Penguins/NHL
Penguins 6 – 
Red Wings 5 (OT)
— Justin Schultz scored 27 seconds into overtime as the Penguins defeated the Detroit Red Wings 6-5 on Wednesday night at the PPG Paints Arena —
Headliners
— Jake Guentzel assisted on Schultz OT winner to cap off a 5 point night. Guentzel led the way for Pittsburgh with a goal, 4 assists.
What will Guentzel do for an encore this season?
Those into fantasy hockey, draft him early.
— Center Adam Johnson continues to impress through the first week of camp. His blazing speed was on display and capitalized with a 2 goal night and had 6 shots on goal. At 5 vs 5, Johnson was on the ice for 11 shot attempts and 6 against.
How Johnson fares later in the preseason against stiffer competition is going to tell the story but the rookie has everyone’s attention and has emerged into a prime contender to win the third line center spot to open the season with Conor Sheary and Bryan Rust on the wings.
No one should anoint Johnson becoming this years version of Jake Guentzel just yet but there’s one similarity between the two that stands out in how Johnson is very calm with the puck in letting plays develop. He doesn’t rush things like a lot of young players often do.
“We’re really excited To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
— Greg McKegg scored in the win and he’s not just impressing the coaching staff, players have noticed the camp he is having.
[hide]
Schultz on Johnson and McKegg: “They were both flying around and made a difference. They both definitely made a case for staying in lineup.”
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) September 21, 2017
[/hide]
Another area of McKegg’s game that’s putting him in position to win a job in camp:
He can play wing and forward.
A team source tells me McKegg is already becoming a favorite of Mike Sullivan’s.
To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
McKegg drove position well with a 70CF% at even strength.
— Matt Murray stopped 19 of 22 shots in his preseason debut.
Bet on local talk shows being flooded today with calls that the Penguins should have kept Marc Andre Fleury.
To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
I like that a “team source” said McKegg is becoming a favorite of Sullivans, and its followed up immediately with a quote from Sullivan himself about McKegg making an impact.
Good to see the members getting into mid season stupidity so early in the preseason. Don’t peak too soon now. Save something for the playoffs.
https://media.tenor.com/images/7aae61882a7f40e6c40b19f35ee18260/tenor.gif
pens needed 4+ goals to bail murray again
but… but… it’s only preseason
That’s a good point – he’s no Carey Price – and by that I mean, he’s not an overpaid shitbagg that’s won nothing and bails out to the fuckingg Rangers in the first round.
Remember you said we should trade Murray at the deadline last year, then he pitched 7 straight shutout periods to win us the cup? Remember when we went up 1-0 with only a couple minutes left? Did we need 4 then? Virginal racist bandwagon man.
Lets just hope it is preseason rust with Murray…. he has no MAF to bail him out…Neimi will be gone by mid season…he is horrible…
Lazy Npl and his group and no its not racist its a fact
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=De-9aY7LP1Q&spfreload=10
Stop ruining the mobile view with stupid videos. Some people view the site from a cell phone and you fukk it up.
Change your phone use a real phone not dummy phone like iPhone that relies heavy on apps in order to function
Yeah – get a real phone like a blackberry, LOSER!
It’s hilarious, the average phone user is fine with any phone because the basics are similar on all… sammich strikes me as the idiot that uses the net, facebook, snapchat, instagram, youtube and email like most but thinks doing it on a android O/S phone makes him superior. What a fucken loser hahaha
He’s forced to take whatever phone his mom buys and and pretend he loves it.
You mean Kid Rock? the only white “MC” to drop N-Bombs when he raps? LOL you silly white supremacist…
Only a moron would call a sports talk show to complain about Murray. Which one of you idiots want to claim that title?
Sounds like the sammich to me… except his mom probably wont refill his minutes for a call like that
He wanted St. Louis over Kessel, a few days before the former retired. That’s about where level is.
That’s what happens when you start watching the game in 2005 after the Crosby lottery.
Would be a happy find to fix the 3rd line concerns in-house. I mean we would probably need to wingers to prop them up a bit as I doubt there will be a Bonino level producer but if someone steps up and is at least capable of playing well with the guys flanking him it could still mean the 3rd will contribute when called upon.
definitely value in someone who can play wing and forward…. lol
HAHA!
Let’s slow down a bit on Guentzel. As a great man that leeches off of his mom and has never touched a vaginaa once said, “preseason game and his team was full of bunch of nobodies compare to him I hope he performed better then them if he didn’t then there is bigger problem then we thought. Now shut and go back the counter and sell some donuts fat boy.”
Lol. That’s awesome. I missed that Same post. You have to admit, he has a point.