Penguins/NHL
Game 3 Fallout
How stifling were the Penguins defensively in the third period?
Here was where the Rangers shots in the period came from, via the New York Post.
2:53, Derek Stepan, 32 feet
4:10, Dan Boyle, 64 feet
12:31, Kevin Klein, 25 feet
12:46, Keith Yandle, 46 feet
Not one shot inside 25 feet.
“I thought our team did a better job off the start of controlling territory,” Mike Sullivan said. “I thought our breakouts were better. We tried to simplify the process a little bit. And I thought we spent more time in the offensive zone, which maybe limits their opportunity to get pucks to the net.”
Comments from Derek Stepan says it all about the critical area the Penguins’ dominated.
“The reason we didn’t get a single look the whole third period is that we did a terrible job coming though the neutral zone,” Stepan said via the NY Post. “It’s to the red and deep. But we didn’t do that.”
Tidbits
— Conor Sheary was a factor from the drop of the puck and the coaching staff could see it in bumping him up to Sidney Crosby’s top line.
Sheary played 14:41 and nearly 10 minutes at even strength with Crosby.
From making plays in the D-zone
To pressuring the Rangers and winning foot races, he was one of the Penguins’ best players on the ice.
Sheary was on the ice for 18 shot attempts, 10 against at even strength.
A similar player in stature, Brian Gibbons emerged as a short-term fit on Crosby’s wing during the 2013-2014 season. Like Gibbons, Sheary as a top-line winger isn’t likely to be sustainable but he’s showing he can give a quick jolt for a game or so when given extended minutes.
While Sheary saw his most minutes with Crosby at even strength, the Sheary – Malkin – Fehr line also drove possession in limited minutes. When all three were on the ice together, the Penguins had 10 shot attempts and just 3 against in under 4 minutes of ice time.
Malkin, Fehr were possession monsters
Eric Fehr led all Penguin forwards with a shot attempts for percentage of 75% (15/5), Malkin was at 68% (17/8), via war-on-ice. When Fehr and Malkin were on the ice together, the Penguins controlled 74% of their shot attempts.
— In the third period with the Penguins defending a lead following Matt Cullen’s goal at 4:16 of the period, it was interesting to see the Evgeni Malkin line turn into the fourth line.
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New article guys and frogs.
anything special NPL for this year’s 100 year hot dog contest ? will you compete with your idol Joey Chestnut?
Joey Lawrence is gonna be there!!!??? WOAH!
Commenting in an article titled “More Game 3 Fallout…” with only a few hours to go before Game 4 begins.
I think D is lost in new york
or food poisoned from a hot Dog Cart
I can’t think of a “joke” that consistently falls more flat than this hot dog cart thing.
D must have fat fingers and a phone you can fuck without worrying about the statutory implications.
Prince is dead. Way to go, Sam! You creepy, lurking French bastard.
you are a jinxing fat fuckk
now i know why pens cant win the cup anymore
ever since your bandwagon asss joined the pens the team had multiple 1st round collapse
and alot of injuries during the seasons
In context, this makes no sense. Then you add in the fact that it’s in a borderline made up language, and it makes it even harder to understand.
Let this be a lesson. Lurking in the shadows with down votes on your mind – combined with your weight issue – is extremely unhealthy. Go outside and play.
It’s an epidemic in canada, this weight problem thing. I found this yesterday. Just a society of obesity up there: http://www.besthealthmag.ca/best-you/health/are-canadians-too-fat/
It’s an epidemic in US, this weight problem thing. I found this yesterday. Just a society of obesity down there:
https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/to-your-health/wp/2015/09/24/its-official-every-state-in-americas-too-fat/
http://www.cnn.com/2015/04/21/opinions/costello-america-fat/
enjoy stan
Just tells me how bad things are in canada that they say you’re just as bad. Your fat ass needs to quit putting maple syrup on your poutine, chubbs.
since you are a proud american this will make you prouder
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_the_United_States
most countries when you ask people what is the first thing you think of americans most common responses are FAT,Lazy and Arrogant
which one are you npl and stan
i am assuming all 3
Maybe the Habs games are so empty now because these fat frogs in Montreal just can’t fit in the seats anymore.
same way florida and some other american teams they dont want habs fans have tickets
they say their fan base is depress most of the time when they see good and slim canadians compare to themselves
Yeah. Americans get depressed by seeing Canadians. You hear about it all the time.
I think it has the opposite effect. I thank goodness I’m not Sam every time I read one of his posts. I feel bad for other Canadians that post here. Their country’s name is being drug through the mud every time he posts something.
i feel the same when i read stan’s and NPL’s Posts .
You have to remember – most canadians are normal good people. It’s the French canadians that make Canada look bad.
just like few years ago habs fans invaded tampax arena in the playoffs that the players complained and werent confortable that Jew bettman made priority and force tickets to sell to the home fans first because it didnt look good for the sport and organization
“they dont want habs fans have tickets they say their fan base is depress”… would you say he is a great writer? Or the greatest of alltime?
nice one only people that vote down people none stop is you and stan
First this board kills Dusty Rhoadsc now Prince. wtf, depaoli, take away our pic privilages!
NLpples, do you finally feel like you belong now that Harriet Tubman is going to be the $20?
How hard did you petition to get Sestito on it?
I figured he’d want the hot goalie on there.
Don’t accept “just good enough” NLpples. High time they had a gay, black on the currency. Keep fighting.
tbj, you’re not a very funny person are you?
Prince is dead. I blame NPL
Man, that’s a sad day. He was an icon.
Really crappy year for deaths of legends
I assume you’re referring to Chyna.
Of course, none were bigger than the 8th wonder
True that. There’s a whole generation of classic rockers that are getting up there in age. Makes me feel old. Third Eye blind is the same age now that the stones were when I was growing up.
I feel you Stan he was also a role model a Hero for gay people like you and npl
is everybody nervous about tonight’s game? this place is like a ghost town today.
Maybe people are working? I’m not nervous…Pens in 5.
Everyone is just too shocked that chubby hasn’t been traded yet.
Its incredible that one player could hold up so many trades. Cant wait to watch “30 for 30: The Savard Injury” in a few years.
That goober barely has the balls to show up anymore.
You won’t understand it, just like hockey.
Maloni cant get on the internet until his mom is off the phone.
Ok, my mom’s off the phone. Back guys. What did I miss.
Still upset Malkin is ruining everything ever but other than that I am okay. Still need 5 minutes to get to yesterdays posts though.
Probably because the isnt hockey talk on here anymore.
I am confident, like the pens tonight.
Same here. I think with how well we played the other night, we keep it rolling. We finally have our roster back and everything was clicking last game. Hopefully our defense can continue to play well.
Pens in six
Man, Benny has been real quiet since he was in here pounding his chest last week. Best GM in baseball!
He might be suicidal right about now.
haha, no just have a life outside this website…. You should try it stanch. Locke sucks, of course you will go on some made up rant about how I said it was the best trade ever. Not sure its huntingtons fault though. highest OBP and BA in the league and the team is not producing with runners in scoring position. Only so much he can do from where ever the GM sits during a game. but when the goal is to eliminate the power lost by adding high OBP, id say he suceeded in that. Rotation was not addressed, but… Read more »
I don’t need to try it. I sit at work on a computer all day. You have no idea how much I get paid to post here. But I assure you it’s sizable.
I don’t need to go on a rant. All i need to do is point out how you were okay with what they did in the offseason, and that included a spot in the rotation for Locke. But hey – after a half a year passes, they can bring up a few unknown commodities at this level and just kinda “hope” it works out. Ta-daaaaaa! Best GM in the league! I love how it’s only April now, but after they swept the cardinals (that’s right, three games into the season), you couldn’t get here to wave your dick around fast… Read more »
Sweet so you are a total drain on the economy, glad to hear it… i am a millionaire too by the way, lmao. Again, please continue to just make up whatever you need to try to support your thoughts… I believe I pounded my chest about Goebbert being gone by opening day and Vogelsong, NOT being in the opening day rotation……. but hopfully since it was this month it has not been deleted so I can show everyone how you just make things up non stop. KEEP ON TROLLING…. now I am going to bang my super model wife for… Read more »
what do you know the comments from 3 weeks ago have been disabled….. do you run this site? It would account for the lack of information you provide in any comment you make and the need to disable previous comments so you dont get called out for the BS you accuse people of. VOGELSONG
“The Charlotte Observer reports “8-9 teams” have contacted free agent Josh Norman since the Panthers rescinded his franchise tag, including the 49ers, Buccaneers, Steelers, and Dolphins.”
BS. Maloney said no chance.
There sure isn’t much of a chance.
He meant yes, but his fat fingers typed no.
With that said, theres a very slim chance, but one could hope. Instant Super Bowl favorites with Norman imo.
Many seem to be tagging them as SB favs now. It’s not the Steelers way. They’ll draft a small school CB in the 4th round.
I’m not Irish Dusty.
Why would someone vote this down? God you people are idiots!
I know why…
http://i.giphy.com/LTEbcbA3MwG9a.gif
Sorry mstar. Thumbs down
Jeff Locke sucks, but man has he been unlucky this inning.
#Gaylivesmatter
#FrenchLivesCreepPeopleOut
#Fatlivesmatter
I agree with all 3
Only 3 things you should only agree is your fat ,ugly and gay
I hope so. For Canada’s sake.
I see Philly went with the hot goalie in Neuvirth. Watching this game, i feel like I am witnessing something special.
Youre the answer to this nights trivia. Congratulations.
Dustin, when do you turn 15? I dont want to miss your quinceanera.
No clue about the steelers cap situation but any chance they can get Norman or nah?
My friend just mentioned Josh Norman. Are you hearing rumors somewhere about him?
Nevermind, I opened twitter.
Nope
Crosby and his stupid one dimensional one trick pony tricks are killing the top line.
shaw should have said that he used “fagot” with one G which means “a bundle of sticks”. he should have stated his comments were taken out of context.
i guess all swearing is monitored.
“fuck”
now boys and girls, if you call somebody a “faggot” it will really hurt their feelings and it is totally wrong. if you do that you will be suspended. however, using your stick as a tomahawk is a-okay. hahahahaha! hilarious! what a world. the 1st amemdemnt gets thrown out the window protecting free speech but using your stick as an assalt weapon is no biggie. personally, i’d rather get called a “faggot” that get wacked in the throat with a stick.
Anyone interested in sharing random YouTube links that no one will click on periodically throughout the day?
Oh really? Theres not ONE person on here who wants to do this? Not… One…?
Shaw suspended one game for saying mean words. Bellemare suspended one game for trying to break someone’s neck. Outrageous.
now npl can start
#gaylivesmatter
NLpples isnt gay, he’s confused (and bored).
but he changed his name to sam after offically being with micheal sam
Thats the best joke. Do you have time to tell it again and again?
its not a joke its the truth
but you are a joke to be quite honest
Sam’s sausage fingers on one of the last 12 blackberries in existence explains “schedual”
Oh we definitely agree there. Certainly not a joke. Thank you for being honest
I tried to play X box with NPL the other day and he went offline all of a sudden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ywGiJnGQsE
What’s xbox ? You kids with your crazy technology. Last home video game console I had was Atari.
I have my 2600 hooked up in my garage.
Have they announced a time for game 5 in Pittsburgh?
they have a conflict with museum schedual
Schedule. And boy, are you bad at this.
In Canada schedule is spelled schedual. Just like offense is offence.
They spell a lot of things differently in Fat Finger Land
Maloni blaming his dumbassery on fat fingers, classic. lol
That and I work on a Blackberry (really small keypad). You seem more sensitive today than normal.
lol Blackberry
What? doesnt everyone have a Blackberry these days. BTW, it’s LMAO, not lol. Stan knows.
My bad…its these damn fat fingers and 15 year old phone
Blackberry. #SamKnew. Hopefully he breaks down why HD-DVD is better then Bluray next.
i have a blackberry z30
besst phone ever batterie lasts me 1.5 day unlike american toys
plugged to the wall
nothing but a fraud
and thiefs stealing peoples info
Sam is out of breath after typing all that #FatCanada
My VCR has been on the fritz. Someone tape the Caps’ game for me tonight.
Lol Battery lasts you all day. If i didnt have any apps or a single person to call or text, id have a long lasting battery too
The media coverage of the Andrew Shaw incident is out of control. Letang tries to physically maim someone with a hockey stick, yet no disciplinary action from the NHL. Shaw hurts the feelings of a special interest group and the NHL community is outraged.
I couldn’t agree more. Bellemare nearly made Orlov a quadriplegic and got the same suspension. Absurd.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Igk4XvzwOCw
35second is my favorite part what do you think npl
funny how on international level americans are know as fat slobs yet americans like npl dont see or realize that
http://www.besthealthmag.ca/best-you/health/are-canadians-too-fat/
you misrable fuckk our standards are diffrent here you are a big over weight and people consider you as obese
while in states book its still consider skinny or slightly chubby
Just as fat as americans. Once again, #SamKnew. You might be a world class moron. I wish we had a moron olympics – i think you’d medal.
i go to walmart you all the motorised carts are empty
while in U.S they are all taken
Write your own article. Your own people (that’s a canadian web site) says you’re just as fat as americans. Really embarrassing for you. But, can’t say it’s not typical. #SamKnew
What in the actual fuck are you trying to say here? I mean I have worked out what I think is going on but knowing you I could be way off.
we dont see this shitt in canada https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAShVXWyzKM
#GayBlackDemocratLivesmatter
“Sam knows nothing” -Sam
“Heyyyyy be nice to yourself!” -Santiago
“I probly spelt evereething rong in my lazt comint” -Maloni
“Im a day late, but im going to reply to every comment made yesterday” Zero
TRIVIA:
“After a win, im eternal optimist fan boy who makes zero sense. After a loss, im a suicidal pessimist bltch boy who makes zero sense.” – WHO AM I???
A gay black Democrat non hockey fan?
I was drunk and had something to add :). Besides, as Ive mentioned I enjoy telling a select few to fuckoff
Big fingers, small keyboard. But you seem to get the point every time NIpples.
The fingers you have used to dial are too fat. To obtain a special dialing wand, please mash the keypad with your palm now.
It worked!
Ridiculous that they censor the word NLpples.
I wonder how Geno feels about 14 mins TOI, and the least shifts for a center in the third period. Sullivan risking alienating Geno with those numbers.
this shows and proves he is limited player for the salary he is getting one dimensional player something that the average fan dont see and been telling it for a while
been like this since DB era but the team was a cirus it self so was easy to hide and not be blamed now that the team is playing real hockey and no longer pee-wee hockey his lazy play is being more exposed .Then again sam knows nothing
need approval from stan or gaydogg
The last line was the only one that made a lick of sense. I agree. Sam knows nothing.
shaw with the homophobic comment .These gays are getting more and more power with this obama administration
come on NPL just like blacklivesmatter
you should start #Gaylivesmatter
NLpples life is a little more complicated Sam. #GayBlackDemocratLivesmatter
Im sure soon we will see this movement on TV
the NHL is hilarious. they are so afraid to suspend a good player in the playoffs. letang should have got at least 6 games for that slash. haha. oh well!
“6 games” – we watched a piece of shit in Washington attempt to end someones life the other night get a single game but Letang deserves six. While I won’t argue that both plays were suspendable as they definitely were your claim of it being a “good player” is the rationale as to why Letang is off the hook is somewhat laughable. Bellemares transgression was far worse and seemed to have a lot of intent behind it, Letangs was wreckless as hell but wasnt in the same realm as Bellmares… the attempt on Orlovs life got 1… do the math… Read more »
Am I the only person that doesn’t see any intent to injury with Bellemare’s hit on Orlov? I’ve watched the hit dozens of times now and what I see is Bellemare setting himself to ride Orlov into the boards and pin him, which is a legal and very common play at all levels of the game, in the process of Bellemare positioning to ride and pin him Orlov leans over into an awkward position and either catches an edge or loses his balance which was more the cause of how he impact the boards than his contact with Bellemare. You… Read more »
The actions of Gudas and I believe it was White were much more deserving of lengthy suspensions in my eyes because especially in Gudas’s case that was a premediated attack on an unsuspecting player.
I dunno, it looked to me that the extra shove was given when Orlov lost the balance… I guess you could ague the speed at which things happen but I argue that the extra shove comes because Orlov is in a vulnerable position.
Ya, watching it again… he picked up speed and maybe his intent was to carry him to the boards with it but the moment Orlov loses balance Bellmare gives that forearm shiver move. I still think there was intent on that play. Even if Orlov doesnt lose his balance he was gonna be rode hard into the boards from behind.
I can definitely see where it can be interputed differently but I kinda think the forearm shiver was part of him bracing to ride Orlov into the boards, most players when riding a guy into the boards will use that forearm move as part of the pinning process which is what leads me to believe the intent was just to ride Orlov off and the results were nothing more than unfortunate timing but I can also see how it was done with intent, his reaction afterwards is what really leads me to leaning towards unfortunate accident because Bellemare has a… Read more »
bellmare knew what he was doing. the intent was there. letang knew what he was doing too.
I think you’re the only one. There was no middle ground on that hit – player’s back was to him the entire time.
There’s 20-30 plays a game where a player rides the opponent into the boards when their back is turned to them the entire play, it’s a very common hockey play that is taught at ever level of the game, if Orlov doesn’t bend and lose his balance right as Bellemare makes contact it becomes a common play seen regularly at ever level of hockey, Orlov was more responsible for the outcome in my opinion than Bellemare was.
Only one, but you work in a bar in suburban Pittsburgh so expectations are low.
bellemares should have got 25.
watch and see shaw gets suspended
and for the record, connor sheary is a much better hockey player than brian gibbons.
…who had more goals than Sid two years ago, incidentally.
crosby was playing with a broken wrist. so now you think gibbons is better than crosby?
No – i think it’s monumental how badly he underperformed wheh Gibbons made a bigger impact on the series. And that despite Fleury almost bailing them out that series, Sid’s 1 goal in 7 games utterly sabotaged them.
Interesting decision by Sullivan to bench the 2 forwards who had the best 5on5 shot differential in the game near the end. Fehr had the best shot differential among forwards with 15sf-5sa and Malkin was 2nd with 17sf-9sa.
in response to jaydog from the previous thread: jaydog, you claim murray only made 2 big saves. first off, good goalies make saves look easy. you are used to seeing blurry roll all over the place making every save look spectacular. good goalies are in good position and the puck hits them. secondly, lets say that you are right (even though you aren’t) and he only made 2 big saves. how does that take away from the fact that he did make 2 big saves, he didn’t let in any freebees, and he out performed the queen in the rangers… Read more »
Let’s be clear, I’m not pissy over Murray at all, he’s a good young goalie that played an average game last night that easily could have been duplicated by any backup in the NHL and half the goalies in the AHL. I’m pissy over fools like you that can’t comprehend that and actually think Murray had any effect on the outcome of last night’s game, that games ends 2-1 or even possibly 2-0 with just about any goalie in the league in net.
so in other words, when the pens win, it’s all because of st.blurry, when the pens lose, it’s because of bad defense and never st.blurry, and when another goalie other than blurry wins, we pretend that other goalie has no impact on the game and doesn’t exist because it isn’t your patron saint doing the job.
Not at all. Zatkoff had a huge impact on the Pens winning game 1 when they didn’t play well and he bailed their asses out.
Not one person states this you fuckinidiot… He is a part of the win most nights, he is a part of losses other night. He has had moments where we can look at him directly and moments where he has stolen games… like every other netminder in the history of the game. The problem is he is prone to the soft goal… idiots like you look at those moments as his entire body of work but I have shocking news for you… for every softie he gives up he often makes a couple of huge saves at other points of… Read more »
To break Murray’s night down for the posters like you that don’t really understand what they’re seeing when the watch the game on TV, he faced 9 low danger shots(yes half the shots he faced were low danger include all 5 in the 3rd period from outside 25′) of which he saved 9, he made 4 medium danger saves on 5 medium danger shots(his goal against came in a medium danger situation, something you would expect elite goalies to make every time) and he made 2 high danger saves on 2 high danger shots, add it all up and it’s… Read more »
Let the record show that the Penguins have to beat the Rags by the aforementioned 2 – 1 score
Blurry literally hasn’t “rolled all over the place making every save looks spectacular” in like 10 years. It’s like saying crosby “whines.” Watch a game once in a while.
Murray was solid when he had to be last night but like Zatkoff in game one he wasnt exactly facing the most dangerous looks; FFS starting 3rd sentence down D discusses EXACTLY THIS. MAF would have done just as well in a game when the D holds the fort… always has. Beyond that positioning is exactly why MAF has become such a strong tender the last couple seasons dumbshit. .922 vs .921 2.20 vs 2.29 3 SO vs 5 SO One of those stats belongs to a goalie fans around the league are suddenly hoping to have ejaculate in their… Read more »
CONOR SHEARY RULES 🙂
The return for Malkin and Fleury this summer is going to be huge. Sign Stamkos.
malkin will be good fit in tampax he can play with his russian buddies and no hockey pressure .probably come playoffs you would still have tampax fans wondering who malkin is
His russian buddy is carrying the team – just like he did through the first 40 games here while your canadians were on “holiday.”
i can’t wait!
“The Sheary Factor”. Who saw that headline coming 3 months ago.
You can tell Sheary is American. Good skill, hard worker, and doesnt get rattled like a Frenchie at the first sign of adversity.
you mean like Kane in the playoffs ? or Jonson with tampax or coward Parise
Toews sucks.
LOL, Tyler Johnson has 7 points in 4 games you fucken idiot
D can you tell us where were most of TK’s i mean Kessel’s shots were coming from last night
All shot charts can be found at Meatspin.com
is that where you get your insiders?
I can tell you he had the highest CF% on the team last night, and has been their most consistent player for about the last month.
crosby been the hottest player since december 1st up until end of the season he had 70 points
and you bitchh he was not good for 7 weeks
well, it was half a season – he’s barely a point per game player now. They had to scratch and claw to make the playoffs because he shows up for half a season. I think that’s kinda important, yeah.
so we have a 9.5m 4th line center now ?
I wonder what stan thinks
He was all over our captain being 3rd line center in the season
while his hero is 4th liner in the playoffs
I think he’s played two games, and is one of the top 5 players in the world, and he’ll be fine. I also think they should trade chubby, sam.
they shoould no need 10m 3rd line winger
team should invest in Defense and less americans in the team
lovejoy,bonino,bennett,kessel must go
I have nothing to add. I couldn’t make you look dumber than you just made yourself look. Bravo.
he knows its the playoffs and he played the season so he must have an idea what he is getting into its not his first playoffs or this time of the year its not a pre season to waste time in the roster
unless it is pre-season mode for him
since he has 15 days For WC
The World Cup isn’t until August, dipshit. The rest of your posts was barely able to be comprehended. its not a pre season to waste time in the roster? WTF does that mean?
Pens just dodged a bullet with Letang not having a Hearing
having letang and fleury out pens wouldve been in trouble
and pretty much end of their season
you think malkin got a call from Moscow and was on the phone the last 6,7mins of the game ?
You’re such a drama queen. A) There wasn’t much of a threat of a “Hearing” given that Bellemare nearly killed a man and got one game. B) It’d be a maximum of one game. C) Hard for them to encounter the “end of their season” in one game, when they have to lose three more. D) They’d be fine in one game sans Letang.