Post-Game Talk: Game 2 SCF: Pens defeat the Preds - Murray and Jake to the rescue!

[ColePens]

+++ Murray: We don't win this game w/o Murray buying us all the time in the world. He was tremendous. Save after save after save. Main reason we won. This guy deserves all the credit and some for this win. Absolutely incredible stuff.

+++ Jake: When our stars aren't stars, Jake comes to the rescue. What a story. I don't have enough words for Jake. It's the best story of the playoffs, IMO.

+ PK: Great stuff. Cole/Bones especially. Cullen and Rowney deserve love, too.

+ Sheary: His speed is causing issues for Nashville. We need Hags or Archie for Wilson. They are causing all sorts of issues.


- Stars/Powerplay: I didn't like the game from Geno, Sid, or Kessel. A lot more effort is needed from them and they are the reason our PP was brutal. No movement because they were not engaged in wanting to win the battle on the PP. It almost cost us the game if not for Murray/Jake.

- Maatta: BRUTAL game. Good lord. Back to back brutal games.

- Where is our composure? Let Nashville get frustrated. Don't get into the ****. Don't engage. Just let them be frustrated.

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[Fordy]

so unbelievably huge that after game 1, you go out and chase rinne in game 2. it would be huge without his shocking history against the pens, but there's simply no way he and the team aren't thinking about it now. meanwhile murray is ROCK SOLID

there's a lot of guys scoring goals but guentzel getting his touch back is by far the most important thing happening on the forward side of things. ANOTHER gwg. hard to say which was more crucial, since this one lead to an absolute cascade of goals and broke rinne

hainsey had one of his passable games which was definitely big as well

 

[Randy Butternubs]

Pens get called for two penalties at once, with one being a questionable penalty. Also, the Pens have a goal called back on that offside challenge. I guess it's all even on the conspiracies, right? Right?!

 

[Beau Knows]

This is one clutch ****ing hockey team. Unreal.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

The Penguins...are good

 

[Tek_Jansen]

+ Jake with 3 goals and 2 game winners in the Stanley Cup Final as a rookie. Just sublime!

 

[KIRK]

+++ Murray: We don't win this game w/o Murray buying us all the time in the world. He was tremendous. Save after save after save. Main reason we won. This guy deserves all the credit and some for this win. Absolutely incredible stuff.

+++ Jake: When our stars aren't stars, Jake comes to the rescue. What a story. I don't have enough words for Jake. It's the best story of the playoffs, IMO.

+ PK: Great stuff. Cole/Bones especially. Cullen and Rowney deserve love, too.

+ Sheary: His speed is causing issues for Nashville. We need Hags or Archie for Wilson. They are causing all sorts of issues.


- Stars/Powerplay: I didn't like the game from Geno, Sid, or Kessel. A lot more effort is needed from them and they are the reason our PP was brutal. No movement because they were not engaged in wanting to win the battle on the PP. It almost cost us the game if not for Murray/Jake.

- Maatta: BRUTAL game. Good lord. Back to back brutal games.

- Where is our composure? Let Nashville get frustrated. Don't get into the ****. Don't engage. Just let them be frustrated.

1. I have no idea what Sully said to them after the first, but it was good.

2. They are frustrated.

 

[Ogrezilla]

what a game. I hope we broke Rinne.

 

[Ragamuffin Gunner]

MM held the fort!

Including the Horny goal the Pens 10 goals have been:

PP point shot: 1
ENG: 1
Tick-tack-toe passing: 1
Snipe off the rush: 2
Throw the puck at the net and get a bounce: 5

Maybe we should just shoot more?

 

[Killahpunk]

+ 3rd period
+ Jake
++ Murray

 

[jedisports]

So happy!

 

[ColePens]

Not just to scoring goals, but we whipped their ass in the 3rd period.

 

[Scandale du Jour]

Series far from over, but I am so happy we are up 2-0. Let's get a split in Nashville and win this baby at home.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Big minus to Nashville and their 70's style antics in the first 2 games of this series. Bunch of cheap shotting divers.

 

[SirBrad]

I felt so confident for these guys coming into tonight. They lived up to it.

 

[KIRK]

what a game. I hope we broke Rinne.

Dude looked like someone stole his puppy in the shot as the game was ending.

 

[Speaking Moistly]

Murray was a monster.

 

[dig1]

I like the fact that we converted on the odd man rushes. I think Nashville D will not be taking liberty to attack in the next few games. that puts a serious message to them to play honest..at least i hope so....i wonder what you guys think about that specific aspect of the game

 

[WBSPens99]

++++++++++Murray
+++++Guentzel
+++3rd period

-----Power Play
----Refs
---Nashville provocation

 

[orby]

I don't know if i've ever seen a team this beat up, pushed to the brink of elimination twice, and still getting so far on sheer force of will. They are a sight to behold.

 

[penguins1812]

Nashville is not winning 4 games vs this team. Impossible.

 

[Night Shift]

I just want to see them hoist a cup without the ugly Vegas gold..2 more

 

[Ignatius]

+We won a game after conceding the first goal

 

[66-30-33]

MM stole us 2 wins, Guentzel won us 2 games!

 

[Koempel]

Only saw the 3rd (need to get some sleep some time), so reading the earlier threads was quite amusing. Seems Murray and the Guentzel guided them to victory .