Michigan’s NCAA Tournament fate won’t be decided this weekend, but important Big Ten points are on the line. MSU and Minnesota are battling for first, but there is only four points separating the next tier of teams: third-place Ohio State, Michigan and fifth-place Wisconsin.

Michigan State comes into this game with a 21-4-3 record and narrow two-point lead over Minnesota in the Big Ten standings. Michigan is 15-11-2 overall and in fourth place in the Big Ten entering this weekend. Here's how to watch the Michigan State hockey game, including time, TV schedule and streaming information:

MSU takes a two-point lead over Minnesota in the conference standings, both with six games remaining, into this weekend's series against Michigan.

Michigan’s hockey team wasn’t in public view about an hour before puck drop against Penn State on Saturday night, but it could be heard. Just before beginning their off-ice warmup, several amped-up players delivered motivating words to the rest of the team that reverberated throughout Yost Ice Arena,