GDT: PO Game 5: Columbus at Pittsburgh | 4/26 7PM EDT

[Samkow]

7:00 PM EDT
CONSOL Energy Center
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

Lines
Jenner-Johansen-Skille
Calvert-Dubinsky-Atkinson
Foligno-Anisimov-Umberger
MacKenzie-Letestu-Comeau

Tyutin-Johnson
Nikitin-Wisniewski
Schultz-Savard

Bobrovsky
McElhinney

Inactive
Boll, Frattin, Prout, Smith, Tropp

Injured
Horton

Lines
Kunitz-Crosby-Stempniak
Jokinen-Malkin-Neal
Bennett-Sutter-Vitale
Glass-Goc-Adams

Orpik-Martin
Scuderi-Niskanen
Maatta-Letang

Fleury
Zatkoff

Inactive
Bortuzzo, Engelland, Megna, Pyatt, Vokoun

Injured
Conner, Dupuis, Gibbons​

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[Columbus Mike]

House money edition. Play loose, fall behind early and I like our chances. Final score: 4-3.

 

[eljefe72]

It would be nice if Bob (well, the whole team in general too) had a good game for the full 60 minutes. He plays a solid 40 minutes but has one horrible period where it seems everything goes in.

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

House money edition. Play loose, fall behind early and I like our chances. Final score: 4-3.

Wait. I think I read your post wrong.

 

[EspenK]

Not the "most criticalest" game ever, just the most important. A win tonight makes game 6 a potential historic event.

Saw in Puckrakers this a.m there are tickets still available in all sections. Y'all should road trip if at all possible. Me I'll be nervously sitting in front of my tv, 1300 miles away.

CBJ! CBJ! CBJ!

 

[Speedy Sanderson]

Went to Pittsburgh last Saturday and had a blast but kids' sports events make that an impossibility this week.

Important for Jackets to weather the first 10 minutes as the Pens will come out strong. A softy early by MAF would be much appreciated.

My prediction - Skille gets his first of the playoffs.

 

[anteater90]

GO JACKETS!!!

I BELIEVE!!!

Target Chilly Willy and Cindy.

FIRE!!!!

Final Score: What Else: 4-3 CBJ

 

[Mayor Bee]

That groaning sound you here are a few hundred thousand people around Columbus trying to remember exactly what they did on Wednesday to bring the team good luck. The same clothes are being worn, furniture is being moved back to precisely the right spot, the same dinner is being prepared...

 

[Fro]

get up early...and KEEP FIRING ***HOLES! hahahaha JUST WIN BABY!

 

[jackets4life]

We finally crack Fleury. We score first and don't look back, no more of this "loser scores first" bullcrap. Score will be different tonight too. Jackets 6-3.

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

Rob Mixer ‏@RobMixer 5m
Left practice early yesterday, didn't skate today. MT @DMaetzMedia: Brooks Orpik may not be in the Penguins lineup tonight for game 5 #CBJ

 

[EspenK]

Rob Mixer ‏@RobMixer 5m
Left practice early yesterday, didn't skate today. MT @DMaetzMedia: Brooks Orpik may not be in the Penguins lineup tonight for game 5 #CBJ

Now if we can just shut down that offensive dynamo Paul Martin

 

[cbjfaninmo]

Important for Jackets to weather the first 10 minutes as the Pens will come out strong. A softy early by MAF would be much appreciated.

This is exactly what I am thinking too. Weather the first 10 and we need the end-of the-game Game 4 MAF to show up. MAF has cracked.

We can do it! Go Jackets!!!!!!!!!

 

[Fro]

Jeff Rimer ‏@jrimercbj 3m
#CBJ at today's morning skate had both Tyutin and Murray taking reps with Nikitin and Wisniewski respectively Both could play vs #Pens

 

[db2011]

That groaning sound you here are a few hundred thousand people around Columbus trying to remember exactly what they did on Wednesday to bring the team good luck. The same clothes are being worn, furniture is being moved back to precisely the right spot, the same dinner is being prepared...

haha, it's happening in NY, too! I don't wanna go to the well too often, but I am wearing what is turning into my lucky shirt- that I was wearing Wednesday, too.

Now I just need to find a different place to watch it because it really is awful how much of a jinx my local sports bar is. Plus, they don't serve PBR, which is emerging as my lucky Jackets beer chosen for the symmetry in names.



let's go Jackets!

 

[Iron Balls McGinty]

This is exactly what I am thinking too. Weather the first 10 and we need the end-of the-game Game 4 MAF to show up. MAF has cracked.

We can do it! Go Jackets!!!!!!!!!

It shouldn't even be about weathering the 1st 10. It should be about controlling the 1st 10 and throwing every shot possible on Fleury to get him to crack and then not sitting back with a prevent defense if he does.

 

[CharlotteJacket]

Bylsma kind of challenged their manhood after game 4. Crosby agreed so I look for the Pens to open up with steam coming out of their ears. Weather the first 10 minutes like another poster said and we've got a hockey game that the Jackets can take.

 

[Fro]

Shawn Mitchell ‏@smitchcd 11m
#Pens Rob Scuderi: "We’re held back by the fear of losing. If we can go out & enjoy the game .. then we give ourselves a great chance." #CBJ

 

[Double-Shift Lasse]

Bylsma kind of challenged their manhood after game 4. Crosby agreed so I look for the Pens to open up with steam coming out of their ears. Weather the first 10 minutes like another poster said and we've got a hockey game that the Jackets can take.

In response to this, I was going to ask whether an early CBJ goal would lead to a Pens breakdown or steel their resolve. Then Scuderi offers what might be the answer.

Shawn Mitchell ‏@smitchcd 11m
#Pens Rob Scuderi: "We’re held back by the fear of losing. If we can go out & enjoy the game .. then we give ourselves a great chance." #CBJ

They will "enjoy the game" less if they get down early and the questions start to creep in and the crowd begins to turn.

 

[Sore Loser]

The neighborhood around me will have no idea what's going on for sure. I can almost guarantee that I've been heard celebrating, cursing, and getting downright loud during every game of this series.

I guess that's part of being a fan 3,000 miles away

Go Jackets! Teams that win game 5 of a tied series go on to win a serious majority of them. Keep it going, guys!

 

[CBJ Tiffin]

https://twitter.com/DMaetzMedia/status/460093737289252865

Dave Maetzold: Coach Richards expects both Tyuts & Murray to play tonight!

 

[MoeBartoli]

Apologize upfront as I know this question has been asked before. But how can I get the NBC telecast so I can listen to Doc and Company.? I have UVerse so I face the blackout of NBCsports.

 

[db2011]

The neighborhood around me will have no idea what's going on for sure. I can almost guarantee that I've been heard celebrating, cursing, and getting downright loud during every game of this series.

I guess that's part of being a fan 3,000 miles away

Go Jackets! Teams that win game 5 of a tied series go on to win a serious majority of them. Keep it going, guys!

Last time I was at my local viewing/drinking establishment, I overheard a conversation that may as well have been a cliche

patron: "who are the Penguins playing?"

bartender: "The Blue Jackets"

patron: [unintelligible]

bartender: "Blue Jackets. Columbus"

patron: "Washington?"

bartender: "Ohio"

that's a paraphrase but it ain't off by much.

 

[CharlotteJacket]

Last time I was at my local viewing/drinking establishment, I overheard a conversation that may as well have been a cliche

patron: "who are the Penguins playing?"

bartender: "The Blue Jackets"

patron: [unintelligible]

bartender: "Blue Jackets. Columbus"

patron: "Washington?"

bartender: "Ohio"

that's a paraphrase but it ain't off by much.

I live in Charlotte and when I go out to a sports bar and ask the waitress if she can get the game on, I always ask if she has ever heard of the Blue Jackets and every time they say no. I think it has much more to do with how abysmal we've been over the first 14 years so rather than a lack of hockey knowledge. If we get better and make the playoffs consistently, then people will know who we are.

 

[DJA]

Apologize upfront as I know this question has been asked before. But how can I get the NBC telecast so I can listen to Doc and Company.? I have UVerse so I face the blackout of NBCsports.

Even if you could get NBCSN, Doc and Co. are not announcing this game.