The Colorado Avalanche were in town last night and played a great first period but after that...well not so much. Still trying to figure out if the Pens defense played the first period or not.
1st Period
Malkin goes coast to coast early and beats Varlolmov but the cross bar said "Fuck you Geno." Feels like every time Neal-Malkin-Sullivan are on the ice they're going to score. Not much happened until Aaron Asham busted some joke open during a fight. A ton of action in the first. There was a long period of time without a whistle until T.J Galiardi boarded Brooks Orpik. Pens couldn't do much with the power play but got a little help when Cooke was hauled down. Pens had a 5 on 3 for almost a minute. Avs would kill it because the Pens couldn't pull off the perfect play the so desperately wanted. Probably a huge momentum shift in the period because the Avs finally started to sustain some pressure. And it payed off. One of the Avs banged home a rebound because whoever was played defense failed to push him away from the goal. The Matt Duchene scored one of the sickest goals you'll see to make it 2-0.
It looked like the Pens were going in to intermission down 2 but Jordan Staal would roof one on Varlolmov to make it 2-1. But the Avs had other ideas. David Jones would make burn Paul Martin making him look like Mike Green and beat Fleury to make it 3-1 Avs heading into intermission.
2nd Period
During the first intermission Dan Bylsma must have shown his dick to someone because a different Penguins team cam out for the 2nd period. Other than an early Matt Duchene chance the Avs really didn't must much in the 2nd...or the 3rd for that matter. Pens had a power play but...well you know. About half way through the period the Pens would bring themselves within 1 when Varlolmov went to cover the puck but it squirted free and Pascal Dupuis was there to poke it in making it 3-2. James Neal almost scored like 4 goals after that. But they went wide. Neal would they take a penalty later in the period bringing the Avs top ranked power play out against the Pens top ranked penalty kill. The Pens top ranked penalty kill told the Avs to suck it. Pens killed it and Matt Cooke almost scored I think.
This is when the season ticket holders that sat beside me left. Jokes
3rd Period
The Pens wasted no time tying this game. Brooks Orpik put a puck on net it him something or someone and floated above Varlolmov. As Varlolmov was about to grab the puck out of the air his accidently looked Brooks Orpik in the eyes, got scared, and missed the puck and it went in to tie the game at 3. The Pens were on fire. You knew it was just a matter of time until they scored another goal and there was nothing the Avs could do to stop it. It finally happened when Evgeni Malkin showed that Matt Duchene wasn't the only person on the ice capable of scoring sick goals. The puck made its way to Malkin, Malkin undressed Gabriel Landeskog then walked in and made Semyon Varlomov look like...well...Semyon Varlomov. 4-3 Pens.
Landeskog's jock is probably still over in the corner somewhere.
Avs would take a penalty. 2 words. James. Neal. Power play goal 5-3 Pens. Avs would go to the box again. They were going to the penalty box more often than Mark Madden was going to blush. Avs would kill it though. The Kris Letang got into the action. Letang would get the puck in his own zone, embarrass some Avs player at the blue line, skate in and beat Varlolmov back hand to make it 6-3 Pens. THEE END.
Pens win 6-3
3 Stars
1. James Neal
2. Evgeni Malkin
3. Kris Letang
Quick Thoughts
- Great game from Evgeni Malkin. Best goal we've seen him score in a while
- No clue what Paul Martin is doing but whatever it is it's not playing defense
- JAMES NEAL
- We eventually get to add Sidney Crosby to this team. Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.
- Gay Doucher probably thinks Sidney Crosby is playing tomorrow. Hope Bylsma sends him out for warm ups just to mess with everyone.
Pens/Bolts tomorrow at 7
Make sure you vote for Matt Cooke to go to the All Star Game.
Go Pens
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