Well, I said the score would be 4-1, but I chose the wrong team as the winner.
It was a better game for the Pens, but something is still off. Malkin was a beast but he couldn't finish and Sykora and Staal couldn't buy goals right now. Goligoski had a pretty bad game but that is to be expected from a young guy who was thrust into a huge role with Gonchar and Whitney out.
The biggest news is that Crosby left the game and did not return. Nothing has been said yet but he took a stick to the hip and left the ice in pain. Hopefully it's nothing serious and he just left the game as a precaution.
Satan scored on Devil's Night. It looked mostly like a lucky bounce though. I'm not sure what he did that earned him a 10 minute misconduct, but I think it was probably arguing with the referee too much.
The FSN Pittsburgh announcers confused and annoyed me like crazy with their constant switching between "ky-oates" and "ky-o-tees." How do you pronounce "Coyotes?"
I've always said "ky-o-tees."
Fleury played as well as he had to and Letang had a very good game. I'm still not a fan of Hal Gill.
Fleury played as well as he had to and Letang had a very good game. I'm still not a fan of Hal Gill.
In other news, NHL Game Centre was a total dud tonight. The free preview probably caused a lot of extra traffic to the site and, because of that, it was down when I tried it. I managed to get the game audio once, but I never got the video to work. It's too bad, because it looks like a good service. Not one I'm willing to pay $30/month for though. You'd assume that the free preview was set up in order to impress people enough with the service that they would buy it. However, I couldn't even watch the game I wanted. Yes, it was due to high traffic but they should have been ready for that. It didn't impress me and I doubt it earned the NHL very many new subscribers tonight. I wish Game Centre and NHL Centre Ice weren't so ridiculously expensive, but I'd love to get one of them.
All in all, it was a decently entertaining game and the second period was quite fast paced and exciting. The Pens had 2 shots in the first but then exploded in the second. Evgeni Malkin had 9 shots in the second setting a Pittsburgh Penguins record for most shots in one period. Mario Lemieux previously held that record with 7 shots.
The next Penguins game is Saturday night in St. Louis. Hopefully Sidney Crosby will be there.
Let's Go Pens!
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