemistry is starting to get back together, so its kind of tough, when youre in a drought, and you play a team like that. They come out and kind of school you a little bit.Arron Afflalo added 21 points for the Nuggets.Leading 66-65 in the third quarter, the Spurs used a 7-0 burst to extend their advantage to eight points before settling for an 80-76 lead heading to the fourth.Leonard then hit two 3-pointers as part of an 11-2 run by the Spurs starting the final period, stretching their advantage to 91-78 with 9:18 left for their biggest lead to that point.Denver pulled to 100-92 on successive layups by Wilson Chandler and Faried but Parker cut off the Nuggets momentum by connecting on a 3-pointer with 2:01 remaining. The Nuggets could not threaten the rest of the way.San Antonio took its first lead of the game 29-27 on Cory Josephs jumper with 9:03 remaining in the second quarter. The Spurs led 51-48 at halftime, getting five points from Manu Ginobili in the last 1:25 of the period.___TIP INSSpurs: Assigned Kyle Anderson to the Austin Spurs of the NBA Developmental League. ... Marco Belinelli, out with a strained left groin, did not make the trip. ... Leonards 15 rebounds represented a season high.Nuggets: Sent Erick Green to Fort Wayne of the NBA Developmental League. ... Danilo Gallinari missed a 15th game because of a torn meniscus in his right knee. ... Arron Afflalo has scored at least two 3-pointers in 20 of 42 games this season. ... Denver has been swept in its last three back to back sets.UP NEXTSpurs: At Chicago on Thursday night.Nuggets: Host Boston on Friday night. ' ' '