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After the last 2 embarrassing losses the Pens looked to get back to their winning way against the team that just spanked them 2-1. The Rangers are fighting to stay in the 8th spot so the Pens had to match their urgency. If the Rangers do manage to stay in the 8th seed we could see Pens/Rangers 1st round. The hate we had for this team is starting to reach Flyers level. So we hope these clowns get no where near the playoffs.
The 1st period was kinda meh. MAF and Lundqvist had to make some saves. Engelland and Clowe fought. A d man fighting in a thinner than normal defensive core isn't what the Pens need. Dupuis snuck one through Lundqvist but it rolled wide.
2nd period was pretty whatever too. Rangers had a power play but their power play sucks. The Pens got a power play but their power play is almost as ad as the Rangers. Fleury lost his glove for a few seconds and tried making a save without it. Luckily the shot was blocked.
Shit finally started happening in the 3rd period. Jussi Jokinen was everywhere all night and it finally paid off. He got a pass in the circle and put it in Lundqvist's mouth to make it 1-0 Pens. Then it looked like the Pens were trying to sit on the 1-0 lead. Rangers were everywhere. MAF was in the Rangers mouth though. He stopped everything and made some unreal glove saves in the process. Then Brian Boyle, who might be one of the worst players of all time, cross checked Chris Kunitz into the boards then cried about it the entire way to the penalty box. The Pens went to the power play. Everything was going fine until:
Pensblog has a gif of this play. MDZ looks at Neal before he throw the elbow out and hits him. MDZ might be hearing from Shanaban. Neal didn't return to the game. Pens luckily don't play again til Tuesday. Hopefully Neal is fine by then just so TK doesn't move up to the 2nd line. Rangers killed the penalty and Douglas Murray killed Brian Boyle.
If Douglas Murray would have done the "You Can't See Me" hand wave I'd be buying a Douglas Murray jersey today. Douglas Murray might rip someone's heart out and eat it on the ice sometime this season. Then stuff got really interesting. Pascal Dupuis tried to end Del Zotto's life with a hit. He missed but MDZ got his panties in a bunch. Dupuis got called for a penalty. Then Bob Errey, who was between the benches, yells that Rick Nash, who was on the Rangers bench, reached out and slashed Matt Cooke. The ROOT cameras didn't show it well but there was obviously more cameras on the Rangers bench after that play. And one just so happened to pick up Rick Nash after he slashed Cooke.
He's hiding behind one of the biggest babies of all time Ryan Callahan and maybe Dan Girardi(?). What an ass hat. Pens had to kill of a penalty. It looked like the Rangers might have got one past MAF. But replay showed they didn't. The Pens killed off the penalty but Fat Rick Nash showed up for his normal 5 seconds and tied the game. Brian Boyle got a breakway but Brian Boyle sucks. MAF was all over it. OT.
Brad Richards finally made an appearance. He was pretty invisible all game but as soon as overtime started he actually tried to do shit. Nothing was happening though. Dupuis almost stuffed one in on Lundqvist but no dice. Shootout time.
The Pens picked to shoot first. Bylsma sent out who else but Juusi Jokinen. Jokinen is like 3rd all time in scoring on the shootout. He buried it. Fat Rick Nash got a chance but he had already showed up for his 5 seconds and MAF stopped him easily. Evgeni Malkin was 2nd for the Pens and Lundqvist managed to keep it out but it also looked like Lundvist hurt himself. Mats Zuccarello was up 2nd for the Rangers. He tried like some quadruple deke bull shit but MAF saved it. Zuccarello's nickname is the Norwegian Hobbit. What a dumb nickname. Pascal Dupuis had a chance to send everyone home but Lundqvust saved it. Then Ryan Callahan came up annnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnd completely missed the net. Tool. Gaaaaaaaaaaame.
1. Marc Andre Fleury
2. Jussi Jokinen
3. Henrik Lundqvist
Stuff:
- Big time debut for Jussi Jokinen. A goal. The shootout winner and he was 13 of 15 on faceoffs. Yes 13 of 15. This was the exact reason the Pens got him
- Brenden Morrow was everywhere. He was hitting everything in red, white, and blue.
- MAF was in a zone last night.
- Steigy and Bob brought up something interesting in the broadcast last night. Dan Bylsma is breaking down this season in to spans of 7 games to make it feel like playoffs. We looked at the schedule and the Pens are 4-3, 5-2, 4-3, 7-0, 7-0, 2-2 (current) in every 7 game span this season.
- Evgeni Malkin doesn't look like himself at all.
- Douglas Murray
Pens next game is Tuesday in Carolina at 7.
Go Pens
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