Sunday, November 27, 2011

RECAP. Sweet Vengeance. Pens WIN.

The Pens were in Montreal last night.  Good ol Montreal where the crowd has booed being called for icing before.  Montreal, where the fans last season tried pressing charges on Zdeno Chara for a hit on Max Pacoriety.  The same Max Pacoriety that tried to take Kris Letang's head off.  If there is ever evidence of a double standard in the NHL watch a game in Montreal.  If Matt Cooke throws the hit Pacoriety threw on Letang, Cooke is suspended before he gets off the ice.  Kris Letang would get his vengeance later.

1st Period
21 seconds in Geno stuffs on in on a delayed penalty call to make it 1-0 Pens.  Habs were gonna get whistled for a penalty when someone held Crosby but Malkin didn't want to let Montreal riot just yet and saved everyone by scoring.  

Like 2 seconds later Travis Moen tied the game at 1.  The Pens got a power play but couldn't do anything with it.  The Crosby, Malkin, Neal, Sullivan, Letang power play is going to be fun to watch.  Soon after Max Pacoriety scored.  Thought he had a broken back in like 300 places.  Not much else happened this period except for MAF playing like his balls were on fire.  If not for him Pens might have been down 39-1 going to the 2nd.

2nd Period
Pens would score early to make it 3-2.  Sid threw one in front and Kunitz batted it in out of mid air.  But they took a second look at it in Toronto.  

The goal ended up being waved off because it was determined Kunitz hit the puck in with his glove.  Show me how you can say with 100% certainty the puck hit Kunitz glove.  Then business was about to pick up.  Dupuis had a breakaway but was stopped and after the play Subban shoved Dupuis into the boards.  No penalty of course.  The ROOT sports had their OH MY GOD WHAT THE FUCK ARE YOU DOING moment of the game.  Letang launched a bomb that broke the shaft of Price's stick.  The Habs would go 2 on 1 the other way and ROOT sports cut to a shot of Price's shattered stick.  Montreal almost scored and we would have missed it.  About halfway through the 2nd Erik Cole put one in somehow.  No clue why someone was allowed to be up Fleury's asshole on that play.  3-1 Habs.  It looked like the Habs were just gonna shut the door and walk out with a 3-2 win.  But Pascal Dupuis says NOT SO FAST.  Late in the period Dupuis would rip a one timer passed Fisher Price after Paul Martin made a big time play to keep the puck in a get it to Dupuis.  Pascal Dupuis > Alex Ovechkin.  Brooks Orpik called called for a penalty after PK Subban did the same thing on the other end.  Joke.  Pens killed it.  Then Montreal almost rioted when Subban got pushed by Letang.  Shut up.  Pens down 3-2 going to the 3rd.

3rd Period
Chris Kunitz would tie the game early...buuuuuuuuuuuuuuuut the goal would be waived off because Kunitz ran into Price.  Not much happened until Subbans ugly antics showed up again.  Subban kicked James Neals skates out from under him causing James Neal to high stick someone.  Pretty sure thats a slew foot.  Can't wait til someone destroy's Subbans life.  Habs almost put the game away after Niskanen made his 1st big mistake this season.  Montreal couldn't do anything with it.  Then things turned in the Pens favor.  Jordan Staal kicked it in to beast mode, got a sick pass from Malkin and walked in on Price on a breakaway.  You knew he was scoring when he got the puck.  Buries it.  3-3.   Huge goal from Staal.  Huge.  Then as the game was getting closer and closer to overtime this happened.

Blatant head shot.  Did he me to?  Probably not especially since what happened to him last season.  Was there contact with the head?  Absolutely.  Was there a penalty?  Hahaha of course not.  Like I said on twitter during the game, I hate to make the analogy but if Matt Cooke throws that hit he's suspended before he left the ice.  Don Cherry probably thought this was a clean hit.  Wonder what Nick Foligno's thoughts are.

Overtime
Kris Letang was back on the ice for overtime.  What a warrior.  Should just win the Norris Trophy for coming back out for overtime.  
Letang apparently has a broke nose.  Maaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaan.  And Letang would make his presence felt.  Letand fed the puck to Neal who did some ridiculous move and somehow got a shot off.  The shot was saved and Price seemed to have the puck frozen but the puck squirted lose and who found it?  Letang.  Boom.  Game over.  Pens win 4-3

3 Stars
1.  Kris Letang
2. Erik Cole
3.  Fisher Price

Quick Thoughts
  • Good game from Paul Martin for the most part.  Huge play on the Dupuis goal
  • Carey Price cried after the game

This is how we feel about that.

  • Pascal Dupuis man
  • Jordan Staal is in beast mode this season
Ranger on Tuesday at 7.  Get ready for more crying.

Go Pens


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