Pens vs Bruins (4/1/21)

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Pens vs Bruins (4/1/21)

Post by Pabst » Thu Apr 01, 2021 7:11 pm

First and foremost, congrats to Buffalo for beating Philly last night.


Pens start a lengthy road trip this evening. Their next 6 (and 8 of their next 9) are on the road.

Since they last met on 3/16, Boston has gone 3-1-1 and missed a week due to COVID. Take that with a grain of salt, as 2 wins came vs. Buffalo and the other in a shootout over NJ. Boston started the season red hot, going 10-1-1. Since then, they have gone 8-8-4. Pittsburgh hasn't won at Boston since 11/25/2014 :shock:. That ain't good.

Vladar starts in net.


On the Pens side:
- Tanev is a game time decision
- Tristan Jarry made the trip with the team, but DeSmith will start tonight
- Blueger won't play. Not sure if he traveled with the team or not.


Beating the Bruins isn't complicated: Stop the Marchand-Bergeron-Pasta line. I didn't say it was easy, I just said it wasn't complicated.

Boston is 27th in the league in 5on5 scoring. Outside of that #1 line, they have no real scoring threats. PP is decent, ranked 15th. They are, however, very deep defensively and have an incredible PK....only allowing 11 PPG on the year, while scoring 5 short handed. That is by far the best Net PK% in the league.

Go Pens!



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Post by fractalsteel » Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:16 pm

March was very good to the Penguins, very good.

What the fuck is wrong with the Flyers? Not complaining but they got their asses handed to them a good bit the past few weeks.

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Post by Pabst » Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:05 pm

fractalsteel wrote:
Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:16 pm
What the fuck is wrong with the Flyers?
Defense and goaltending. They're tied with Detroit for worst PK in the league.


Also....here's something I said back on March 8th:
Speaking of Philly, here's an interesting stat - they have 3 players (Konecny, Laughton, and Farabee) currently shooting over 20%. JVR and Couturier are sitting at 19.6 and 19.4, respectively. Having one player shooting at that high of a percentage is rare. Having 5 players do it.....that is in no way sustainable.
Guess what? All three of those guys have dipped below 20%. Farabee is the only one still close at 19.2%.

Konecny, Laughton, and Farabee have a combined 5 goals over the last 13 games. Konecny and Laughton haven't scored in their last 11

JVR has 3 in 13 games
Couturier has 4 in 12 games

So, yeah. Their D sucks, their goaltending collapsed, and their offense has gone cold (or reverted back to the mean, whichever you prefer).

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Post by COR-TEN » Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:29 pm

You know what blows?

Being in Europe for hockey in the USA. Many games start at 1 am. Trying to adjust to local time zone but watching the pens at that hour fucks everything. It's 12:30 am now.

Yeah, I shouldn't be traveling but my mother is 93, sharp as a tack, and vaccinated. Twice. Whatever I do stateside I can do via internet and have take all protocols to the nth degree, vis a vi C19.

Ugh.
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Post by fractalsteel » Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:35 pm

Pabst wrote:
Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:05 pm
fractalsteel wrote:
Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:16 pm
What the fuck is wrong with the Flyers?
Defense and goaltending. They're tied with Detroit for worst PK in the league.


Also....here's something I said back on March 8th:
Speaking of Philly, here's an interesting stat - they have 3 players (Konecny, Laughton, and Farabee) currently shooting over 20%. JVR and Couturier are sitting at 19.6 and 19.4, respectively. Having one player shooting at that high of a percentage is rare. Having 5 players do it.....that is in no way sustainable.
Guess what? All three of those guys have dipped below 20%. Farabee is the only one still close at 19.2%.

Konecny, Laughton, and Farabee have a combined 5 goals over the last 13 games. Konecny and Laughton haven't scored in their last 11

JVR has 3 in 13 games
Couturier has 4 in 12 games

So, yeah. Their D sucks, their goaltending collapsed, and their offense has gone cold (or reverted back to the mean, whichever you prefer).
I'm aware that their tending has been bad and that is curious. We have spoken about their weak spot-defensemen. With all the forward talent they have you would think they would have tried to make a move by now.
What is shocking to me is that they have been destroyed a few times in the past 10-12 days. The Rangers and Islanders throttled them. When you lose to Buffalo 6-1 you know you are in trouble.

I'm guessing something is wrong in the locker room, kind of like going back more than a decade when it was rumored that Richards was having his way with Harnell's wife.

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Post by fractalsteel » Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:38 pm

Now I'm pissed, AT&T is cutting into the Pens pregame coverage to talk Pirates.

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Post by fractalsteel » Thu Apr 01, 2021 11:57 pm

Impressive period by the Birdies

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Post by BethlehemSteel » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:03 am

fractalsteel wrote:
Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:35 pm
Pabst wrote:
Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:05 pm
fractalsteel wrote:
Thu Apr 01, 2021 8:16 pm
What the fuck is wrong with the Flyers?
Defense and goaltending. They're tied with Detroit for worst PK in the league.


Also....here's something I said back on March 8th:
Speaking of Philly, here's an interesting stat - they have 3 players (Konecny, Laughton, and Farabee) currently shooting over 20%. JVR and Couturier are sitting at 19.6 and 19.4, respectively. Having one player shooting at that high of a percentage is rare. Having 5 players do it.....that is in no way sustainable.
Guess what? All three of those guys have dipped below 20%. Farabee is the only one still close at 19.2%.

Konecny, Laughton, and Farabee have a combined 5 goals over the last 13 games. Konecny and Laughton haven't scored in their last 11

JVR has 3 in 13 games
Couturier has 4 in 12 games

So, yeah. Their D sucks, their goaltending collapsed, and their offense has gone cold (or reverted back to the mean, whichever you prefer).
I'm aware that their tendinghas been bad and that is curious. We have spoken about their weak spot-defensemenWith all the forward talent they have you would think they would have tried to make a move by now.
What is shocking to me is that they have been destroyed a few times in the past 10-12 days. The Rangers and Islanders throttled them. When you lose to Buffalo 6-1 you know you are in trouble.

I'm guessing something is wrong in the locker room, kind of like going back more than a decade when it was rumored that Richards was having his way with Harnell's wife.
So the bold is accurate. AV is calling out The kid goalie for poor practice habits.....shit they practiced twice since Feb.
Older vets and some of the youngers are clashing
The team seems to have tuned out AVs system
Everything is wrong. Hart looks ruined by the toxic Flyers organization. Comcast is a cancer with all they touch
Snider family divested out. Clarke and Holmgren seem to meddle still. Current GM. Bahhhhh. Same old prob
Entire coaching staff sucks donkey balls

Did I say goaltending?
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Post by BethlehemSteel » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:05 am

They’re playing worse than a beer league team

And I do think their covid downtime adds to the mess
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Post by stillthere » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:10 am

I am not liking this Vladar guy. He makes too many saves against the Pens.

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Post by stillthere » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:17 am

ZAR just got walloped.

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Post by stillthere » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:25 am

Wow that was pretty amazing. 2-0

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Post by fractalsteel » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:25 am

Matheson with a sick goal.

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Post by MWS71 » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:35 am

Speed kills, and these Pens look fast as hell. They’re committed defensively and the goaltending has been very good.

Is it time to get excited about this group? Don’t think I’d be scared of any team in the east come playoff time...

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Post by Pabst » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:37 am

Been listening to the game on my phone.

Bourque was going crazy after the Matheson goal. I'll have to check the replay.

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Post by Pabst » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:43 am

MWS71 wrote:
Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:35 am
Speed kills, and these Pens look fast as hell. They’re committed defensively and the goaltending has been very good.

Is it time to get excited about this group? Don’t think I’d be scared of any team in the east come playoff time...
I'm not getting excited about anything until the Pens reach the 2nd round of the playoffs.

The last 2 premature exits have soured me a bit.

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Post by MWS71 » Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:45 am

Matheson was flying on his goal. He’s so up and down it’s almost fun how chaotic his game is. (At least for the regular season)

Can anybody read lips on Tanev at the end? :lol: :lol: :lol:

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Post by stillthere » Fri Apr 02, 2021 1:24 am

A+ on that Rodrigues pass to Zucker.

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Post by fractalsteel » Fri Apr 02, 2021 1:27 am

stillthere wrote:
Fri Apr 02, 2021 1:24 am
A+ on that Rodrigues pass to Zucker.
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Post by fractalsteel » Fri Apr 02, 2021 1:37 am

My favorite win of this season

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Post by Orangesteel » Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:25 am

Sick win. Fuck the Broons. And fuck the Flyers as well.
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Post by bradshaw2ben » Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:45 am

COR-TEN wrote:
Thu Apr 01, 2021 10:29 pm
You know what blows?

Being in Europe for hockey in the USA. Many games start at 1 am. Trying to adjust to local time zone but watching the pens at that hour fucks everything. It's 12:30 am now.

Yeah, I shouldn't be traveling but my mother is 93, sharp as a tack, and vaccinated. Twice. Whatever I do stateside I can do via internet and have take all protocols to the nth degree, vis a vi C19.

Ugh.
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Post by bradshaw2ben » Fri Apr 02, 2021 3:47 am

fractalsteel wrote:
Fri Apr 02, 2021 1:37 am
My favorite win of this season
It was nice... I like
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Post by jeemie » Fri Apr 02, 2021 11:57 am

MWS71 wrote:
Fri Apr 02, 2021 12:35 am
Speed kills, and these Pens look fast as hell. They’re committed defensively and the goaltending has been very good.

Is it time to get excited about this group? Don’t think I’d be scared of any team in the east come playoff time...
Sullivan’s last chance to prove his way is still the way to win in the NHL despite everyone else getting bigger?

We shall see.
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Post by Orangesteel » Fri Apr 02, 2021 2:17 pm

We’ve played great lately and we aren’t even healthy. It will be interesting to see what happens when the band is back together; gotta keep the momentum heading into April.
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Post by COR-TEN » Fri Apr 02, 2021 6:08 pm

I've only watched highlights but they look like they are playing fast and smart hockey.

GO Pens!!
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