Wednesday, October 12, 2011

RECAP. Declawed. Pens WIN

This recap is going to suck because 1 I missed the game and fell asleep watching the replay at 2 in the morning and 2 Steve was too smashed to remember anything

The revamped Florida Panthers were in Pittsburgh last night.  The Pens won all 4 meeting with the Panthers last season and not much changed this season.

The Pens had to kill off 27 penalties in the opening minutes.  Pens killed them all and had a few power plays of their own.  Even though the power play looked good they couldn't manage to put the puck in the net.  The Pens finally got on the board when Pascal Dupuis put home his own rebound to make it 1-0 Pens.  The Pens scored their 2nd goal of the game when Joe Vitale flew into the Panthers zone and dished a sweet pass to Matt Cooke who put home his 3rd of the year to make it 2-0 Pens in the 2nd.  Florida would cut the lead in half but the Pens would get it back when Richard Park launched a bomb that hit the post and bounced off a Panthers defenseman and into the net to make it 3-1 Pens.  In the 3rd the Panthers would cut the lead to 1 when Tomas Fleischman scored to make it 3-2 Pens.  But the Pens would ice it away when Staal powered around the Panthers defensemen and the puck found its way to James Neal who put it home to make it 4-2.  Fleury would try to hit an empty net but the puck was knocked down.  The game would end 4-2.

Quick Thoughts
  • Jordan Staal looked unreal.  Used his size to his advantage.  Did some unreal move on the Pens 4th goal.
  • No moment of silence for Cotton Candy guy.  Pretty disappointing.
  • Other than Crosby and Malkin Matt Cooke got one of the buggest ovations.
  • If you haven't seen it yet Jeremy Roenick had a meltdown last night.  Here's the link for it via The Pensblog. (http://www.thepensblog.com/tpb/oct2011/jeremy-roenick-goes-on-a-bizarre-sidney-crosby-rant.html)
  • Are you ready?  Caps come to town on Thursday.
Go Pens

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