Penguins/NHL
PENGUINS 6 – DUCKS 2
The Sidney Crosby showed continued Monday night.
Crosby scored two breakaway goals and added two assists in leading the Penguins to a 6-2 victory over the red-hot Anaheim Ducks.
The Penguins came out of gates flying and scored twice in the first 10:06 of the game on deflection goals from Chris Kunitz (10), 3:38 into the first, and Conor Sheary (3) at 10:06 at the period.
Any time there was a push from the Ducks, Pittsburgh responded and they smelled blood on making the Ducks pay for defensive breakdowns.
Ryan Getzlaf scored with 50 seconds left in the first to cut the Penguins lead to 2-1 and 16 seconds later Carl Hagelin (5) scores a breakaway goal off a neutral zone breakdown from Anaheim and the Penguins go to first intermission up 3-1.
Anaheim would never get within one goal over the final 40:17 of the game.
The final two periods would be the Sidney Crosby show with two dazzling individual goals.
A product of the Penguins new defensive system under Mike Sullivan is a man-to-man read and react system. The center only parks himself behind the net when the D need support.
On Crosby’s breakaway goal with 4:59 left in the second period, the puck goes up top to Ryan Getzlaf (who is Sidney Crosby man in the d-zone) at the blueline and Crosby comes all the way from the left post aggressively at Getzlaf, takes a great angle, creates the turnover and is in all alone on Gibson and buries one past Gibson 5-hole before the young Ducks netminder ever gets set.
Crosby goal pic.twitter.com/JeXaBFRH2F
— Stephanie (@myregularface) February 9, 2016
It was a sensational defensive play as Getzlaf likely expected pressure from the winger up top not Crosby coming out of nowhere at him up the middle of the ice.
Crosby then one upped himself with an even better goal in what was the backbreaking goal of the game, just 3:35 into the third period after the Ducks got within two goals late in the second period.
— Stephanie (@myregularface) February 9, 2016
Crosby wasn’t done just yet.
He then led the rush off a Ducks turnover in the neutral zone to setup Olli Maatta for the Penguins sixth goal of the game off a 3-on-1 rush at 6:47 of the period.
Crosby’s four point night gives him 22 points in his last 11 games and after scoring goals No. 23 and 24 on the season, he has 18 goals in his last 19 games.
Since the second half of the 2009-2010 season through the 2010-2011 season that was cut short for Crosby due to the concussion issues, Crosby has never regained the type of goal scoring ability he possessed during that period of peak prime or has he? We may be heading down the road again.
Crosby in the midst of an 11 game points streak (12 Goals – 10 Assists) now has a career long seven game goal streak and look at the shooting percentages over those seven games.
20.0%
33.3%
50.0%
37.5%
33.3%
16.7%
66.7%
Crosby’s shooting percentage during the 11 game points streak is 29%. His career shooting percentage is 14.4%.
When Crosby was at his best as a goal scorer from 2009-2011, he had a shooting percentage of 17.7% in 2009-2010, his only 50 goal season and 19.9% in 41 games during the 2010-2011 season.
With a nine game goal scoring streak at home, the last time Crosby didn’t score a goal at home was almost two months ago on December 19, 2015.
this news is just for Gaydogg Npl and stan
http://www.ctvnews.ca/health/bilingual-children-better-at-problem-solving-study-1.2767495
Good to know. Ill be sure to remember that if we ever have a bilingual child on tiops.
It says bilingual dipshit… I bet the only thing worse than your english is your french
Crosby has a lot going for him right now. He’s skating very well, anticipating, finishing – and he’s not French.
Pouliot has gotten better every game. He keeps it up and the Pens are only a 2nd pairing dman away from having a legit playoff-worthy D group.
If only they can get rid of lovejoy
Thank god they got rid of Despres.
It’s a shame Cole has regressed so much. He must look lifeless in practice if he can’t get back in for a game. He needs to keep his head up, as he’ll be forced into action at some point this year. Dumo all year and DP’s improvements have been great suprised. I’d like to add a 2nd pairing guy for Daley and then drop Dumo with DP. Tell Lovejoy he’s #7 now.
The trade this team needs to make is the Ian Cole trade from last year – or a variation thereof. Someone that’s stuck behind a great D-corps that can be had on the cheap, but can thrive here, at least in the short term. Hopefully, this one doesn’t bomb out the following year, but that’s kinda what they need to look at.
Man, I’m also impressed(and happy) with the WBS call ups. Rust is a keeper. I’m still waiting to see something special from Wilson. Looks like an ordinary career AHLer.
Bottom 6 been good but come playoffs you need bonino, fehr Cullen experience down there when teams shut sid and malkin line you need your 3rd 4th do the same. Tonight’s pens vs ducks game was like the old caps vs pens type game. Free for all pond hockey style
Can someone translate this?
Samslation: The Pens should not be scoring so many goals because it helps them win. To be a good team, you need to bore the opposition to sleep and lose by one. But unfortunately, since the Pens have to go to the playoffs now, they’ll need Bonino and Fehr’s combined 4 even strength goals in the playoffs when Crosby gets shut down come playoff time.
Which is inevitable – because that’s what Sidney Crosby does in the playoffs now.
My phone autocorrected “Samslation” into “Saskatoon” … Thought that was funny.
Ugh I hate winning by 4. Need MJ back so we can lose by one like a real hockey team.
it shows you didint watch the game and the scoreboard
pens vs tampax few games ago
That’s a good comparison – missing 3 depth forwards and their best player – probably a decent litmus test, that game against “tampax” a few games ago. What they need to do is get “Nathan” and they’ll be good.
I mean… I was there, and I saw they lost one of their 4 games in regulation in the past 20. Also noticed that they went from outside of the playoffs looking in, to 3rd in the Metro.
The dissatisfaction of goal scoring must be a French Canadian thing…
I’d love to add Teddy Purcell to the 3rd line. Roll with Purcell, Bonino and Rust . Then Cullen, Fehr and Sheary/Wilson on the 4th would be ideal.
I’m happy for Sid. Hope he leaves some in the tank for the playoffs when this team will have to bail out the Mental Midget (that’s for you Stanchion) Marc Andre Fleury.
It’s the least he could do considering Fleury has carried Sid’s ass the past two seasons in the playoffs.
Well if this retard won’t stop, I guess I have to give myself a breakz. Sam, i’ve put up with you for a while, but you suck and ruin the comments section.
Sorry I’ll let Stan and npl make more enjoyable this place
How about talk hockey instead of fighting like little girls about where players come from. Them saying Letang and Crosby stink sounds as dumb as you saying Malkin and Kessel stink. None of them stink and all will be needed if the Pens are to succeed.
Good idea. Leave the comment section to those who can read and write.
According to zeroFool and some other clowns here pens were missing malkin the other game. I guess this game shows they weren’t now only if pens can get rid of the Russian and chubby sending one to the avs and the other The sharks and make this team deeper for next few years
They always miss their best player.
They are missing him you fucking turd… you really think this team is going anywhere late if Malkin is out? I give Crosby and co full marks for stepping up while Geno is out but you have to be even dumber than we’ve given you credit for to think we won’t miss him long term you stupid fucking asshole
Hey stanch, Crosby sucks. Hahaha
He suckss , yet he is 5th in scoring race and carrying the team on his back while the russian is preparing for WC
Hey yoda – Fleury sucks. Hahaha
Crosby clearly needs an American coach to lead him. See DB, “Coach Sully”
Trade crosby