Penguins/NHL
The March of the Penguins
A four game losing streak from the Washington Capitals has turned a seven point lead in the division to now a one point lead over a seven day span.
Pittsburgh with a win tonight vs the red-hot Calgary Flames would move into sole possession of first place.
As the Capitals were steamrolling through teams, when the club acquired Kevin Shattenkirk they not only strengthened themselves for a Stanley Cup run, which they did with the acquisition, but it was widely assumed first place would stay a bit of reach for the Penguins.
But, spring is upon us and we may be seeing another ‘March of the Penguins’
The Penguins may say it doesn’t matter where they finish, but it matters to the coaching staff who always want home-ice. There will certainly be a strong push to go for the division.
It’s quite a difference in facing the Islanders or Maple Leafs in round 1 than a first round matchup with Sergei Bobrovsky or the Washington Capitals if the Blue Jackets were to win the division.
Pittsburgh 5-1 in their first six games of March with a 22-11 goal differential during their current five game winning streak, went 12-4 last March that saw them spring together a stretch of 14 wins in 16 games before the playoffs.
Still a ways to go whether we see another big surge like that but last season the Penguins started hitting their peak when Evgeni Malkin went down with an injury on March 11.
This stretch here the Penguins are hit very hard throughout their lineup with injuries in a different way as the Penguins are missing their best defenseman in Kris Letang and three top-9 forwards in Bryan Rust, Carl Hagelin, and Patric Hornqvist, among others.
What’s playing out here for the Penguins is all three lines are producing with Nick Bonino looking like the Nick Bonino of last spring again but the dynamic that should be scary for the rest of the league is how well Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin are going at the same time right now.
Sidney Crosby held off the score sheet Friday night vs the Oilers…….Saturday night it’s Evgeni Malkin held off the scoresheet and the Crosby line goes out and has a dominant night, 2 assists, 9 shots from Crosby, Goal, Assist each for Conor Sheary and Jake Guentzel.
Folks in the organization continue to believe the pressure being off from winning last season for Crosby and Malkin has been so beneficial for both and it’s continuing to show in their play and likely will continue into the playoffs.
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When is SId supposed to be back?
His season doesn’t start till April.
Hey D… why dont we get the long winded critique on Murray when he lays an egg? If MAF was in the net last night the article would have posted within a minute of the final horn for yoda to spam the board with the same shit hes been saying for the last better part of a decade.
This is so damn true, it’s not even funny.
Shocked that yoda has been completely absent from the board… so much to discuss. Why is JR talking about magic, how could Murray have surrendered 4 when “his GAA” (totally not a stat that is shared with the effort in front of him) says he should only have given up 2-3 at the most…
Hey, look who hit me with his multiple accounts #SnowFrogfromFakeCanada
Other then Crosby line team played flat for most of the night pens 95pts flyers 72pts. Thankfully flyers not making the playoffs
Yes… Crosbys 42% in the circle kept it close…
#FakeCanadian
#WannabeAmerican
Yes yes, of course this is all you can muster… this will be your go to every time I call you out and you have no answer because you think it’s damaging. I mean I guess it has more teeth than an actual attempt to respond but the reality is you’re a moron that doesn’t understand a game bred in a country you so desperately want to claim you’re from and it’s killing you… quebecqueer
He makes up something irrational for everyone. Apparently my season starts in April. Forget the fact that I’ve watched 75% of the games this year. And unlike him, I have a general understanding of the sport.
Hey you stupid green cuntt fucken loser cum swallowing fuck bastard yoda… 5 to win… the GAA suggested otherwise didn’t it? You dumb fucken idiot? Didn’t it’s suggest something else? Cuntthole… lol. Die in a house fire yoda you piece of shitt
Zero is my prophet.
I said it last time the new magic number is 5 for Murray
Another turd by the Pens in Philly. I’m shocked!
Team needs 5 on order to win for Murray tonight. Hope you Enjoyed Yoda
Murray in net, need 5 to win
Great road trip, especially with all the injuries. Jump off the bandwagon for now. See you in April. Relax people.
You do that bandwagon
Sez the French Frog from Quebec!
Snow frog from fake Canada
Murray 16 games with 3 or more goals against. Fleury 17 games with 3 or more goals against. Pretty safe to say, if this team wants to win….they better plan on scoring 4 goals a game no matter who is in net.
Looking forward to seeing yoda argue this…
Then Pens defense has been terrible for my entire life. I knew the “block all shots” strategy we used last playoffs would not last. Murray better get used to being hung out to dry by this team…that’s the norm.
Hey will probably say he was at work didn’t watch it tonight
Yoda doesn’t work. He protests with NPL.
Crazy… team needs 4 to win…
5
I blame Simply Dusty and his fake praise of Murray. Just like when Yogurt tries to heap praise on Fleury once in awhile.
16 shots so far by the flyers and 8 of them is by couturier obviously our Russian is doing an amazing job shutting him down .but now as soon as malkin gets a points you bandwagons forget how horrible he has been tonight and cumm in your pants with the exception of npl because he hasn’t hit puberty yet even tho he is 21 years old
I don’t think that’s physically possible, now you’re being stupid
It’s possible it can be a one of a kind situation. Just like Yoda is a one of kind self proclaimed prophet
You’re far more special than anyone here and not in a good way. I thought malkin was supposed to be back in Russia?
Let your mom take him for a spin. She’ll solve this for us.
I know you clowns here all it matters is goals. But pens been horrible in face off lately and this can play against them in playoffs..once again this comment is not expected to be acknowledged from everyone here
Special stain and npl
Weird, every time I mention face offs you find an excuse to forgive it lol
Sam thinks yanic Perrault was the greatest of all time.
Hey Sam, where was Dumo on that goal? Been umbrella to go erectile dysfunction…
Dumo is always lost every time a goal is scored and he is on ice it looks miserable
Murray faking an injury yet?
Remember when Fleury faked his injury and had a front row seat to Murray winning the Cup?
Pens missing horny
And condom.
Way to jinx him Simply Dusty.
Do you have my name tatood on your neck? Pics of me on your bedroom walls? Obsessed much?
Unfortunately there is more then one person here with obsession. Npl changed his name to mine or I might be wrong maybe changed it after his marriage with Micheal Sam. Minute Obama allowed he changed to Sam
Sam it’s cute how you stick up for Simply Dusty. Retards need to stick together.
Another horrible post. The bathroom is out of toliet paper. Chop Chop!
What a stupid rebound by Murray.
Fleury traded yet?
Hey Yoda. How many will the Pens need to score to win tonight?
Hey zero tool how did shultz look on that goal. To true ignore with points
Old and horny. Like your mom.
#shultz… I don’t even know who this is
Not sure… didn’t realize this was one of these things we do…
Better question, where was Letang on either of them?
Glad you can watch the game and not working at the grocery store stocking shelves.
15$ minimum wage?
He wishes. He’s Simple, don’t believe it for a second Samantha.
Well, we have to interact with people in India and Singapore. Sometimes you have to work overnight. I wouldn’t expect a blue collar scrub like you to understand.
Yeah you know what I make. Playing video games all night is fun, or you mean what you call work. Your nickname is Simply Dusty, I peg you as a gas station attendant or counter person at Sheetz.
Murray sucks….Simply Dusty
Retardsayswhat?
I see you’ve picked up you BFF Sam’s comedic talents. Douche
Yes, you’re a regular Chris Rock in your posts. I’m constantly in stitches by your digs.
It’s not that hard to be funnier than you Simply Dusty.
Murray sucks…..Simply Dusty
That save was as beautiful as Sam is weird.
Awesome first period by Murray!
Jarry is the future….Simply Dusty
Fun stat for the night… remember when sammich called Malkin a PP specialist? Well now that Sid has surrendered his goal lead with 1 in his last 8 (vs Geno with 11 in 14) I thought it would be fun to look this up…
Crosby 62 games, 21 goals, 20 assists (15 primary) for 41 even strength points.
Malkin 61 games, 20 goals, 21 assists (17 primary) for 41 even strength points
And now Sid is in the box… thank god Sheary is on that line to keep it dangerous. Looks like Malkin will have to put the team on his shoulders to beat Philly
Ron Klatt you are a
#FakeCanadian
#WannabeAmerican
No sammich you actually are a fake Canadian that so badly wants to be one. You’re a québécois… there is nothing Canadian about you, at all. Universally disliked by Canadians and the French lol. The red headed, inbred, bastard, smelly stepchild of two nations haha.
When people ask me where I’m from, I tell them Canadian, people like you say québécois and why? Because you’re all fake Canadians
And chubby
Capacity crowd of zero for the Quebec game tonight
I think quebec having 0 crowd and pens sold out games would be same feeling playing in a museum atmosphere
Wat?
Except that in Pittsburgh, your moms not outside trolling for dick
I’m canceling my membership here and I’m switching over to DKs site. If we can’t get updates, more then once a week, what are we paying for?
You have the privilege to thumbs down or up people it’s included in the membership package. Plus some here rely heavily on this site source. Stain and npl. For example
This is true.
“They’ve been incredible,” Rutherford told me Tuesday night. “And it looks like they’ve already got so much chemistry, like they’ve been together for a long time.” – look at that idiot GM and former NHL goaltender talking about magic again
Cullen and Streit are back… per DKpittsburghsports! and Inb4 we get a side bar from D on it lol
Thank God or whoever you worship!
As yodirt informed me the other day my god is Marc Andre Fleury
I’d like an article on the all-fraud line of Thornton – Toews – Perry
Or an article on how Quebec has horrendous hockey and can hardly afford a team.
Or American teams get money from Canadian teams in order to survive thanks to jew bettman
Arizona, Florida, Dallas, Carolina to name a few
Just like Quebec gets money from Alberta every year since about 1974… possibly longer? Fake Canadian he says when it’s Canadians like me that prevent you from living in the 3rd world 😉
You could use Rick Nash up there too
#FakeCanadian #WannabeAmerican
You go sammich lol… you weird little frog you and your silly blue flag lol
I’m glad you recognized some of Canada’s gold medalist while the names I mentioned some got snubbed by American roster and if by any chance they were Canadians they wouldn’t even make Canada’s 3rd team. Parise, Brown, Ryan, chubby
LOL and when the US failed miserably two names came up as to the impact they would have had positively for that team genius… you and yoda struggle bad with the details that go into a roster
Typical liberal media when USA loss with Kessel they also complained team was soft back then.
#FakeCanadian #WannabeAmerican
Yes sam… the liberal sports media, hahaha. Moron lol.
Do you not find it ironic that you keep claiming that I am a “FakeCanadian WannaBeAmerican” while rocking a picture of the US president while expressing your admiration of the same while also speaking negatively about your own countries leader? Or has this completely escaped you? It’s completely escaped you… snowfrog!
Our leader has done nothing but taking Selfy of himself and marching in the Gay parade
#FakeCanadian
no one cares about gold medals….they have no impact on the NHL and NHL production
Seriously, I want a refund. This is the shittiest pay blog I’ve ever seen in my life. DePaoli should crawl out of Matt Murray’s asshole and maybe write about Donta Hightower, Jarvis Jones, Pens back on top of division and playing Flyers tonight, Zach Aston-Reese. No, instead we get a 200 word post every few days about how Fleury sucks and the Pens are playing well right now. This site is a joke.
What’s funny is there is a few that believe D to be the man because he chooses to shit on MAF every opportunity and anyone saying otherwise is a hack fleury lover lol.
As for Hightower… Pats are my AFC team so it makes me sad lol
…. I would rather not admit who my NFC club is at the moment… that makes me more sad
So the 49ers?
🙁 you had to being it up… god I miss the fucken 80s and 90s lol
Hightower stayed in NE… I am very surprised as I thought he was done for sure
serious question and not just busting your balls here… why did you join this site? it has sucked for a long time, so what triggered you to opt to join at this point in time?
Maybe he liked the fact that he can thumbs down people and feel great about himself just like the rest of the fat Democrats on this site
As someone who joined 3-6 months ago, this site was solid until a few weeks before the trade deadline. I don’t know if football seasons keeps him posting more regularly or what, but this is kind of unacceptable when you are charging people.
He’s also constantly wrong about any “inside” information. “I spoke to 3 Eastern Conference scouts”. “I spoke with a league executive and he tells me…..” Get the fuck outta here with that crap.
Phil Kessel – 61 points – $6.8M cap hit
Jonothing Toews – 49 points – $10.5M cap hit
#Leadership
Last I checked chubby gets additional 1.2 from leafs
And difference between toews and him. Toews plays vs top lines while chubby hides behind Crosby and malkin playing on 3rd line. Last I checked he has 30 points on power play. Enjoy your fraud
Except he doesn’t. Kane faces top lines and still vastly out produces that fraud. Nice try though fata$$.
Got love being American they are doing a good job being the most expensive 3rd liners across the league, Brown, Ryan,parise, chubby
HOw does he play behind Malkin, whom you called a 4th liner – please explain.
Patrick Kane just jumped McDavid in points.
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Florida 7 – Toronto 2
Hey shittStain or npl can any of you Fat idiot Fuckks explain me how come Bell museum is full tonight despite having a huge snow storm
To see the Blackhawks own the Canadiens.
Hey stan… marquee cup contender in Montreal with the leagues top scorer… explain why the Bell Museum has sold out despite snow?
I’m still going with “many patrons enticed by BO Night.”
I can respect that and I feel sams question has been answered, NEXT!!!
#FakeCanadian
#WannabeAmerican
#Queeb
#WannabeCanadian
Apparently you’re not a “real” canadian in sam’s eyes because you shower everyday – i can see where he’s coming from.
It was probably BO night. Discounted attendance if you haven’t showered in more than 4 days. Assume they were turning people away.
Nice signing by the Pens today. Aston will be a solid NHL player
Great work! Nice to see this type of addition!
Why didn’t our prophet predict this? 0-2. Stats are stats.
Read a lot of good things about him. Can’t complain about free assets.
why am i called an idiot when i say “with st.bleury in, the pens need 4 to win”. you guys do realize you are science deniers right? the saint’s GAA is 3.03. that means on average, the pens need 4 to win when he plays because he gives up 3 per game. on the other hand, murray’s GAA is 2.33. that means on average, the pens need 3 to win when he plays. my god are you guys dumb.
A: That would be great if GAA was a stat based on a game and not over a period of 60 minutes… having a 5 or 6 goal against game on “one of those nights” inflates the number, it doesnt mean he will give up 3 every night B: Its because you just claimed that you were right the last 10 times you have said this when a quick check of his game log logs shows you were wrong about half the time and C: that due to it being an average over 60 minutes you throw it out there… Read more »
It is funny how you try to equate a stat that requires term to a single evening though… every evening lol
stats are stats. the 3.03 sucks. that’s why the pens need 4 to win when st.smileyface is in there.
If this is what you need to reach climax you have at er #scornedlover
classic, i present facts that are black and white and you spin them to create a gray area. a 3.03 GAA is what it is. it isn’t up for some weird interpretation. then, when you get taken to school and look like a thumb sucking child, you go back to your “yoda was raped by st.bleury” narative to attack the bearer of the news. classic pathetic psyop attempt that failed. #cultofstbleury
#irony
You dont even understand how the stats work to the point that you think it is way to gauge the game night to night lol.
Also no one has ever said you were raped by MAF, again here is more evidence of YOUR consistent fact twisting. We have simply noted that you gave it up to him out of your own free will then he decided not to call you and you have been a jilted ex-one night stand ever since.
Kinda like how you’re 0/1 on predicting the team needed to be “torn down.” You know, when they won a Cup a month later. Great call. “stats are stats.”
#facttwistertofityourownagenda, #sciencedenier, #cultofstbleury
“fact twister” – oh the irony.
I think it’s largely a lifetime achievement aware.
Actually, on average, he gives up more than 2 goals per game…so on average, they’d need more than 3 to win. Just sayin’.
Let’s not go trying to explain the minutia of why he doesnt understand it in more detail now… the laugh it creates watching him pound his chest to much lol
Mark Streit hospitalized… waiting for a WBS call up and Gaunce is likely to play the next game. UGH!
Looks like he may have made the plane (dont think they got out of calgary yet).
I missed the game working. Suprised to see Fleury start, as I thought Sullivan would want to challenge his main goalie against a red hot team. I guess Fleury played ok? Tied for first now!
Typical scumbag sully always protecting Murray
Both sides of this coin are equally pathetic…
Maybe if Fleury didn’t get smoked every time a team does a wraparound…
Is that what you saw when you were behind the benches in Carolina?
Cool story bro. Jarry is the future. Sid had a goal you know I am happy. Insert your standard Crosby’s balls joke somewhere in your retarded posts.
He played ok but still had a .900 save percentage. I’m fine with him getting more games in March and giving Murray some rest. I think they play 16 games this month which is absurd.
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Fuck… so close. Pretty good game with a tough out come vs the hottest team in hockey. Pens guilty of being their own worst enemy in OT on that PP but reality is Calgary was relentless and Elliott solid all night. MAF did his job giving the Pens a chance, only play some will question was the Gaudreau one but that’s one of the shiftiest players in the sport. It’s easy to say Fleury overplayed but Jonny Hockey makes people move… that’s how he got to the show. This games looks a lot different with 6 D… and the rest… Read more »
your god st.bleury gave away a freebee on the wrap around. he sucks. told you the pens would need 4 to win with the clown in net.
Ya but… you’re a fucken idiot that literally says that every time he plays so some nights you’ll be right… that’s about as accurate as any other prophet in history, they were completely full of shit too
Yeah he’s as accurate as a broken clock.
Kinda like how he gave you a freebie on the reacharound. You little triggered pincushion you.
Calgary is feeling good right about now. Elliot played awesome
Fleury got smoked. And Crosby can’t even hit the damn net. WTH
Sid had the game on his stick in OT… jumped on him. Shitty deal lol
who’s your prophet? bow down
Oh goodie, you got some to stick… care to discuss that out of the last 10 games he gave up 2 or less in 5? Despite your claim…
Tip of the hat to Elliott!
Gaudreau is very good at hockey
Where is dusty to make excuses for fleury and talk about how a minor league goalie is better than Murray?
Please I hope he is sleeping or in a coma. His posts do that to me. Simply Dusty is a blow job!
What does Fleury have to do with Jarry having a higher ceiling as a goalie than Murray?
St. Pokecheck.
That was brutal. He looked like he was playing g street hockey with that slide attempt.
Shame because before that he was making some good saves.
Yeah. I was being facetious but that was pretty bad. He’s been great all night minus that attempt.
Look at Geno making the huge sacrifice
Bad night for Sam
Sheary
Engellend
Malkin
I got Bimini and Kessel to make it worse
Not what I had in mind Bimini…
Potash extra gay tonight.
Nancy Pelosi is the worst
“Challenge accepted” -Paul Ryan
I can’t even tell which one of them is the weirder looking dude.
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“Wiretapping”
Little doubt Hillary would have been inducted by now
Inducted, lol
okay, the saint was good for 2 consecutive games. that isn’t going to last. tonight’s prophecy….with st.bleury in, the pens need 4 to win.
so u were wrong 2 times in a row with the “need 4 to win”….so your just going to keep predicting it until you are right?…..I mean I could of said every night Patrick Roy in net they will need 4 to win..and on occasion be right……..you care so much that fans like fleury that you make the same dumb prediction in hopes it happens…..why does the fans love of fleury bother you?..the team doesnt keep him or get rid of him based on fan reaction so why be an asshat and spout hate on a player everyday?….sounds like a… Read more »
He’s a moron. It isn’t worth it.
That is his MO.. throws shit at a wall until it sticks. He’s all over the iffy year MAF is having because the past couple it was a lot harder to shit on the .920 and .921%s
i’ve been right the last 10 times i have made the prophecy
MAF has surrendered 2 or less in 5 of his last ten games… god it must suck being such a liar in a world where this data is so readily available
Pens are 1 point behind the Caps, and 94 points ahead of Quebec.
D showing off his Cal U education every time he posts an article.
it was widely assumed first place would stay a bit of reach for the penguins