Penguins/NHL
Powerhouse Penguins
The Penguins are playing wide open hockey like its the late 1980’s. Creating a ton of chances, giving up a ton of chances.
Senators coach Guy Boucher called the Penguins a “powerhouse” after his hockey team surrendered a 4-2 lead in losing to the Penguins 8-5 on Monday night.
“This group has provided enough evidence that regardless of what happens, we have the firepower, the talent level, the capability to win games,” Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan said. “There’s a belief that regardless of what the score is, we can win.”
The Penguins were big beneficiaries of poor goaltender from Craig Andersen, just as the Senators were beneficiaries of awful goaltending from Marc Andre Fleury who was pulled before the mid-way point of the second period in allowing 4 goals on 16 shots.
Still even as the Penguins fell down 4-2 and were taking penalty after penalty, they couldn’t be contained in creating offense.
The goalie change to Matt Murray and Matt Cullen’s immediate shorthanded goal led to the Penguins scoring three goals in a 6:09 span.
“You just open the door a little bit and they’ll barge in,” Boucher said of the Penguins.
Monday night’s win was the 49th regular season win with Mike Sullivan as head coach. It also marked the 13th regular season win under Sullivan when the Penguins have trailed by 2 or more goals in a game.
Just think if this club fully embraced four scoring lines and had skill and speed around Matt Cullen instead of Eric Fehr and a combination of Scott Wilson/Tom Kuhnhackl.
Players Notes
Sidney Crosby scored his league-leading 17th goal and Crosby has not looked this explosive in blowing by players in the neutral zone in years.
Evgeni Malkin has jumped up to third in the NHL in points with 28 (10-18). His play away from the puck is always going to be poor and inconsistent at times, but he’s playing his best hockey since the 2011-2012 season in his ability to rack up points. Malkin had 2 primary assists in the win to go with a goal.
Matt Cullen’s breakaway backhand goal shorthanded was placed in a perfect spot. He also went 10 of 13 on faceoffs, including a combined 8 of 11 on offensive/defensive zone draws.
Ian Cole/Justin Schultz: Schultz with a goal, assist gives him 3 goals and 3 assists in his last four games. Cole had a pair assists for his third straight multi-point game. Cole has a goal, 6 assists in his last four games. Both d-men also had great nights again in the possession department vs the Senators. Cole 15/7 in even strength shot attempts, Schultz 18/9.
Bryan Rust not only recorded his first career hat trick with 3 goals, 1 assist, it was also his first career multi-goal game in the regular season. Previously had zero multi-goal games in 77 regular season games.
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Shocking Guentzel was sent down… I mean Wilson hasn’t exactly been great but a keen eye picked up on how much better Jake was this pre-season so its surprising Wilson is still up lol
Wilson has to clear, right? That always plays into it.
i think i remember steigy and errey saying that one of the wilkes guys from last year didn’t have to clear waivers? I think it might have been Wilson, though im not certain on that. and the source is only slightly more reputable than ‘people in the know.’
I’m pretty sure that Wilson doesn’t have to clear waivers.
If that’s the case, I guess they presume he just wasn’t going to get enough playing time up here – which is absurd – because he’s earned it.
Malkin with 0 penalties and 11 points in his last 6 games. SABOTAGE
Hey, if Sam cant blame the Russian or Chubby all he will talk about is Orpig, TK, Bennett and DB… at least Malkin is on the team
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So much win lol
New to the board …coming from the other pay site. Lets go Pens!
You mean you paid for access to this site?
Coincidence gaydogg left this site and we get a new member here. Thumbs down this fool already .He probably changed his account to get thumbs ups
What? I just grew tired of the self righteous attitudes of the writers on the other site .. figured I’d give this one a try.
Same sees right through you. You can’t fool him.
This site has no up to date articles and the comment section has been repetitive for 2-3 years now.
This site has no up to date articles and the comment section has been repetitive for 2-3 years now.
yeah its a Great site you get the best updates here .there are some people like Stain or Npl10 they rely heavily on this site
You made a big mistake. This place is a shit show.
Welcome JT. Samthemam is a fat and racist 6 year old and MAF smooshes yodas wife on the reg. There, you’re all up to speed.
So now the patron saint of stupid fans everywhere wants a place to finish out his contract and retire. In all honesty, he is lucky if any team in the NHL will even take a chance on him. If the pens buy him out which is the likely scenario, some one may pay him 1 million for 1 year. After that, he will be out of hockey. The dude isn’t very good and in his 30’s. Not worth it.
“Triggered by Fleury articles”
Oh it’s true
Yeah, no shitt, moron. You don’t know anything. You couldn’t even talk about making a bowl of cold cereal successfully.
If he did he would somehow blame Fleury.
3rd in the league in points=sabotage
Love it!
Nice
The best thing about Yoda is….100% of Penguin fans would be fine with Murray being dubbed ‘the guy” and fleury being a backup, traded, etc…..but hes so obnoxious with how he views the game in blaming the goalie for all failures it makes most posters take the opposing side simply to not be associated with how awful of a fan/hockey pundit he really is
It’s so true… this is the same actions taken with sam. I am a huge Letang and Crosby fan, I do like Geno but find him frustrating like many do. That all said I talk up Malkin as much as possible and shit on Letang and Sid when I can just to pick at him lol. I love MAF but I do realize he has a penchant for soft goals but I also realize that the Pens playing a run and gun style in front of him for years has done him no favours. The simple fact that some cannot… Read more »
Oh im with you….i’ll tear down anything not fleury to not make yoda feel like his opinion is smart at all
Well put.
The goalie isn’t blamed for all failures. However when he has a sub .900% in several playoffs, it is his fault.
I’m a great pens fan. I want to see the best team on the ice. For the past 3 games that didn’t happen. It was an outrage and the pens need fans like me to call them on their BS.
DePaoli = Yoda. Man, Stanch are you going to be crushed when your favorite player is put on waivers.
I’ll be rather indifferent, other than the fact that they can’t manage their assets properly. It won’t matter though – in a year, you’ll just be blaming every goal on Murray – you don’t know any other way.
If it swings that quickly, just wait until he strings another three good games together and trade him for a first rounder.
It will have to be a buyout. Nobody is going to pay the patron saint of clown fans 5.75 million.
“I get triggered by the Fleury articles.” -Yogurt
Guys worse than the story-line of “jizz in my pants” lol
Why pens goalies not doing that good because team in front is not blocking as many shots like they were in playoffs. Taking a lot of lazy risks. As same said before defensive systems plays good for goalies you clowns my hate MJ. But fleury had 10 SO under him.
There 7th in the NHL in blocked shots. Try again.
is this guest status the end of jaydogg?
No more novels
D. Don’t say that about malkin it’s mean. He is worth every 9.5m dime and is as good as sid very comparable just look at his stats this season. #ShitStain
Yes – exactly – he’s one of the top players in the league and he’s showing it. He’s no Jonathan Toews – making a million more than that to basically get 55 points a year. Canadian fraud.
How is Tampax number 9 doing or wild’s number 11
How is “Tampax” #86 doing? or penguins number 71?
Apparently Trotz is super pissed at ovechkin for taking many dumb penalties. I think it’s just a Russian thing
Well that’s because you’re a xenophobe who’s never left Montreal. You probably just dislike Russians because they insist on showering, using deodorant and refuse to surrender at the first sign of trouble.
“if they have CAN move Fleury”
He just turned 32…..Get your facts straight..
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