Penguins/NHL
Penguins 4 – 
Sabres 0
While Tristan Jarry posted a 34-save shutout and was locked in all night, the Pittsburgh Penguins on Friday night toyed with the Buffalo Sabres in a 4-0 win in the first game of a home-and-home situation.
Pittsburgh’s high-end talent made the Sabres as a whole look like the Penguins were playing a scrimmage game against an AHL team.
The Arizona Coyotes get labeled as the ‘AHL’ Coyotes by some and it might be time to stamp the same label on the Sabres.
“It’s quite embarrassing,” Sabres coach Phil Housley said of the Sabres who have lost 10 of 11 and are a team that looks like a train-wreck in their own end. “We’re playing a backup goaltender and we didn’t take advantage of that tonight.”
With how quickly Terry Pegula fires coaches and executives, Jason Botterill and Phil Housley might not make it to Christmas.
Sarcasm aside, Buffalo is becoming a situation similar to Arizona where a losing culture is just starting to fester into everything they do on the ice, where at the first sign of adversity they implode.
Dan Bylsma was going to get fired last summer even if former GM Tim Murray stayed on-board because of how much he alienated the young players, but the Sabres disastrous play shows they’ve got issues beyond coaching.
Despite the opponent and how bad of a club Buffalo is, it doesn’t take away how good the Penguins were and it was a game where you throw out the advanced stats as the Penguins were a meager 45% in driving possession during 5 vs 5 play.
Pittsburgh’s top guns were spectacular in the win.
Jake Guentzel scored his team-leading 12th goal and the hockey IQ combined with the skill set for a second year pro continues to amaze…….. Sidney Crosby had a goal/assist and was great as he’s creeping up the points leaderboard, now 10 point behind Steven Stamkos (37 points)…….. while Conor Sheary and Patric Hornqvist had very strong games.
The Penguins over the last three games are back to being the high-flying Penguins and have scored 14 goals during that span but in reality not much have changed.
Pittsburgh’s high-end talent is just putting the puck in the net at a higher rate.
Over Pittsburgh’s last three games, 13 of the 14 goals have come from the group of Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel, Bryan Rust, Patric Hornqvist and Jake Guentzel.
Bryan Rust (SHG)
Phil Kessel (PP)
Sidney Crosby (PP)
Phil Kessel
Sidney Crosby (PP)
Jake Guentzel
Patric Hornqvist (PP)
Bryan Rust
Jake Guentzel
Sidney Crosby (OT)
Tom Kuhnhackl (penalty shot)
Sidney Crosby
Jake Guentzel
Patric Hornqvist
Excluding empty net goals, Pittsburgh in their last 20 games still have only three goals scored (Greg McKegg, Carter Rowney, Tom Kuhnhackl) outside of their top-7 forwards (Sidney Crosby/Evgeni Malkin/Phil Kessel/Jake Guentzel/Patric Hornqvist/Conor Sheary/Bryan Rust).
The high flying Penguins are back this week but the depth scoring is still non-existent and that is unlikely to change until some personnel moves are made. To read this insider news, subscribe to get “Inside Access”!
CBauer voted for Trump.
A lot of legal and alive people did
Oh god, please tell me this is your subtle way of admitting you’re a conspiracy theorist lol
As I said pens won the cup with Murray. Because he was hot. He is an average goalie and has so many weak spots. Only 2 thing that stands out about him is his size and calmness that’s about it. As I also said now that fleury gone Murray will be more exposed and does not have the durability to give pens year in year out 80 games goalies like fleury there isn’t a lot out there that can give you every year 80 games Murray is a 3rd round pick fraud that is riding a fluke success in his… Read more »
As i said youre an idiot. As i also said youre dumb as fvck.
As same said McDavid in Vancouver and malkin in Russia
Ya, got hot for the playoffs twice… while MAFs career is suddenly in question after only 4 games this year. Moron
Murray traded yet ?
How bout MAF… he “traded” yet… oh wait that’s right. He hasn’t fucken played since the second week of the season. You’re a fucken idiot dude
I bet stain is somewhere counting Bell museum empty seats
What an interesting way to admit there are empty seats in that house after arguing about it for like 2 years lol
Missed the game. Good to see Jarry get a shutout. Sounds like Murray is closer to the 4 week injury and Jarry will be getting a good bit of NHL work.
Jarry looked really good. If there’s a silver lining to the Murray injury, it’s that Jarry gets some experience that will help him and help evaluate what he can do at thislevel.
Agreed, Pens may be Hit the same way at the next nexpansion draft though. That said I’m loving Jarrys game so far.
Yeah he actually has a glove hand.
You do realize that every NHL goalie’s weak spot is high glove, right? Probably not though because you’re a Fleury fan boy which is funny because he’s the most average goalie of all time. Not only did he get smoked high glove constantly, he got smoked everywhere else too. He’s so fucking lucky that he played most of his career with Sid and Geno. Otherwise he’d be an afterthought in this league.
Simply Dusty strikes again. Great post by you Cory. He’s all about the players and not the team. He admitted last year. Another simple comment from a simple kind of man.
I was actually responding to Bauer’s old ass. But thanks, haha. Just being truthful though. The amount of dick sucking Fleury fans is/was pathetic.
You are wrong again but we are use to that. Someone has to take Stans place. Wait a minute are you one of Yoda’s alter egos hmmm interesting.
I thought you and Yoda are boys.
Not really when he stumbled on to something right had no problem saying it. Really don’t give a shift who I get along with …..
This post is incoherent. Drink your prune juice!
Simply beats the same drum as CBauer.
don’t beat a drum just say what I see that others blind to because of their fandom of Murray
Bauer and Same are closer to their view points. The two biggest idiots on this site. One’s a fake account that’s ran by D. The other one is a guy that yells at drivers to slow down in his neighborhood.
No I am a Fleury fan boy I am pens fan . Murray (when healthy?) has by far the worse glove hand I have seen in 50 years of watching, playing and coaching hockey. But I realize all the rod hockey you have watched they don’t use their glove hand.
Hahaha! Dude just was one of the main reasons we won two Cups. 50 years. Who in the hell would trust what you say. You’re usually at Valley Dairy by 4.
And you said “I am a Fleury fan boy” you stupid, old mother fuckerr. How are you allowed to use internet after ten in you’re “retirement home”?
This is incredible, this team has a solid started for over a decade, a cup winner who blew it for a few years but the fans wanted him run out of town even after it was clear he found his game. Then he’s forced out based on circumstance and we are now crying about the kid that just won 2 cups as a listed rookie lol. Ya, he’s got a hole in that mitt, ya the teams been dog shit much of the year but they’ve been improving. Jarrys looked good his last couple starts… coincidentally the teams been playing… Read more »