Penguins – Panthers Fallout
Highlighted by a Sidney Crosby hat trick in a 10:45 span, Crosby and his line took over the game in a Penguins 4-0 win over the Panthers on Sunday afternoon.
Jake Guentzel (3 primary assists) and Conor Sheary assisted on all three Crosby goals.
“They’ve been a dynamic line for us,” Mike Sullivan said afterwards…..”The three of them, to a man have all played terrific for us,” said Sullivan.
As was the case today, the Crosby line was unstoppable again.
What all three continue to do so well is support each other away from the puck below the dots that is making the line so hard to defend, despite the smallish stature of the line.
“Biggest thing that makes them is how well they support each other down low,” said Sullivan. “They play that give and go game.”
— A big sidebar in the victory was the Penguins defensive coverage.
What made the Penguins so hard to beat last post-season was their defensive play through the neutral zone. That showed up today for the shorthanded Penguins where Pittsburgh’s forwards limited the Panthers skating lanes and the forward group as a whole tracked the puck extremely well [hide] where the Panthers couldn’t get many zone entries with speed.
“We’ve got to become a team that stingier defensively and we did a pretty good job of that tonight,” said Sullivan. “Thought we did a good job of taking their speed away in the neutral zone.”
A weakness of the Penguins defensively is when they get matched up against bigger forwards.
They combated that well today in not letting the Panthers create much off the cycle, despite missing the likes of Kris Letang and Ron Hainsey.
“They’ve got big forwards. Like what we did down low against them,” said Sullivan.
— Marc Andre Fleury didn’t need to be great but in earning the 21-save shutout, he’s starting to apply a little bit of pressure with a save percentage over .940 in his last five starts.
What stood out with Fleury was how well he was reading the play which has been a positive for him of late and with his angles.
“It’s great, we’re so happy for him,” Sullivan said of Fleury’s recent hot streak following the deadline. “Such a great person and pro. Both of those guys [Murray and Fleury], they’re just good people.”
— The Panthers were not able to take advantage of offensive zone time/attempts they created against the Penguins bottom players.
Derrick Pouliot was on the ice for just 5 attempts for and 13 against, while Tom Sestito, Carter Rowney were also under 30% in shot attempts for percentage.
Despite the poor possession numbers, thought Pouliot was a little better in all facets today. He did a nice job on the Vince Trocheck 2-on-1 in taking away the pass.
NHL SCORING RACE
- Sidney Crosby | 40 Goals – 40 Assists – 80 Points
- Connor McDavid | 25 Goals – 55 Assists – 80 Points
- Brad Marchand | 37 Goals – 42 Assists – 79 Points
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#FatLivesMatter
Murray gets the start, yoda can now separate his tiny balls from his tight pink panties!
It’s kinda criminal considering Fleury’s last start. Maybe they just feel they can get Murray a soft win and let him build some confidence against a team full of losers like Buffalo.
Let’s see if pens can do another comeback with 4 unanswered goals for Murray and give him the W like they did the last time they played the sabres. My only concern is I think the new magic number for Murray is 5
My concern is you being the 75 percent mentally illness with no medication. ZING!
I’m not sure if there is enough room to cite all the concerns one world have about same. He’s fat, stupid, poor, slob of a bandwagon fan. That’s only to start.
Yeah – but his mom supports him – that has to mitigate some of the concerns.
The way the government and the food stamps supports you
Right sam. Food stamps. Which do you think is more likely? That I’m on food stamps? Or I have watches that cost more than your car?
Food stamps.
You’d be wrong.
Nah. Youve created an internet persona and are losing your grip with reality.
If you say so. But then again, in your reality, Hillary was gonna win in a landslide.
I love it when you shit talk others for having to rely on others for support… you live in one of the highest cost beneficiaries of the transfer payments in this country, and you’re not even in real Canada lol
Typical scumbag sully always protecting his Murray
Stanley Cup winning scumbag Sully**
Fuckkoff… you’re just as stupid as yoda is for hating MAF. Or is this a “Murray is from real Canada” thing… bet if he was born under that fruity blue flag of yours you’d be hugging his balls right now… and caressing them… and hugging again… #SnowFrogfromFakeCanada
I actually said pretty much exactly this to a few people today!
What I have learned through the insider comments section: YODA = HORRIBLE FAN, WILL ROOT FOR HIS TEAM TO LOSE BECAUSE HE PERSONALLY DOESNT LIKE A PLAYER…CAN ONLY ASSESS A GAME BASED ON GOALIE PRODUCTION…..AND HE HAS NO KNOWLEDGE OF THE GAME OF HOCKEY OUTSIDE OF WHATS BETWEEN THE PIPES, AND EVEN THAT KNOWLEDGE IS SUSPECT AND POOR. SAMTHEMAN = CANT ENJOY WATCHING ANY PLAYER THATS NOT CANADIAN AND WILL HAVE A BIASED VIEW BASED ON NATIONALITY AS OPPOSED TO ACTUAL PRODUCTION…ALSO WRITES LIKE A RETARD, HIS WORLD VIEWS SUGGEST HE IS RETARDED, A 5 YEAR OLD, OR A RETARDED… Read more »
I wish I could like this more!
ColeTrain: Hasn’t mastered caps lock
ZeroCool: Fake Canadian
Maloni: American Sam
Cory: Mistakenly wants to talk hockey
Stan: Suppresses gay feelings for Jake Tapper
Toews: More expensive, less productive than Conor Sheary
Ah, so that’s what I’m doing wrong.
i did caps on purpose…i was yelling….literally the whole time
Well next time you yell, say less and use fake stats. Its more presidential.
no no i’ll build a wall around all of the p***y i want to grab,,,,,box them in…so i can grab their box..ahhhh see what i did there
Omg where can I place my vote? Ill be Russian to the ballot box and Putin a check mark next to your name comrade.
Ha! Another mentally illness fat liberal that is part of the 75% untreated
You are mentally illness.
I believe the correct term is wanna-be american
Remember when that pud flipped out of Trump’s taxes? That was so good.
I get it Stan. He’s intelligent, handsome and caring. No one is blaming you for wanting a mouthful of Jake Tapper.
I bet people blame him for supposedly being an informed “news” source, but not knowing what an NOL Carryforward is or how it works.
That makes you want to dress him in a full leather spandex body suit and call him a bad boy, doesnt it? Stanch, you little rascal you.
You don’t know what it is either, do you 🙂
Nope. Does it have something to do with microwave surveillance? 😉
I love watching how much this pains you – don’t worry, only 94 months to go!
If you’re able to ignore the real life repercussions of an excruciatingly inept administration, watching Trump’s daily gaffes is quite entertaining.
What real life repercussions have you experienced NPL – do tell. What I’ve noticed is that portfolio is worth about 14% more than it was on Nov 8th. Oh the horror! I’ll tell you what he hasn’t done – put us $10 trillion further in the hole and signed a health care bill that can’t sustain itself (although I do believe #2 out of those is increasingly possible). The $10 trillion thing is going to be tough to top. Speaking of inept. Meh. What’s $10 trillion amongst friends?
Npl : the fat lazy Democrat that comes here talks about everything but hockey
And thumbs down people with his multiple accounts
I dont think im lazy. Did you see all the effort I put in to providing research to undeniably prove American hero Conor Sheary is better than Canadian fraud Johnathan Toews? You didnt even comment, the stats were that lopsided.
The way you worked hard to sabotage trumps campaign with your protests of black lives matter. You are one he’ll of a hard working person you definitely need a raise at 15$ minimum wage
WAT?
You forgot about king puck. Mcshady and Lancer. Oh I know they all left this site thanks to you you fat slob
Frankie Corrado is free.
Who would have ever thought the president of the United States would be colluding with Russia. Strange times.
Who would’ve ever thought Trump would win presidency? lol I remember when people were saying no chance.
Here’s a video for you if you forgot.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ut0TaegQ-kw
You
… for clarification
You’re a fuckinn idiot you fat slobb
Apparently 25% of liberals are on medication for mental illness .that’s scary it means 75% are running around untreated.
You seem truly invested in American politics. #FakeCanadian
Hey Yoda I know you only keep track of Murray’s good stats but since trade deadline March 1st. Fleurys stats are 3-1-1. 1.67GAA. Care to share what is Murray’s stats since March 1st?
Sheary > Toews
Try Paul Byron > Parise
Are you suggesting that in 12 more games Parise wouldnt have caught Byron?
Last I checked toews has more points then Sheary. He has been playing some good hockey lately buy you are to stupid to know that because you follow shitstain
With 20 more games played. Impressive.
Nothing beats Sunday afternoon hockey in march.
Not going to lie, I was praying the panthers were going to break the shutout. Every time the Saint puts a few good games together moreheist and the fans are going to want him in the playoffs which means the pens will go down 0-2 immediately. Bye bye in the 1st round if they stick the Saint in.
Letting in 1 goal instead of none would have done wonders.
https://media.giphy.com/media/TlK63ERYSGQsdqG04uc/giphy.gif
Of course you were praying for him to let in a goal. He slipped one past your goalie, and you’ve been a butthurt little broad about it ever since.
I don’t even think he prays about himself at nights yet prays about fleury and the pens to fail
What find of disgusting fan are you
*kind
Typical, what a fucken loser lol. Go find another team to cheer and hate on you silly twaat
You should be very thankful that pens did not trade Fleury at the TD.because like many teams since TD they have like 16 games in 30 days so having 2 good goalies is a very good luxury. Look at caps and wild having okay backup is catching up to them and they are losing a lot more games then other teams since the trade deadline luckily their early season points helping them still maintain their top spots. You are a fraud and claims to have season tickets I’m surprised no one beat you up at pens games yet even tho… Read more »
You do understand the fans dont pick who plays you moron……and thats the def of a non fan “i was hoping they would lose the shutout”…so essentially you root against them making you the WORST kind of fan….
not really. i’m a smart fan who wants the circus clown as far away from the post season as possible. only homers, yinzers, fanboys, and circus lovers want st.bleury. it’s true too because no other GM would go anywhere near him at the deadline.
You’re a ************* that doesn’t really know what he is talking about at the best of times that hides when his twisted view on things fails him. If you were a smart fan you’d see that Murray has been very inconsistent as of late and it’s nice to have MAF playing well to back him up while he is working things out. This fear you have about MAF wrestling the job back is nothing more than your own personal hard on rubbing up on the zipper of your pants… Murray is the full time starter but if he slips MAF… Read more »
Not a smart fan…a smart fan doesnt find reasons to root against their team…..a smart fan would want a solid backup like fleuryfor when murray has a bad night and hes had quite a few recently…..a smart fan wouldnt root against his team based on his hatred for a player…you SHOULD still root for the player to do well because that means your team is winning…
Smart! Oh man, that’s rich.
Sid’s 2016-2016 goal totals are at 40.
Trade him
I’m just happy his vacation is finally over. Let’s hope he doesn’t take another one in the playoffs like he usually does
137 points in 124 playoff games. Always on vacation.
its goofy when people thumb down for pointing out d’s errors.
The thing I like about Guentzel and Sheary is, they make their linemates better.
You think bozo? Or its really the other way around since sid has more points then them
All you see is points. Hockey is more than points, Samuel.
Nice to see Americans Guentzel and Kessel step up with the Pens Russian leader out of the lineup.
Three stars of the game:
1. Kessel (USA) – game winner assist
2. Guentzel (USA) – 3 assists
3. Sheary (USA) – 3 assists
Well we definitely know it wasn’t Fleury… I mean screw the fact that he badly outplayed the other guy in Pittsburgh the last couple games, you know… losing to Philly and needing the team to bail him out of a shot start vs the conference doormat, he actually poke checked his own guy on route to a shutout. The little things are truly important lol
Fleury did play well, but its a proven fact that French Canadians do not have the mental toughness to perform well in high pressure situations. Cant trust him in the playoffs.
This is sound, I concur fully!
While fleury stopped 21 shots. Your American overpaid frauds couldn’t stop 21 shots combined tonight. Bishop and quick they looked good tonight and might even miss the playoffs.
The best part of St bleurys game today was when he poke checked his own D man of a clearing attempt with 16:05 left in the 3rd. Perfect display of his horrible hockey sense. Hahahaha
You are sad bro real sad what does your kids think of fleury or your family members do you annoy them too.
Same burning yoda, the forums at their best!
Best part of Fleurys game was the fact that the team didn’t give up four fucken goals lol! You’re such a dumb fucken Butthurt scorned lover lol
The best thing was you looking like a fool…again. Same as it ever was….