The Pens were on Long Island last night. Just typing that sentence make me feel dirty. The Islanders had a "Commitment to New Rivalries" page on their website to try to get people to actually show up to their games. Yeah that didn't work. Arena was almost empty. Trevor Gillies didn't play. What a shame. This game was probably over before it even started because the Islanders fans were banking on some fight but no MacIntyre + No Gillies and Haley = no fights. The crowd was never in the game. So much for commitment.
1st Period
Evgeni "I don't want to play for the Islanders" Nabokov was in goal last night. He had something like an 8-1 record against the Pens. Neal had a chance early but was stopped by Nabokov. A lot of up and down hockey in the first. Neither team had to many really good scoring chances. Later in the period Malkin had a chance in close but someone blocked it. Dupuis had a shot that found its way through Nabokov but it was cleared before Malkin could put it home. The Orpik found Dupuis on a breakawy and Dupuis beat Nabokov to make it 1-0 Pens. Really bizarre mega zoom on Brooks Orpik after he made that pass. ROOT Sports sucks. What a pass by Brooks Orpik to spring Dupuis. Late in the period Fleury stoned Tavares. Tavares sucks.
2nd Period
Pens would get on the board early after Aaron Asham forced a Tavares turnover and found the Asian Sensation Richard Park who beat Nabokov 21 seconds in to make it 2-0 Pens.
Someone called that
gonna call a richard park goal. just cause i wanna
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Soon after that Kunitz hit the crossbar. The Islanders had some chances but MAF was solid all night. The Islanders got a power play after Lovejoy "tripped" Grab balls. To bad Grab balls went down like he was trying out for the Olympic dive team. Pens killed it. Pens pk is killing penalties at something like 98%. That is unreal.
3rd Period
3rd period, up 2, on Long Island. Meltdown? No This Pens team is different. There is something about them that makes us feel confident they won't meltdown in the 3rd like they did last year. MAF robbed Moulson early. The puck looked like a beachball to MAF last night stopped all 33 shots the Islanders threw at him. How the Islanders had 33 shots is beyond me. Pens got a 4 minutes power play after Jordan Staal took a stick to the face. The power play went something like this. Pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass, pass. The Pens moved the puck well they just didn't get many shots. Orpik threw the ouck over the glass and the Isles had another power play. Like they were scoring. The Isle would pull their goalie with almost 3 minutes left. Staal would score to make it 3-0.
This happened
i'm calling a staalsy goal now. ok
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3 Stars
1. Marc Andre Fleury
2. Pascal Dupuis
3. Richard Park
Quick Thoughts
- Great game from Paul Martin
- Sometime in the 1st period 3 Islanders fans tried starting a "Let's Go Islanders" chant. That didn't work
- MAF is on another level right now
- James Neal didn't score
Pens play the Islanders again Thursday at 7 in Pittsburgh
Go Pens
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