Penguins/NHL
Mr. 300
Back-to-Back 2-1 overtime wins for the Pittsburgh Penguins and back-to-game game winning overtime goals from Phil Kessel.
Kessel scored a breakaway goal 1:07 into overtime to lift the Penguins to a 2-1 OT win over the Winnipeg Jets on Thursday night.
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Phil scored career goal No. 300 and a second straight OT winner – and he did it all himself. @EASPORTSNHL pic.twitter.com/Z5z8v8qS00
— NHL (@NHL) October 27, 2017
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Kessel’s OT winner was the 300th goal of his career, becoming the 19th American born player to hit 300 career goals. Along with Zach Parise (318 goals), Kessel is among two active American born players with 300 goals.
Meanwhile, Kessel is the 7th American born player who has 300 career goals and has been a member of the Penguins organization at one point in their careers.
Among the others:
Joe Mullen (502 goals, 5th), Bill Guerin (429 goals, 7th), John LeClair (406 goals, 9th), Scott Young (342 Goals, tied 12th), Ed Olczyk (342 Goals, tied 12th), Kevin Stevens (329 Goals, 16th).
Kevin Stevens is the highest American born scorer in Penguins history with 260 goals, Joe Mullen second with 152 goals as a Penguin.
While the Penguins would like to Kessel to put some more pucks in net during even strength play, in scoring consecutive overtime winners, Kessel is becoming electric in 3-on-3 play.
“What’s impressive about the goal tonight is that he was at a dead stop when he picked that pass off and he created separation from a dead stop,” Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said of Kessel’s OT winner. “It was enough separation for him to be able to get a really good shot off.”
— Matt Murray had a bit of a rocky start to the season but he’s now rounding into form and Murray wins so much because of how elite he is in making timely saves.
Improving to 7-0-1 on the season, the Penguins have recorded points in all eight of Murray’s starts.
“It’s hard to win in this league if you don’t get a timely save, and Matt does that for us consistently,” Mike Sullivan said afterwards. “He’s a big reason why we’ve won these close games.”
One-Goal Games
The Penguins sit atop the Metropolitan Division with a 7-3-1 record and a major reason for that has been their ability to win one-goal games.
While Pittsburgh has a 10-1 loss to Chicago and 7-1 loss to Tampa Bay on their resume through the first 11 games, Pittsburgh is now an impressive 6-1-1 in one-goal games this season.
Hitting the Road
Pittsburgh hits the road for a five game trip vs Minnesota, Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary and Vancouver, before returning home Nov 7 to face the laughing stock Coyotes, before going on the road again for back-to-back games vs the Capitals and Predators.
Seven of eight on the road with three sets of back-to-backs during that span.
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Sam bringing more of his hard hitting hockey knowledge. Really brings so much to the board.
Ya I can just imagine what that link takes one to… 3 frogs one cup?
More of what Sam “brings to the board.”
I’m not a Letang hater but it’s a lot of money to pay a guy that doesn’t deserve to be on the top PK or PP. He’s been off all season.
Montréal would take him. We could get a center for him….wait
The Habs don’t seem to like D either. They got Weber and that’s all they need
Can’t actually argue here, I think he’s been very up and down… more down than up. I’m hoping it’s a function of missing half the year but his play is erratic and it kills the team some nights
Letang is putrid
gotta shoot that puck
What game is Bob Errey watching? God he’s awful.
Guentzel sure hasn’t been as impressive.
no
Im not seeing the drop off from Letang to trotman.
Also not a shock…
well, for a guy who thinks Pouliot is “looking good” you probably have a better eye for defensive talent than me.
Ha, I guess I could remind you how that all went down but I’m too busy watching Murray suck and pondering why they never blew the team up over a 4 year span to really wanna get into it! Besides… Reaves is looking great tonight, one day he might get his second of the year… any day now
way to jinx the Pens you turd.
Back of the net
Well… Reaves was on the ice so! Matter of time
Reaves and Trotman can play
and Letang cant…you disagree?
I certainly disagree on the former. Like anyone with a pair of eyes would.
I generally disagree with everything you type on here, but I hate Letang. Dude gets paid all that money and is terrible on the powerplay. Can’t wait till he takes his 20 game break. Schultz can’t come back soon enough.
I wrote the guy off years ago north of the red line. His offensive skills always overblon by the Pitt media. It’s his dzone game that’s alarmingly bad now.
and welcome to the site
Now it’s to the point of being funny. I laughed on that one. Thanks for the welcome.
He has no shot accuracy from the point. The only person afraid of his shot from the point is the glass.
anyone else concerned about sam? His weight problem, combined with the shock of the Habs doubling their season goal output tonight might have been too much for him.
He’s here in spirit… well technically he seems to be in samdiego but close enough
He might just have wing sauce all over his virginal hands, to be fair
Im more worired about you messing up someone’s drive thru order while typing your hockey blog.
Why would I be serving people as a “computer programmer”?
I figured in Edmonton it’s one in the same.
Hey, who was the guy that was claiming Murray was trash the last two years? That at one point both MAF and Murray were garbage? Anyone recall who the genius was with that insight?
You?
nope, guess again…
He was championing Zatkoff over both…
haha. that’s awesome.
you know you laughed typing that
I’d say Mstart, but we all know he’s only been here for a week.
Hilarious! Sam’s bodyguard. It’s cute how losers stick together
everything i leared about sucking diiick i learned from you
Soooo you do suck dick then…. that’s the general idea of that post
Wasn’t me. I had no problem moving on from Fleury. Simply Dusty beat the Fleury drum.
Bob Erry is bored
#erry
Can’t believe Malkin missed that point blank shot. #glueguy
Malkin has almost as many points this month as “dude can play” has topped out at in the average season… not to mention he’s already found the back of the net.
On the bright side, Hagelin looks like a star playing on that line in comparison
You mean the shot that banked off two guys skates? Is that a secondary assist?
They must only count when they go straight in on the west coast.
or in ball hockey, eh super star?
You tell me. You got the #KeenDekHockeyEye. Hey, did Gajtka answer any more of your Q&As on his podcast?
who’s that?
Hahahahahahaha
Did it or did it not go in the goal?
Are they worth less if they don’t go straight in?
Does Malkin have more goals than Reaves has points?
Isn’t it interesting that Malkin is averaging 1 goal for every two shots Reaves takes?
It’s fun watching someone attempt to down play a goal lol. Reaves doesn’t score but “dude can play” Malkin always shows up on the score board but sometimes pucks don’t go straight in so he’s not really that good lol. You really are the samdiegopittfan lol
“the back of the net”. lol..what a tool
Unsurprising you’re unfamiliar with the term!
No, everyone that “watches” hockey knows that term.
Oh god here we go again, fucken beer league superstar is back. Lol
Can you believe he’s never played a healthy game where he only got 3 minutes of ice time?
#DudeCanDoMoreThanPrank
Tell me sammich, how big was the rivalry between the Ramparts and Canadiens in the 80s and early 90s…
Schultz can’t get back soon enough
Dude can prank people. I think that’s why we got Reaves. Because he can’t play hockey. #dudecanplay
#DudeCanPrank
But you can play, being that you’ve been posting here for a week.
I’m liking him as a team guy but watching him fuckk that 2 on 1 up completely… #dudecanprank
Yes, very rare in hockey. But you know that.
Hey I’m just looking for evidence that dude can play. Sample size is growing and the evidence is lacking.
#GlueGuy w #NoSkillz
He’s no matt Cullen
Now you’re on point, first thing you’ve offered up tonight that’s bang on
“We”
Yep I said we. Compared to every stupid thing you type on here.
What’s the matter pusssy, was it too much trouble to log in from your other account and thumbs down all of those twice? Bitchh
That a girl.
I remember he started calling Malkin going back to Russia around 2011. Here we are, 6 years, 2 Stanley cups and an 8 year contract later and somehow Malkin is still a Penguin. Nice call Samantha!
Speaking of which, you still single (I know the weight thing is tough on you)
Man. I can’t remember the last time I was. But my relationship is more traditional. In that I’m the breadwinner. You’d be so confused.
Man, I love the 2015-16 season jokes. And what’s traditional about a lonely middle-aged man ?
Not as much as you love pretending you’re a male by running to sam’s Side because you don’t have the necessary skill set to support your fuck trophies.
(I think it’s cute that you compensate for not being able to support your family by running to Sam’s aid when he’s called out.)
I’m starting to be concerned about your obsession with an Internet personality.
I’ve been concerned for years that you’re a man that has to ask his wife for spending money.
Come on dude. Bring Bring it!
#BringBring
Sam knows his way around hockey discussion about as well as he knows his way around a vaginaa.
The way he said Vegas will be fine even with bunch of no names.
The way he said Martin St Louis would be a better acquisition than 2 TIME Stanley cup champion Phil Kessel a day before St Louis retired….
They way you said Ladd was going to Florida.
The way you said the penguins needed four to win when Murray played
The way you said sheary was like Tyler Kennedy
The way you said McDavid played for Vancouver.
The way you said Malkin was a third liner
The way you said Kessel was a third liner.
The way you made fun of the Schultz trade.
The way you made fun of Consol being quiet when nobody was showing up for Habs games after Price got hurt.
Beginning of the year they were winning and it was all MAF. Yet they still keep winning? I mean it’s only October of course but I would like you to reconcile how they keep winning even though you gave those early Ws directly to MAF
Sheary scores his 5th goal and first of the year Sid was in on and that was a stretch! Kessel scores his second consecutive GWG! Murray settling in and has given up 2 goals in the last two!
Bad series of events for some stupid fucken frog lol
The Penguins would like to Kessel…
Trade Letang? Who’s selling?
Scott Young scored 342 goals. There’s something I didn’t know (so rare).
Well, you did know the Pens should have blown up the roster from about 2012 up till roughly March 2016 so ya, you’re on point on the regular
You got me
He really did.
you’re spot on again hockey ball boy.
Kessel has 4 more points than the Canadiens leading scorer.
Sam, the “great fans” of Montreal were jeering Carey Price, the Habs best player, for making saves in another shut out loss. Just curious, has no one in Quebec learned their lesson from the Patrick Roy fiasco? If memory serves me, the cup hasn’t made its way to Canada since St. Patrick was run out of town. Discuss.
No the cup never made to Canada since jew bettman made a business for bandwagon fans and teams that have no hockey market for winning the cup with Canadian players
The Penguins roster for the 2017 Stanley Cup playoffs contained the following nationalities:
11 Americans
11 Canadiens
2 Swedes
1 Finn
1 Russian
1 German
Hardly winning the cup with just Canadiens.
What say you?
Hey assholee I’m talking throughout the 25 years not just last year or so.
Lol what a crybaby, virginal bandwagon excuse. Yeah you idiot, Montreal isn’t winning because of Bettman. Wow are you a special kind of stupid.
Hahaha and I pointed out that when the Canadiens had a top 3 all time player at the position (who’s Canadian by the way) they ran his a$$ out of the country. After he left that hell hole that is Montreal he won 2 more cups
Yes he won with Quebec nordique team not avalanche. It’s like dB won with MT team. And since then he was shitting come playoffs every first round.
Hey sammich… found yet another poster that takes your stupid ass apart lol
Lmmfao… Colorado won because Roy got there… he would have never played for Quebec and he has publicly said exactly that! You do not know anything at all do you?
Yet he has coached for Quebec ramparts for many years.
Because the ramparts were a major rival of the Canadiens? You stupid fuckk you don’t even know the dynamic of you’re own province lol
Pens want chubby to score more 5v5 goals. I tough they are paying him to be power play guy and it doesn’t matter box score specialist don’t see that way all they see is points and think it’s worth every dime
No D wants kessel to put more in the net 5v5…..pens organization said no such thing….it doesnt matter when the goals scored as long as its scored…they all count the same
So pens investing that much money to have a pp specialist? Must be one expensive investment
Two cups since he arrived… he should have won the Conn Smythe in 16 period. So fucken dumb
They should have invested in Martin St Louis instead.
Once again another none related convo what has St Louis has to do with Kessel situation. And his salary.
You literally said they should obtain St Louis instead of trading for Kessel. A day before St Louis retired. They’re literally directly connected. You’re literally retarded (and a Virgin)
hows montreal looking?..you know the team you really care about
They are paying him, as every team does with every player, to help the team win. He does that really well. Only a virginal bandwagon that roots for the benders in Montreal wouldn’t understand that.
What a fucken loser, Kessel scores the last two game winners and you still find some bullshit reason to dump on him. Go back to your Habs pages moron, only you stupid fux can’t see real ability, ask Price