Post-Game Talk: Pens hang on for the Win

[Gurglesons]

Can anyone win a faceoff? I mean FFS. Looking at you, Crosby and Acciari.

That D Man making his debut looked really solid. Probably just a one-game thing but he has earned another. DOC was also pretty good out there. Bunting looks like a new player.

A deserved score. Both Ned and the Isles goalie saved a few goals, could have been 5-4.

Where’s Jeff Carter?

 

[HandshakeLine]

Where’s Jeff Carter?

 

[KareemTrustfund]

Surprised they gave that Tomasino goal to Geno.

 

[Ulf5]

Surprised they gave that Tomasino goal to Geno.

Even from the replay last night, it strictly looked like it only hit the Fishstick's leg. Going to watch the replay again shortly.

 

[reino]

I thought last night that it touched Malkin's knee. looks like they saw it too

 

[Ulf5]

Surprised they gave that Tomasino goal to Geno.

Sorta kinda looks like it might've glanced off Zhenia's shin pad at the :39 and :41 marks, especially :41. What yinz think? I'd have to say yes from that view.

 

[Icarium]

I was about to write that Malkin had one of his better games with no points and I see they have given him a goal somehow.

The team has been stupidly good on second games of b2b in the last two seasons and I have no idea why. Maybe because Jarry isn't usually playing or they decide to, you know, play some D for a change? Really need to work on just flipping the puck to centre rather than get hemmed in for minutes at a time, we were so good at it back when Sullivan was a good coach.

But ten ugly minutes aside, they deserved to win, not least because the Isles are stupendously bad on the PK. The Pens forward should try helping the D like that more often. And work on clearing the freaking puck too.

I see that we are now fifth in power play percentage. Turns out that having a new assistant coach works sometimes even his record is, ahem, checkered. Maybe we can try it with the head coach? Preferrably before 2030.

 

[ChaosAgent]

Sorta kinda looks like it might've glanced off Zhenia's shin pad at the :39 and :41 marks, especially :41. What yinz think? I'd have to say yes from that view.

I didn't notice while watching the game, but it definitely did.

 

[McGroarty2]

I saw a replay and thought it may have glanced off him but then it didn't appear so in a different angle.

 

[BlindWillyMcHurt]

Give the guy a break. He isn't gonna score any other way.

 

[vodeni]

Give the guy a break. He isn't gonna score any other way.

The amount of time he now spends around the net, he’ll score 20 just by accident

 

[The Old Master]

It’ll take him like 3-4 years to hit 89 more goals lol

Which sucks because if it weren’t for all the time he missed injured he maybe would’ve potted most of em’ by now.

what sucks is mario missed so much time or he would be way ahead in everything. imo
edit; too late, i was beaten to it

 

[Ugene Magic]

Horvats goal is actually off Lee's leg.

With reviewing available who's the one making those calls?

 

[Ulf5]

Horvats goal is actually off Lee's leg.

With reviewing available who's the one making those calls?

Both goals have officially been changed in boxscores. But like you've said, Geno was watching his own replay within seconds of action.

 

[reino]

Erik Karlsson looked much better when he was sole leader of the defence

 

[OtherThingsILike]

The team has been stupidly good on second games of b2b in the last two seasons and I have no idea why.

I assume it's because during the 2022-23 season, we played nine games while on the second half of a back-to-back against rested opponents and went 0-6-3. We were better against teams that were also tired, but we still lost too many of those as well. I imagine they worked on that, because of how narrowly we missed the playoffs.