RECAP: Pens WIN Round 1.

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So Round 1 goes to the Penguins who despite getting outshot and out played at times, get the puck in the net more and win the game. Marc-Andre Fleury was definitely the difference maker in this one.

The first couple minutes of this game were entertaining as both teams exchanged chances. Both goalies were answering the bell. Then Evgeni Malkin made about 182732 dekes and about snuck one in behind Bobrovsky, but the Jackets were called for a hook because no one could keep up with the moves that Malkin made. Pens got a 2 minute powerplay but they needed only 6 seconds. Kunitz deflected in a Paul Mart shot from the point but the underrated part of the play was Crosby winning the faceoff and getting a good pass to Martin and Malkin with a little interference on Wisniewski. What a deflection by Kunitz though. 1-0 Pens.

Play continued from there like it had been and both goalies were making good saves, Fleury was seeing the bulk of the shots but he was up for the challenge. Then the Pens took a couple penalties but MAF was on meth or something because he wasn't letting anything go in. MAF made 16 saves on 16 shots in the First Period. Unbelievable.

The second was a quick start for the Pens and Brandon Sutter scored the Brandon Sutter goal. How about Tanner Glass and Craig Adams with 5 points each so far this year. Pretty crazy to think about, especially for Glass. Then a minute after that, James Wisniewski thought he could catch, hold, and throw the puck standing by his goalie, but the referee didn't like it and sent him to the box. A minute into the Powerplay, Kris Letang shot an innocent little shot towards the net, Bobrovsky remembered he used to be a Flyer or something and somehow the puck went in. 3-0 Pens and the former "owner and operator" of CONSOL was pulled for Curtis McElhinney (who?). But the Pens didn't care who was in net. Malkin undressed some guy, and threw the puck on net and Jussi J was there with a sick between the legs pass to Megnatron who buried it into a wide open net. We really like how Megnatron has been since being called up. Hopefully the kid sticks. He has already tied Eric Tangradi's career goal total with the Pens or something. Even though it was 4-0, the Jackets didn't quit. Derek MacKenzie scored off a beautiful pass from Nick Foligno and there wasn't much MAF could do about that one. 4-1 Pens. The second went away quietly with the Jackets still shooting the puck a lot.

The Third was kinda dull. Brandon Dubinsky at one point thought he was allowed to hold Sidney Crosby and then Jack Johnson hit Evgeni Malkin with a high stick. Jack Johnson sucks. With about 2:30 left, Tanner Glass destroyed Johnson with a kind of message sending hit, but unfortunately, Johnson kind of landed on Glass's leg and it bent backwards. We aren't sure if Glass returned or what not, hopefully he's alright. Then with like a minute left, Ryan Johansen snipe city on MAF and Steiggy had a homer moment. Who cares.

We really lost interest in the 3rd because the Flyers started to be chodes against the Caps and we kinda got jammed up about it.

Game.

Next game in like 6 minutes.

Go Pens.