Penguins/NHL
Penguins 4 – 
Predators 1
(PIT LEADS SERIES, 2-0)
The Pittsburgh Penguins are two wins away from hoisting Lord Stanley Cup for the second consecutive season.
Despite the Nashville Predators being the far superior team for the first 40 minutes, the Penguins got great goaltending from Matt Murray and then an offensive explosion seconds into the third period sunk the Predators in a Penguins 4-1 win on Wednesday night at the PPG Paints Arena.
Turning Points?
The Penguins were building something late in the second period and it carried over from the drop of the puck in the third.
Jake Guentzel struck again 10 seconds into the period on a juicy rebound and the Penguins kept coming.
Scott Wilson put the Penguins ahead 3-1 at 3:15 of the period and Evgeni Malkin brought the house down with a blistering shot on a 2-on-1 goal from the left circle 15 seconds later as the Penguins jumped out to a commanding 4-1 lead.
Malkin’s goal had the crowd flooded with “We Want the Cup” chants and the Penguins were still looking to pour it on.
Patric Hornqvist added a power play goal, 2:20 after the Malkin tally, but the Hornqvist goal was ruled off-sides and overturned.
How the Penguins can change the fortune of a hockey game out of nowhere is what makes them so special and why you better put them away when you have a chance.
Nashville failed again to do so when they had Pittsburgh on the ropes.
Going into the 2nd intermission, the Predators led in shots 32-19, were +22 in shot attempts (53-31) but what mattered is that it was still a 1-1 hockey game.
Matt Murray was a rock in goal that kept the Penguins in the game before they took it over within seconds in the third.
The Predators speed/pressure game continued to overwhelm the Penguins in periods one and two as it has for five of six periods.
The series isn’t over but that now looks like an afterthought as the Penguins show time after time they can withstand a key strength of the opposition by countering in another form.
Tonight it was great goaltending with a 37-save performance from Matt Murray and quick strike offense.
3 goals in 3:28. 3 goals in 4:08 during Game 1.
Nashville outshot Pittsburgh 38-27.
What was a key for the Penguins quick strike offense in the third period was key moments offensively late in the second period where the Penguins started to develop a territorial edge and it carried over into the third.
Pekka Rinne looked shaky all game and he looked primed for the opportunity to come unglued and he did.
One line change that worked was replacing Conor Sheary with Jake Guentzel as the game progressed in the second period.
Nashville even while being the superior team in periods one and two, were playing with fire all night.
The careless stick penalties were constant.
Prior to the Guentzel third period goal, Nashville had taken the last four penalties of the game but Penguins were 0 for 5 on the power play thru two periods and finished 0 for 7 in the game.
The Penguins despite a 4-1 win, were chasing this game.
The Predators struck first for the second consecutive game, this time the goal wasn’t overturned.
Pontus Aberg scored a brilliant goal at 12:57 of the first period, walking defenseman Olli Maatta for the opening goal.
Nashville, though, would beat themselves in period one despite being the more dominant team, firing 18 shots at Matt Murray.
Prior to the Aberg goal, they took themselves out of a 5-on-3 situation with Mike Fisher interfering Ian Cole in front.
Then less than two minutes after the Aberg goal, Roman Josi takes a cross-checking penalty at 14:32 of the first period.
Pittsburgh makes Nashville pay with Jake Guentzel scoring four seconds after the Josi penalty expired, his 11th of the playoffs.
Guentzel with an NHL leading 12 goals in the playoffs has gone from a potential scratch for Game 1 to now being a major reason the Penguins have a 2-0 series in the Stanley Cup Final with a 2-goal effort tonight, his 5th game winning goal of the playoffs and 2nd of the Stanley Cup Final.
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“Pens lose despite stellar game from Murray” -DePaoli
Jesus, Crosby lost the shlt talk battle tonight too
yuck
Agreed, Murray was fucking garbage. What a meltdown
So you are saying Murray was the reason they lost dispite 0 shots for Crosby and Malkin and a garbage PP that had the opportunity to go up 2-0 early?
Well according to your logic and sully pens loss that senators game because of fleury and the guy never saw the net back since. When he was the main reason where pens are today
Why not, it’s exactly what you would have said had it been MAF. Considering that he was raped glove hand though? Yikes, that’s a huge concern
#yodalling
Hey zeroTOOL Subban was the main reason preds won tonight
He is a reason why Montreal isnt playing at all tonight
Ok… but they did win… and he was a reason. Montreal didn’t win tonight tho, they haven’t won a game in ages! Subban > Montreal. You must be jacked the Pens lost though #ihopetheylose
Whoever controls the arenas audio is killing it tonight
Yeah you are used to museum atmosphere.
whats the atmosphere like during a Montreal game in June?
Atta boy Phil
That fat fuckk Bridgestone tire wasn’t able to stop
Unlike Montreal who stopped weeks ago
looking that bad I switch over USA-Venezuela friendly
Dont care.
Our prophet
I think I saw Loyd and Harry
Your dads?
Holy shit what a meltdown!
Midg Murray
Saint Blurray
Does passing up a wide open shot in the slot count as doing the little things?
Sammich… how jacked are
You that the Preds are winning? You must be extatic that the Pens are losing!
How dumb is your Russian
The one sitting next to Crosby in the box?
You mean team
Leader in points? How many shots Sid
Have this game tardo?
Same amount as geno
Who has more points this post season
Well once again same is right takes teams about 2 season to figure out a goalies weak and can’t get in any better time exposed on Stanley Cup final next year all teams will aim that glove side. Let’s hope fleury is gone by then
Bahahahahahahahahahaha… yodalling at its finest. Pens are still leading the season you stupid fuckk lol
Its funny that in a post where he says he is right once again, he spells his name wrong.
…. again hahaha
I’m
Dying on this one
Yoda an sammich yodalling in a tree f-i-s-t-i-n-g…
This game is more pathetic than game 1
Have faith, a prophet said theyll tie it up
You mean Murray has been pathetic
Another glove side goal
Glove side baby, Murrays kryptonite
Don’t forget his glass jaw. Sorry I just don’t see this guy long term some issues have cropped up in his first full season that are red flags
Shut the fuk up. Dumb statement. Lol
Fleury Fleury Fleury!
I feel it’s time for an OT game. Pens are going to tie it up.
I agree, if Murray doesnt let in another softy
There is the back breaker… gotta come up with a save man
You knew something bad was gonna happen the moment Yoda yodelled
Pens will need 4 to win for Murray
Make that 5 in order to win for murray
Well it could be worse… the Pens could be out of the playoffs like Montreal
Plus this ones not quite over… if they can’t do it I don’t think
Anyone figured it would be four straight anyhow
Yoda all 3 goals were from the glove side
Murray is by far the least of the pens problems at the moment.
Nope, all on Murray, this is how you operate. Weak glove hand, lost the post on the third!!! Murray is melting down
Hainsey sucks, Sid needs to lose his allergy to shooting and every time Malkin touches the puck, it’s an instant giveaway. The pens lost all intensity since the halfway point of the 1st.
Wasn’t it always goalies fault Yoda if remember all your other post?
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#root4logo
Murray sucked that period as well Yogurt. Funny how you omitted him. Typical of your analysis.
Nope, all on Murray.
#yodalling
I’m impressed. I honestly thought you would wait until tomorrow to board the Excuse Express.
Three goals in one period Yoda you’re the expert is that a meltdown?
This team hasn’t played a good 2nd period all season. Pathetic period by everyone.
Well, the first part is not accurate.
At Predators games, they score goals
At Canadiens games, they dont
If that was MAF yoda would be yodalling for a week!!!
Notice his absence. Don’t worry he’ll be here tomorrow with a bunch of excuses about how they were all great shots so it wasn’t Murray’s fault.
At Predators games, they embrace country
At Canadiens games, they embarrass their country
At Predators games, they throw fish
At Canadiens games, they throw fits
At Predators games, its a party
At Canadiens games, its a funeral
Now you may cheer for the preds and leave this site for good fatso
“I hope they lose” – sammich during game one expressing how much he wants to see the Pens lose #fakeasspensfan
I have a feeling pens will see . Fleury back in net. What do you think Yoda?
I think you’re a fucken idiot, yodalling sammich, you do it too
You suckkk Murray it’s alll your fault chant lol where is Yoda
Where is Montreal?
Where is your mom again? She Must have forgot to put the computer password
Incomplete sentence
First goal was deflected and Rowney was out of position. Missing Bonino tonight on the PK.
Both teams have a big amount of bandwagon fans that have no clue of hockey. Must say this nashville crowd is way louder then ppg bandwagons
Not a lot of die hearts in Montreal tho
It takes a bandwagoner to know a bandwagoner.
Coming from someone that turned his TV off and told members here see you Thursday.
Maybe it’s because average crowd at the game for preds is 25-30. While ppg average age is 10-15 years old. Or even if there are few older ones they have same hockey vision of those 10-15 years olds. (npl,stain)
Fake news from a French Frog Retard.
How would a 10 year old fan get to the game by themselves? You’re literally the dumbest person alive. Oh and you’re really, really bad at this.
That fucken glove hand tho… yikes
Sid gotta shoot there!
Pedro’s glove again.
What an awesome atmosphere. Nashville is in real life what Montreal thinks it is.
I got good news and bad news. Good news is Npl and stain turned off their TV’s. Bad news preds scored 2 goals in 42 seconds
Jake and Bake. That kid is special. Another reason why American hockey players are dominating these playoffs. America’s Game.
Guentzel, yet another player two morons state Crosby is the sole reason he has done anything! Kids pretty good man
PK Subban must be thrilled to finally play in a real hockey town like Nashville.
Go to bed already. You Fat Democrat
Die heart
Remember when the Penguins cup hopes were dashed when Daniel Sprong was sent back down to the juniors.
Nope
Sure you do. People were bitching that he was the best forward at the time and they were not going to be able to win without him.
Nope, not quite.
At a loss, I don’t recall this either. Any bitching around Sprong out here came from blowing his ELC by keeping him up long enough to start the clock but sending him back down anyway lol
Not sure I remember that but I do remember a time not too long ago when several of the pundits on this site proclaimed the future over because the Pens farm system was empty and that they needed to blow it up and start over.
Bones on crutches and in an air cast…
Think about this, there is a small handful of dipshits that think D is a great source of info because he panders to their lunacy but he didn’t even get the scoop on crutches and a fucken air cast on Bones… I’ve checked and there is no instant buzz in case one shows up with a back dating!
panders to the lunacy….like murray is a better option in goal than your saint? you know that’s what you are getting at. you do realize the guys you dub as lunatics feel the same way as the pens coach right?
Jaded catcher is so jaded. Lunatic wanted it torn down a year ago. 30 Stanley cup playoff wins later, claims he’s a prophet. Crazy people are the best.
Lol, no one except Sam and Dusty has a problem with Murray being in the net you halwit. The only part called out was replacing the warm goalie with the cold one after a shitty game by the group, luckily it paid off. It’s the inability of you and D to give Fleury any real credit that I’m talking about you mother fucken moron. I’m glad you spoke up and again showed the board how little you understand anything. Are you gonna at least wait until after the draft to call to blow up the roster this year? #yodalling
Today was Jee Bettman’s 65th birthday. Happy birthday, Jee!
DePaoli needed the two day rest as much as the players.
So did Npl. Kinda coincidence eh?
Yes?
So bad at this
No Bones at practice today.
Rust’s shot-pass off Rinne’s far pad looked an aweful lot like TK’s favorite play. I always liked TK.
I find it amazing how yoda has completely failed to recognize that arguably the most significant change in the current group vs the ones that failed in 2010 – 2015 is the quality and IQ of the coach! The depth is playing a role of course but the quality of the coach, his ability to rally his guys, hold them accountable and the structure of the team play is a massive factor if not the greatest in the team the last 2 years vs all the years he has laid at the feet of one.
the coach is much improved but don’t kid yourself. if the saint was in there for this season and last they would not have accomplished what they are currently doing. the saint would have lost to the caps last year and he melted down in game 3 vs the sens and they wouldn’t have won in 7. #keeponbelievinginyourclown
the year disco blew it was the year with vokoun. he had iginla on the LW because he thought dupuis was a better player. that was the year the pens should have won the cup. vokoun was great and shero loaded up at the deadline.
Thanks for making my point for me you stupid fuckk
“Vokoun was great.”
Holy Jesus F. Christ shlt, wtf is your problem?
Remember when he got boat raced in game 2 vs Boston?
please post for me vokouns numbers the year he relieved your saint in the plyaoffs.
I’ll post for you that, after Game 1, he shit down his leg and lost them the ECF in Game 2.
#yodalling
LOL, yes… It was the magical year the team loaded up that was the ONLY year that Bylsma fucked up. Were you able to type that with a straight face? Do you really think that the team would have won in 10, 11, 12, 14, 15 with Murray? The line up decisions made in 2013 were a microcosm of the guys entire time with the Pens. It wasnt JUST Iginla. He buried Jokinen on the bench and had Morrow batting clean up as a 4th liner along side his personal dickk masseuse in Craig Adams, remember him? A guy that… Read more »
Fleury was virtually the sole reason the team played long enough for Murray to recover. Suddenly they would gave lost with him? You’re deluded by hate for a guy playing a position you don’t understand in a game you understand even less.
Pens played like trash top to bottom in game three but leave it to this mood to look at one.
Your hypocrisy is so significant we should use the word yodalling as a synonym
It’s amazing how dumb you are. All because of one strange anal experimentation gone wrong. You little catcher.
As evident by how they couldn’t beat a much better Washington team in game 7 with Fleury in net. Fleury has played 15 games these playoffs and Murray has played 7 but they wouldn’t be here without Murray…lol.
#fuckfacefraud
#biggesthypocriteintheworld
Better goaltending
I agree, from both but seeing as MAF had been providing quality starts since 2014 and they were still being wiped out by NY I am inclined to look at the coaches game as a bigger impact
The transformation of the captain from whiny man-bitch into a grown up didn’t hurt either. Getting Letang there someday also wouldnt’ hurt, but he also barely plays, so it makes less of an impact.
I actually attribute a lot of the perceived maturation of Sid to the respect commanded from Sullivan. I don’t think he respected Bylsma and there is video to suggest that as well. I think that was arguably the greatest flaw of Bylsma, he needed everyone to buy in for his system to work and while they may have “liked him” I am not sure he commanded the respect from them, meaning I don’t think he was holding them accountable when they would stray from “their game”. I don’t believe it is in his personality to do so. Seeing Eichel speak… Read more »
I could probably buy off on that – at least partially. I’m sure it had some influence on him.
Havent seen this much mentioned, one pred team quality that is surfacing is they look like the pens a few years back against the flyers. Undiscipline and doing stupid shit to get them out of their game. I dont see that changing given the youth and lack of playoff exp. This team had a somewhat easier path to the finals-they didnt play anyone with resolve like this penguin team
here we go again….the pens lost to the flyers that year because the saint put up a .834%. it had nothing to do with the pens being undisciplined. #itsneverthesaintsfault, #connsmythforreasonsotherthangoaltending
here we go again – yogurt laying all the blame on the goaltender and not the fact that the captain whos asss he can’t remove his lips from, and a certain brittle frog melted down like a pad of butter in mid July Arizona 2 minutes into a game that was must win. #Fraud #RevisionistHistory #TearItDown
no team will win with the goalie putting up an .834%. the truth doesn’t fit your cultist agenda so you must rewrite history to suit your perspective.
Here goes fraud yogurt going to bat for his melt down boy sid because sid didn’t deflower his shitt shack. Right on cue.
You’re a bigger idiot than anyone thought if you think MAF was the reason they lost vs Philly. This is a new impressive level of dumbfuckery even fro you
“Walking Olli Maatta” should have been “WALKING AROUND OLLI MAATTA…”
(Please play Ruhwedel.)
The only benefit to play Ruhwedel over Maatta is we can have a wake up call to what the true drop off between the two would be
They’re not sitting Maatta.
Maatta is also falling into a slight case of Ben Lovejoy syndrome. If Letang were playing, and Maatta was slotted appropriately, not one person here would be bitchingg about him. They’re all playing over their heads right now, and on occasion, that’s going to get exposed.
Bang on, I cannot fathom how people are clamouring for Ruhwedel or even Streit over Maatta right now
Well, I’ll be honest – i have no issue with Ruhwedel – I think he’s a really nice bottom pairing defenseman (at least insofar as he’s played this year) – so if he had to go back in, I wouldn’t have an issue at all – but they’re up 2-0 – I’m not just forcing him back into a winning lineup – Ruhwedel might be acceptable – it’s not like you’re getting a Schultz or a Letang back.
I don’t dislike Ruhwedel as much as my argument is Maatta is the better player and there is a bit of a drop off, experience being a major factor
Ron agrees.
I deluded myself into thinking they would win big last night and the prognosticators of prognosticators, the seer or seers called that one. It was a gut feeling and a pretty damn strong pot cookie that gave me the testicular fortitude to make that bold claim Cotton. I don’t want Nash to win 1 game but if they do, I’m getting 2 seats for game 5 so they can parade Lord Stanley on home ice. They have to many mediocre forwards and a sieve for a goalie, this is not going seven.
#Root4Logo
We need to mention the garage league. It was a guarantee the league was giving the preds a 5 on 3 in the first. Sooooo predictable. Just like in game 3, the pens won’t get a power play until the preds score on one first. The pens will be shorthanded the entire first period of game 3. Its so annoying they just can’t call the game without their script.
Quit pretending like you have some modicum of credibility.
Def watching these games makes it looks obvious in some cases that would be the case
lol GREAT goaltending is a bit of a stretch D.
You really are a clown
I don’t know – I think it’s a BIT of a stretch too – he played really well – solid – I agree – but after the first period, he wasn’t really tested all that much – all of their opportunities were perimeter (again, AFTER the first period – where he was really solid other than the goal, which him and Maatta Munsoned up reallll good)
Not to mention, if Fleury had failed to poke check Aberg on that first goal, headline here would have read “Penguins Overcome Fleury Gaffe to take 2-0 Series Lead”
Complete moron.
Ron Hainsey is a +4 for his career in the Stanley Cup Finals
Pens should sign him to a long term deal.
Its easy to see the Pens repeating with Guentzel coming through two straight Cup finals in a row.
Series going 6 at least
Winner of game three wins the series?
If the Pens win yes! lol
Seriously, I havent seen a two-game stretch where the disparity in goaltending as been so decisive. Preds have dominated for stretches and could easily rip off two wins in a row.
whomever wins game 4 will win the series. That’s my story and I’m sticking to it.
One hopes the Preds lose and the other suggested blowing up the roster two months prior too and like two days after a Stanley Cup… sammich and yoda ladies and gentlemen
the preds are loaded on the blue line, but their forwards don’t have much touch around the net. with 5 games remaining in the series, it’s a safe bet to assume the pens will score 3 goals in a game at least twice more. that means the preds will need to beat the pens 4-3 in two games twice in the series to keep the pens from winning the cup. anything can happen but it will be a tough task for them.
#TearItDown. A month before two cup runs! Prophet!
Friendly reminder he started talking blow it up within 48 hours of the week n last year too
He’s a goddamned stooge is what he is.
I wonder if DK is going to say the Saint needs back in for reasons other than goaltending again……
#TearItDown
new goaltender. with the saint removed from the equation everything changed. and i looooooooooove it! now it’s time for you to make some lame joke about how the saint is my ex BF or something idiotic along those lines.
We’ve been over this. I posed like four questions to you following up on that nonsense, and you ignored it for days like the little bitchh that you are. You’re a #fraud. And we all know it. And I lovvvvvvvvve it!
If I ignored you it was one of two reasons. The first was I’ve been very busy at work and haven’t had time to live on this site. When you grow up and graduate high school you will understand that. The other reason is I usually only read one sentence of your post before I quit reading it because life is precious and I’m not wasting time reading your senseless nonsense.
You weren’t busy. I reposted it several times and you ignored it because you’re a moron that doesn’t know what you’re talking about. Several others asked why you refused to address it. You kept posting. So you read someone’s post that brought it to your attention. Quit lying. Your high school comment would be funny if we didn’t both know that I could give you a raise by hiring you to be my landscaper. Prophet.
If you were out of high school you would realize landscapers charge $50 per hour and their companies generate lots of revenue. I know you only get $15 and a cupcake when you cut grandmas grass so you wouldn’t know that. Btw, I don’t own a landscaping business. The business I own will remain top secret due to the fact that cultists who love the smiley faced Saint have threatened to kill me and I would rather not have a Molotov cocktail thrown throuhh my window because of some st bleury jihadist.
What a moron, yoda believes he is so important people would put their freedom on the line to kill him. No, on multiple occasions from multiple posters it’s been suggested you kill yourself. The world would be a far better, more honest place.
Given your sub par intellect, and incredulous butthurt by all things fleury (yes, his play and his penis), asking anyone here to believe you “run” a business is beyond laughable, you little catcher you.
Relax….everyone wants fries with that
Not boyfriend. Lover. You didn’t date. He took your asss cherry like the little bitchh fraud that you are. In case you’re wondering, yes. This makes you gay.
Why were you calling for a blow up of the roster going into free agency last year too then?
Why not, Murray was put in for “reasons other than goaltending”. Fucken moron it’s pathetic how hung up on this you are. Fleury was fucken lights out and the sole reason they were playing Ottawa. I know your head is way to far up your asss to understand this but the team, as it is playing, would have kept trucking along with him too. End of the day you’re the retard that suggested the team “blow it up” both two months before the cup and 2 days after the cup. I am sure I will see it again June 23rdish…… Read more »
Sam, you busy scuffing down some hot dogs dreaming of Florida?
Sam, were awaiting your breakdown on Murray’s performance tonight. Did he suck as you predicted?
Real good 1st other than being abused on the goal…..then not really tested the rest of the game. Pretty amazing that for how much people bitch about consistency and how teams can’t just flip the switch and play good when they want…..and then the Pens do just that. Turn it on when they feel like it.
U need to focus and realize that you may be being made fun of
Blow it up!!
New goalie. The Saint is on the bench. It was all the blowup
That was needed…and I looooooooove it!
Cup win 2016 with Murray… right away you started talking trading major pieces, you were literally talking about blowing up the roster within two days of the cup too you fucken lying sack of monkey crap
Let’s not forgot this was also
Said within a day of them winning the cup last year too
Matt Murray was the #2 star of the game. Good call, Sam!
Thanks scum sully
If Sid is able to play next game, I like the Pens chances of going up 3-0
I didn’t hear. Why the late scratch?
37 saves outta 38 for Murray. Good call, Sam!
Dumb russian
Never seen someone root against a team they Pay to comment about…but here you are retarded as all hell
Sam has been quoted as saying “I hope they lose” as recent as Wednesday!
Murray continuing to suck. Good call, Sam!
Go to bed fatso
Captain Geno!
If Habs or any other Canadian team had this type of game with low shots believe me fans would let their own team know. Here in Pittsburgh bandwagon fans are too busy taking pictures and choking on hot dogs. They have no clue what is happening and that is one of the reasons also db lasted long in Pittsburgh
Maybe on a Tuesday in October. But that’s the only time the Habs play. Not in the finals. You’ll see someday. #1993
Hahaha Christmas is more relevant than talking about the Hags this time of year
Sam is encouraging the fans to boo their team… think about that #fakeasspensfan
As I said before series started bring back hbk line and have Kessel play Vs 3rd D pairing. Because that best he can do although he is one expensive 3rd liner. In playoffs we need depth and last year it worked because of it
Nice play Phil!
This garbage game reminds me of the DB era. 0 secondary chances 95% of shots coming from stupid angles with no puck possession.
DB era? You mean get to within 2 for a second time? Moron