GDT: Biggest game of the season!! Pens @ Caps 7pm puck drop
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IcedCapp
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we have a glimmer of hope, which means this will be a stinker. Caps win, 5-0.
BusinessGoose
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“This isn’t an official must win for either team, however it is all but mandatory for the Penguins to earn two points tonight to keep whatever playoff hopes they have alive. It’s a huge game with a 30% swing for the Caps if the game ends in regulation. A win would set them up really well for the playoffs but a loss throws them back into the pack of teams chasing them (NYI, DET, PIT).”
So according to Bourne it will take 90-91 points to get in the playoffs in the East…here’s what he says about us…so you’re saying there’s a chance lol?…they also have the hardest schedule of their competitors
Status of the Pittsburgh Penguins
When they lost to the Devils and Stars back-to-back on March 19 and 22, talk started about the future of this franchise. Stuff about the off-season: trading Erik Karlsson, wondering if Sidney Crosby would stick around, etc, etc. They’ve since taken points in six straight games (with four wins), including two road wins against the Rangers and Devils, and are somehow back in the picture. And here’s how many points Crosby scored in each of those games: 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2. Just a light 15 points in six games. He’s single-handedly willed them back into it.
Points: 79
Remaing games: 7
@Washington, vs. Tampa Bay, @Toronto, vs. Detroit, vs. Boston, vs. Nashville, @NY Islanders(!)
Unfortunately, it seems like Sid and the Pens are going to be too little too late. I say “seems like,” and not “they’re too late,” because of one little detail – they currently hold the tiebreaker against literally every team they’re chasing (regulation wins). So if they get to 90 points – say they go 5-1-1, not an inconceivable stretch – they could be the team that gets in.
They play some awfully good opponents down the stretch and this comeback is unlikely, but if we know anything in hockey it’s that we shouldn’t count out Sidney Crosby.
Playoff chances: Stathletes: 10.2%, HockeyViz: 18.6%, Moneypuck: 15.1%
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Status of the Pittsburgh Penguins
When they lost to the Devils and Stars back-to-back on March 19 and 22, talk started about the future of this franchise. Stuff about the off-season: trading Erik Karlsson, wondering if Sidney Crosby would stick around, etc, etc. They’ve since taken points in six straight games (with four wins), including two road wins against the Rangers and Devils, and are somehow back in the picture. And here’s how many points Crosby scored in each of those games: 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2. Just a light 15 points in six games. He’s single-handedly willed them back into it.
Points: 79
Remaing games: 7
@Washington, vs. Tampa Bay, @Toronto, vs. Detroit, vs. Boston, vs. Nashville, @NY Islanders(!)
Unfortunately, it seems like Sid and the Pens are going to be too little too late. I say “seems like,” and not “they’re too late,” because of one little detail – they currently hold the tiebreaker against literally every team they’re chasing (regulation wins). So if they get to 90 points – say they go 5-1-1, not an inconceivable stretch – they could be the team that gets in.
They play some awfully good opponents down the stretch and this comeback is unlikely, but if we know anything in hockey it’s that we shouldn’t count out Sidney Crosby.
Playoff chances: Stathletes: 10.2%, HockeyViz: 18.6%, Moneypuck: 15.1%
Who's going to get the last Stanley Cup Playoff spots in the East?
It's a turtle derby towards the final playoff spots in the East, with third in the Metropolitan Division and the second wild card spot still up for grabs. So who's best positioned to get in? Justin Bourne looks at the remaining schedules.
He’ll sit on the bench…Meanwhile the guy the Caps took later than Poulin in that draft is their 1C now…bad drafting, developing and coaching all around
Sidgeni Malkby
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I have such mixed emotions today. I want them them to win, but my muscle memory isn't that recent, and don't want to be let down again, again, and again, and again.
Let's hope that the Caps 3 game losing streak is real and continues, and that we continue to have puck luck in our favor.
Go Pens!
Let's hope that the Caps 3 game losing streak is real and continues, and that we continue to have puck luck in our favor.
Go Pens!
Sid and Geno owning the Caps one last time to kick them out of the playoffs would be magic. Given how disappointing the team has been this year I am skeptical it happens, but I can dream, damn it!
WickedWrister
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KrisLetAngry
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Must win game. I'm just happy we will be giving the 1st up this year instead of letting fate decide what happens next year.
Crazy to think a couple of wins we let slip away would have us neck and neck and be right with the caps
Must win and our guys need to play alert hockey.
Crazy to think a couple of wins we let slip away would have us neck and neck and be right with the caps
Must win and our guys need to play alert hockey.
orby
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All bets are off if the Pens win this one. I'm not getting my hopes up, and I have no doubt they would get obliterated in round 1 of the playoffs...but at this rate, they're not gonna be picking top 10 regardless, and I will never root against Crosby getting more opportunities to climb in the all-time playoff scoring rankings.
IcedCapp
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I've done the math. The Penguins chances of making the playoffs are 50%.
They either will make it or they won't. NERDS
They either will make it or they won't. NERDS
KrisLetAngry
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I'm just enjoying the game. Odds are against us.
@WickedWrister graph shows us how important this win is to determine playoffs.
Scandale du Jour
JordanStaal#1Fan
I hope we destroy them. I think we can. In short, f*** the Caps.
orby
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The Pens' awful powerplay and overtime record have resulted in them being slightly lower in the standings than they ought to be, and the Caps' luck despite a terrible goal differential has them higher than they ought to be. In reality, both of these teams are mediocre, but at least the Pens are on a hot streak. There's no reason why they shouldn't win this game.
MrBurghundy
I may be older but I'm never forgetting #47 & #41
Well... we've always had to go through the Caps to win anything before. Might as well start tonight.
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Call me an optimist, but I really think the Penguins are going to play their best game of the year tonight and win this game commandingly.
Hopefully, Columbus can do us a solid as well.
Hopefully, Columbus can do us a solid as well.
Coastal Kev
There will be "I told you so's" Bet on it
That happened right in front of me. Long night, actually experienced my hangover by late in the 2nd OT.
Smasher
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It's been disappointment after disappointment since like 2019. Zero expectations, but I hope they win!
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IcedCapp
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i have a cup you can borrow, be prepared to get kicked in the dick
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