Penguins/NHL
Penguins excel vs Jets in critical area
The Penguins Friday night ran their winning streak to eight games with an impressive 4-0 shutout win over the Winnipeg Jets.
Whether the Jets are a Stanley Cup contender like they are now or a bottom-feeder like they were for so long, things never change when it comes to Pittsburgh getting a ‘W’ against the Jets/Thrashers franchise.
It’s just automatic.
Pittsburgh’s winning streak has seen them feast on non-playoff teams and this one was the most impressive win thus far of the streak.
The underlying #’s don’t tell the story of how good the Penguins were vs the Winnipeg.
Pittsburgh finished the night a brutal 39% (5vs5) in possession, but they were about even in scoring chances and were +5 in high danger chances (all situations).
As it’s been the case for a couple years now, When the Penguins are playing a speed game like they were vs the Jets — if the scoring chances/high danger chances are strong with the high-end talent they have, the possession numbers should be an afterthought. —
It was a game the Penguins felt in control all night.
And it started with how well the Penguins tracked the puck on the forecheck and most notably with back pressure through the neutral zone and into defensive zone.
You saw a team in Pittsburgh look a lot quicker than Winnipeg.
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“I think they [Pittsburgh] were faster than we were, that’s a fact,” Jets coach Paul Maurice said. “But they looked like they’ve looked recently on their streak. They looked quick.”
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The Jets are a bigger, methodical group of offensive forwards who get a lot of their offense inside the circles.
Pittsburgh structure was very good, looking like a team that put a game-plan in place like it was a playoff game with a second/third layer group of defenders that kept the Jets to the outside and made it awfully tough for Winnipeg to get pucks through.
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The Penguins blocked 25 shots in the win. Marcus Pettersson led the Penguins with 4.
[hide] “They have real good sticks. Knocked a lot of stuff down, blocked an awful lot of shots,” Maurice said.
Matt Murray is back to being franchise caliber Matt Murray
Matt Murray with a 33 save shutout vs Winnipeg see’s him improve to 7-0-0 with a 1.27 GAA and .962 save percentage since returning from injury, along with two shutouts during that stretch.
Very early on, Murray again looked in the zone where it felt like the Jets would never score on him and they didn’t.
Murray was in complete control, looking a step ahead of shooters and that’s when he’s always been at his best.
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Murray who was one of the worst statistical goaltenders at one point this season, is now 11-5-1 with a .289 GAA and .913 SV% on the season.
— Dominik Simon took home the games No. 1 star with a goal, team-high 7 shots on goal and was 59% in possession.
It Took Simon sometime to get going again after returning from injury, but the last couple games show why the coaching staff, especially Mark Recchi are so high on him.
His high hockey IQ meshes well with star talent in being in the right place with puck support, ect, that the coaches really like about him.
It’s the case with Sidney Crosby where the Penguins can always put Simon up on the top line for stretches and the coaches feel Simon can be a much better long-term fit with Evgeni Malkin than Tanner Pearson because of Simon’s better ability to get the puck to Malkin in high danger areas.
Hahahahahaha NPL still believes the pre-election polls. What a jackass. Trump wins again…..easily.
What do you expect he is a democRAT
Democrats are a party of demonic standards .they could care less for citizens ,because citizens are rejecting their lieing false leadership . They have no platform to match trump .
They have babies, support abortions domestically and globally. High taxes have no God but big government. They stand against anything for the good of this nation
P.S. npl suckss 4 LIFE
Hornqvist has another concussion. ZAR out with a broken hand.
How about Murray?
Is he fine ?
There is an article about haglin reflecting his time in Pittsburgh. The guy seem sad being traded to LA
hahahaha I usually hate twitter and what Trump says on there but the recent tweet with him thanking Obama for his support, is pretty good.
I just hope social security doesn’t run out of cash reserves by 2034 like predicted. A 21% drop in payout is a noticeable difference. Maybe they will just raise the retirement age again or add another tax
I wonder if the Pens speed game and NZ/DZ structure helped the Pens beat Fla? D please enlighten us.
They’ve won 8 straight now so probably
The US has 56,000 illegals in our federal prison system not to mention the countless in the state pen. system. Doesn’t that financial burden essentially fall on tax payers?
Wall or no wall, theyre not going to stop trying to come here illegally. Most are seeking asylum and apprehension in thr US is seen as the lesser of two evils, because the other evil is harm/death. Yes there are a few criminals but its estimated to be about 1/460. To put that in perspective, 1/12 US citizens has a criminal record.
Forget the wall i’m talking about acknowledging there is a real problem with the southern border. I just don’t understand why someone seeking asylum from a country that oppresses them would march to the border waving that country’s flag and getting violent with border officials. Regardless, there is no way in hell tax dollars should go towards anything involving illegals
They’re all planned. I’m sure DemocRats are behind it
People just don’t wake up and say let’s all walk to the border at sane time this is organized to pass trump
Dusty talking politics. Kids say the cutest things. Based on his posts about the Pens, I can see he knows nothing about politics either.
He rides the struggle bus on a daily basis.
That bus is filling up.
What kind of temper tantrum will NPL throw in his pants suit when Trump wins the election again in 2020?
The majority of America, like in 2016, would be upset but I think the midterm showed Trump is in big trouble outside of his base, specifically in battleground states. (Although Florida fuckked up yet again) Its now up to the democrats to produce a likeable candidate – something they failed at miserably in 2016.
I say all of this knowing you wont comprehend most of it, but oh well.
I bet Beto wins at least the primary.
“Letang is the most consistent” -Sam
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Sam(e)’s bandwagon is very consistent.
So Crosby and Ovie are dead even in career regular season points at 1169. Ovie obviously has more goals but Crosby has played 139 less games. Crazy.
And your Russian 26 points away from 1000 let’s see if he gets that this year or next
Common sense would say this year, so I can see why you couldn’t come to that conclusion.
Again, when did I start owning Russians? The guy is having one “bad” year and he is still producting at a point per game. He has been bad with the penalties this year but that can be corrected and his +/- is -11. In his first 12 seasons his worst was -6 and over those 12 years he is. +103 and a -11. The guy helped the Penguins win 3 cups. One bad half season and he is terrible… meanwhile your $10.5 boy Price is average at best and not a peep out of you. Again, you are so transparent… Read more »
Bad with penalties this year ? Try last 4 years his leading the team in that department. This shows you just start watching hockey and just realized his taking bad penalties. Certified clown
When you are done looking up stats online you will see that Letang lead the team in PIM one of those 4 years. If you are gonna go back at someone at least get your stats right and if you are going to call someone a clown at least have your mom proof read your posts first. You make Don Cherry look smart. Keep trying though.
Hahahaha thank God for google eh. At least I say things without looking. The only year letang beat him was 66vs 65. And that year malkin played 59 games imagine full season who would’ve won the penalties? Tell me Mr google
Yeah, you seem to use it a lot.
Chuck Schumer in 2009: 630 miles of border fence made our southern border far more secure because it created a significant barrier to illegal immigration
And criminals tunneled under it. Not sure how making it taller and wider would solve that. Lesson learned. Time to invest in technology and human capital. $1.6B should cover it.
Did you guys see reaves fight McQuaid
The over/under for Trump lies tonight was 3.5. That was absurdly low.
https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/claudiakoerner/betting-wins-trump-speech-lies-gambling
lol that’s pretty good
Random question….Are you against unions?
Are you kidding me he is a fat lazy fuckk he is for union. Work less then his colleague get paid same.
That’s the way DemocRATS want
No but think it needs refined. Right to Work is a sham.
Agreed but refined how?
My main issue is, unions are supposed to provide skilled workers to employers, and in-turn, ensure a fair wage for that skilled worker. Often times unions cater to those with seniority and fail to help develop new skilled workers, turning that “fair wage” into an overpay. Add this to the lack of incentive for the most senior members due to strong job security and you stifle organizational efficiency, causing that business to cut corners elsewhere.
Agreed, unless those union workers are entry level production workers with no skill. In this case,you would have to go by seniority when awarding vacations/bids/etc.
Since the democrats are all about hiring moron bartenders to office, does this mean that Gaydogg is going to be on the ballot next election?
English speaking Sam with another doozy.
I miss Gaydog and Stanchion and Zero…and
I miss Zetterberg and the Green Arrow.
This fleury guy looks like he might be able to win a cup or two in his career
Well, hes got one. So half way there!
I hear he has a lot of choking fits in the spring. It must be allergy his allergies.
I didn’t watch but I’m guessing Trump crushed it tonight.
Of course he did.
The only thing i agree with the democrats on is that they should not be separating children from their illegal immigrant parents. The children should be on a trip out of the usa with their illegal parents. No need to keep them here.
It being democracy.
tears in my eyes
Yeah like you crush on here.
“Letang is the most consistent” -Sam
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This Matt Murray guy looks like he might be able to win a Cup or two in his career
As long as Crosby shows up and makes up for malkin. Yes he might have chance lol
As long as Carey Price shows up the… oh wait, nevermind.
It doesnt matter how great Crosby is if their goalie is shltting down his own leg during the playoffs. Remember how Fleury butchered all those Cup chances during Sid’s prime?
Shhhh…. that never happened.
Coming from someone that his own mom doesn’t know how to shut her legs for her famous ganngbang events
I mean, if youre gonna have a gang bang, no sense in shutting your legs.
Looks like a queer to me
Zing.
Murray was the best player on the ice. Letang owes him a beer for bailing him out time after time.
Does anyone on here have Altice ?
Letang is an embarrassment on the powerplay. Cant wait for Schultz to come back.
Base on one segment. The guy is the most consistent player for the penguins but obviously we don’t watch the same game.
Letang? Consistent?
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Dude get lost stop watching sports and stop watching so called American politics. It aint for you. Just go to some KFC and scoff yourself and make sure your triple chin stays consistent
Playing in Florida or Pittsburgh it’s same museum atmosphere
Well it is a good thing you never went to Pittsburgh for a game.
They better tighten up the sloppy PP.
Vasilevskiy to REPLACE Price at the allstar game bc Price bailed. Just more proof that the All Star voting is a joke. Some players that get in are just participation trophies bc someone has to represent their team. You should be voted in on merrit, not bc people happen to know your last name. Glad I haven’t watched the all star game in years.
Surprised your Russian is not going
I was not aware that I owned any Russians.
Great post!
The problem is, it’s party vs party. There is no working together AT ALL. It’s so bad that these clowns will oppose each other’s ideas, even if it’s to better the country. As long as it’s against the opposite side, they don’t care.
We agree there. Its disgusting. This country needs a president who has centrist ideals to bring this country together but, unfortunately, they’d stand no shot at winning an election in this reality TV show-like political landscape.
Finally you agree USA is a laughing stock and that watching American news is like a soap opera. And I’ve said this way before trump. Haha another thing Sam is a head of its time
“As you said” before or after you guaranteed Jeb Bush would be the next president? Wrong again Sam!
Any time he starts off with “as I’ve said before” you know the following statements were never typed by his fat little hands.
He’s an idiot. He has never been right about anything. But i honestly think hes too stupid to realize it.
I think he sees something and wishes he would have thought to say it. At that point, he takes it as his own to make himself feel better. I’d be curious to see how a psychologist diagnoses him.
Severe case of chronic dumbfuckery
Wow Sam(e), before your prediction the two party system was getting along so well. You must be so wise. Why can’t Montreal win a cup?
Democratic mega donor Ed Buck lol
Unfortunate. Hopefully Sam learns from these types of mistakes.
Lets all get hammered tonight and take a shot every time Trump lies.
Just like Clinton
And OJ got away with murder, does that make it OK?
The way your mom lied to your father when she was hosting secret ganggbang events
I like how AOC couldn’t answer Anderson Cooper when he asked how she planned on paying for the $40 trillion in big government programs she supports. lol she’s in way too deep
And yet you’re obsessing over a freshman house rep
One term
I’m obsessing over pretty much the face of the new democratic party. Just like you obsess over Trump.
Youre comparing the president to a freshman rep? Thats apples and a fat orange right there.
Boy this Finland team surprised a lot of teams in the tournament
All the other smart people on this site have left.
Thanks to npl10 and his thumbs down crew they have done a fantastic job chasing good people away from this site
Who?
Last time hawks played vs pens. Hawks were 8 game LOSING streak pens made sure that streak stops.
Now this time pens were in 8 game winning streak and hawks made sure it stops
Pens are fine. Cup or bust.
Should have started Murray
Why
Take the bait.
Ok. Hook in mouth
Killin it. Sam loves when you post. Friends Forever.
And so do you.
I do. Keep it up.
Now that pens loss people can stop their drooling a little bit.
As in being happy they are winning? You just aren’t because you’re a Montreal fan trolling a Pittsburgh board.
Kane > Toews
Thank God pens don’t play the hawks in the playoffs
Why can’t we ever beat Chicago? Weird.
Yeah last year 10-0
We haven’t beaten them since March of 2014.
Keith his first of the season
Now drool some more.
Keith is Canadian and near retirement – Sam’s wet dream.
Kunitz and ex penguin maybe you can start drooling over a past player again TD is near can’t wait to see how many washed up players names you’ll be throwing on the wall hoping one sticks and never happens.
That’s you, chubster. Joe Thornton, Marty St Louis, Hudler. You love the old guys. Everyone here knows it. Don’t try to lie. You’re already an idiot, may as well not be a liar.
Kunitz first goal of the season
Now drool
Thanks box score.
Kunitz… really?
Now drool
Thanks for the goal Toews. Nice pass Geno.
“Do you know where those 4,000 people come, where they are captured? Airports … the state department says there hasn’t been any terrorists found coming across the southern border.”
Fox News’ Chris Wallace embarrassing Sarah Sanders
Samply Dusty back together again! Jesus Christ they are stupid fn people.
There is one stupid here and it’s you. Just look at your obsession you even changed your name and stuck with it. Unless you changed because your bf Micheal Sam wants it that way. Your love must be so deep that you even went to Montreal and get his remaining of his belongings
Too stupid to realize how stupid he is. Poor guy.
“Let’s trade a young, 2x Stanley Cup winning goaltender who is playing some of the best hockey of his career and has a small cap hit. Let’s then bring in a veteran who’s less talented and has worse numbers than our backup goalie. That will make the team better.” – maloni
Once again proving that percentages and statistical analysis are good for Message Board and Site fodder but the game is played by human biengs that are unpredictable. It being the second thursday of the week on a rainy day wearing the Yellow jerseys means very little. Go Pens.
Rothey, your girlfriend is gonna be on 60 minutes tonight. Can’t wait!
She won because of demographics.
Welcome to politics?
I don’t think that applies to every election. Just my opinion
Tbj, the tard that defended Fleury to the bitter end. Still got your #29 PJs.
Ask him if he still wants #58 gone this year
I would’ve preferred last year, before he handed Washington the series.
If you’re going to make stuff up, you should be able to do better than that. Blow it up, right maloni?
Nice to see simply, the virginal bandwagon and maloni showing their angst and stupidity when the Pens start doing well
Dude, We’ve had this discussion before you’re out of your league. Stay in the back of the bus with the junior varsity
Blow it up.
What’s the countdown till Murray’s next injury?
Usually he averages 19 games
I’ll take the under. I’m sure somebody will bump his mask soon and trigger off another concussion.
Thanks for joining Samin hating the Pens. The fan base is getting smarter by the day.
No, I just hate Murray and Simon….and I guess Sullivan too. I actually love the Pens more than any Pittsburgh pro or college team.
More like fan base is waking up and coming down from the fantasy drooling land to reality
Subban vs webber
Worst trade ever!
Yeah one became a captain and the other one is 4th best D in team and is nothing but a power play specialist. But box scores like you just look at points and drool the way you drool over malkins play
Becoming the Captain in Montreal is not a hard thing to do. According to you their last one was a fraud. And the other is one piece of the second ranked defense in the NHL and helped lead his team to the Stanley Cup Finals. Keep trying there Bandwagon Sam(e).
Are you serious ? Team didnt even need him to make playoffs he was injured and in finals were all saw how be choked. Keep trying box score because that’s where your hockey IQ stops
His still hasn’t live up to his contract yet. His last year as habs still better than what he has done with preds.
If he was that good why did team Canada make him sit and use weber during the tournament. Subban was nothing but a water boy for the D squad you had players like velasic playing over him
You know what subban is he is nothing but a marketing tool. And makes dumb fans like you and npl discover hockey
He played in all 22 Nashville games the playoffs. Most players are injured during the playoffs. And MAF chocked many many times in the playoffs. You don’t blame him for it. Your Canadian bias is so obvious. PK has also played 50 more games the Webber since they were traded and his best year in Nashville was one point less then his best in Montreal and was again voted 3rd in the Norris race. If he was still in Montreal you be worshipping him just as you do Fleury. Touraments mean shit! They are a tiny sample size and you… Read more »
Shultz skated today before practice.
Heard Mario skated too. In the best shape of his life.
Mario is hurt again? Trade him!
I would like to hear the reasoning behind Simon’s goal being all the way across the goal line. If the cross-bar cam had a role in the ref’s decision, I don’t think the goal should have counted. The camera is positioned in the back of the net up-high to distinguish goals when the puck is close to the ice, but the angle is not aligned flush to the goal line. I understand positioning the cross-bar camera closer to the mouth of the goal could interfere with well-placed shots up high, but the angle can’t definitively say this puck and glove… Read more »
I don’t know. That video was pretty compelling.
the cameras are literally in the middle of the crossbar directly above the goal line
I love Horny, and I’ve always liked Simon, but those two with Malkin are hard to watch. Take Kessel off the 3rd line and they’re a disaster, althogh Pearson looked good last night. Matt Cullen is done. Rack up the wins now and make some big trades before the playoffs. Pens could win the cup with a decent veteran goalie. Murray, Maatta and Brassard should all be in play.
They just won two with the one they have. You would incessantly cry about goaltending regardless of who they have, as do most people who don’t understand the game.
You’re missing the point dumbass. Pens have holes to fill (LW, D, 3C) and limited assets to fill the holes. They could get a decent return for Murray and still compete for the cup. Brassard is not coming back next year and unless you think he’s integral to a Cup then Pens should move him. Maatta is expendable.
No, you’re missing the point, dumbass. If you’re trying to win a cup, you don’t trade a young goalie who’s playing at an elite level and who’s already had as much playoff success as any goalie in the league. Sid could bring a return, so let’s trade him too, right? Christ, you’re a moron.
We also have 8-9 NHL defensemen with Schultz in the lineup. Funny how you say we need a defenseman, goalie and center, yet you want to trade a defenceman, goalie and center. That’s a Sam level post.
Brassard needs to go. He does not fit the system, he never did. Problem is is will GMJR trade Brass thus proving he made a mistake last year? I never understood brining Cullen back just like I never understood giving JJ a contract of any size. JR managed to shed two terrible contracts and then waste the money on JJ.
I’m fine with trading Brassard and Maatta. They would both get a good return and would help solidify our top 9. I also wouldn’t mind acquiring a 2nd or 3rd off someone if we can without moving a key piece, as our prospect pool could really use some work.
Pretty much sounds like my post. Original thinking.
Nah, you’re hellbent on trading our goaltender and bringing in a veteran with less success that makes more, since that makes sense. Or a defenceman when we already have 8. I’m not sure that you’ve ever posted anything that has made any type of sense.
That’s because you do t understand the game. Pens don’t have 4 top 4 Dmen. They have 6 bags of shit
JJ has been good.
6 of those 9 defense are 5-7 quality. After all these years you should know better than to question my player personnel judgement. I guess we’ll see.
Coming from a guy that wants to add another high paid centre like kopitar and expect him to play 3rd line.
Brassard and mattaa for kopitar. I’m sure King’s will do that in a heart beat to please bandwagon’s like you
Lol you’re too dumb to argue with.
Nope, I said LW, D and a 3c. My post is litrerally right in front of you.
Murray is a fraud. Don’t fall in love with his December performance, or any other player. This team as currently constructed isn’t winnibg a cup. How do you plug the holes? Gotta give something to get something.
You said the same thing both years they won the cup. You and the virginal bandwagon must be related.
This post is very Sam like. Jesus.
Didn’t know you had so much respect for Sam
Best Pen’s performance in a long time. Murray is still a fraud and that 4th line sucks.
…yeah but simon whiffed on a wide open cage and caught a toe pick when malkin set him up in the slot. i’m not impressed. he has been in the top 6 all year and has how many goals????
Even Murray admits team in front of him won the game for him not him. Even desmith could’ve have won
He still hasn’t stole a game this year as I said he wins games based team shows up in front of him and right now team is playing some good hockey. Except the Russian that is still on vacation.
This is the perfect time to ride Murray’s dickk and npl doing and amazing job at that
Murray > Fleury
Every goalie says that! You just need a reason to b!tch.
Murray played so poorly at the beginning of the year and still has a better save percentage than Fleury.