GDT: |Game #LXII| March 17 | Pens vs Blues | Pens feeling sad for being flightless, want some of that Blues music

[Zirakzigil]

Vs

Pittsburgh Penguins
(36-16-9, third in the Metropolitan)

vs.

St. Louis Blues
(34-17-8, second in the Central)


St. Louis; Thursday, 8 p.m. EDT


BOTTOM LINE:
Pittsburgh takes on St. Louis for a non-conference matchup.

The Blues are 20-7-3 at home.

The Penguins are 19-7-4 on the road.

Pittsburgh beat St. Louis 5-3 in the last meeting between these teams on Jan. 5. Bryan Rust scored two goals for the Penguins in the victory.


TOP PERFORMERS:
Jordan Kyrou leads the Blues with 37 assists and has 59 points this season. David Perron has eight goals and three assists over the last 10 games for St. Louis.

Jake Guentzel leads the Penguins with 29 goals and has 60 points. Sidney Crosby has seven assists over the last 10 games for Pittsburgh.


LAST 10 GAMES:
Blues: 5-3-2, averaging 3.6 goals, 6.1 assists, 3.9 penalties and 8.7 penalty minutes while giving up 2.6 goals per game with a .914 save percentage.

Penguins: 5-4-1, averaging 2.8 goals, 4.9 assists, 3.5 penalties and 8.6 penalty minutes while allowing 2.7 goals per game with a .918 save percentage

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Per usual, stats from ESPN, TSN and NHL.com and most likely inaccurate

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[AuroraBorealis]

Blues are a legit contender in my eyes, so another huge challenge here.

We were opportunistic in the 1st matchup and took them, but they outplayed us. Opposite of the Nashville game.

 

[Tender Rip]

I see that an OT win for the good guys would leave St.Louis with an identical home record to our away ditto. The universe likes these things. Hence…

 

[Andy99]

This is an important game. The Caps are 5-0-1 lately and creeping up and the Rangers just won. The Bruins just lost but have been winning lately as well…the Pens havent been as good recently as those teams tbh…they have to get their shit together and soon or they could be falling into WC territory..theyre probably going to see Husso for the first time and he’s been really good. I hope we start seeing a complete game from the Pens and soon, including finishing on our chances

 

[Ugene Magic]

Great GDT, @Zirakzigil !

The Pens come out and compete.... I hope we win....

 

[Coastal Kev]

I wouldn't mind the Blues taking it physically to the Pens tonight. It would give the FO a valuable look ahead of how they'll respond come playoffs.

thank you for your time

 

[dogthateats]

 

[reino]

Pens schedule has been absolutely brutal lately.

 

[dogthateats]

 

[Icarium]

ZAR to be a scratch? Who is the guy coaching our team right now and what has he done with Sully?!?

 

[Empoleon8771]

For allegedly only missing last game due to being sick, that sure looks like a healthy scratch for ZAR tonight to me.

Also I like those D pairs, it's what I think they should be running with at this point.

 

[tom_servo]

For allegedly only missing last game due to being sick, that sure looks like a healthy scratch for ZAR tonight to me.

Also I like those D pairs, it's what I think they should be running with at this point.

Yeah, ZAR's sick. Sick of carrying this team.

 

[dogthateats]

 

[Gurglesons]

For allegedly only missing last game due to being sick, that sure looks like a healthy scratch for ZAR tonight to me.

Also I like those D pairs, it's what I think they should be running with at this point.

Nah. Friedman should be in over Ruh.

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

On one hand I'm like "cool, ZAR sucks and I'm glad he's finally being scratched", while on the other I'm just assuming he's the guy Sully's giving a rest to so he's fresh for the playoffs.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

Honestly I'd flip Erod and Kap. If Kap can't get it going on L1 then he's donezo for this team.

 

[KrisLetAngry]

These polls lately havnt been giving me an option I want to actually vote for.

Big game. Hope we are ready the Big Blues won't be backing down.

 

[wheelz87]

Honestly I'd flip Erod and Kap. If Kap can't get it going on L1 then he's donezo for this team.

I’m not sure there’s a WORSE fit for Sid, than Kap.

Remember that game sid went intentionally offsides because he was pissed at horny? Oh yea it’d be that all night.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

I’m not sure there’s a WORSE fit for Sid, than Kap.

Remember that game sid went intentionally offsides because he was pissed at horny? Oh yea it’d be that all night.

I thought that was Scuderi who wouldn't give him the puck in the 2014 Rags series?

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

If anyone can work with and fix the awful player Kap's become it's the notoriously difficult to fit with Sidney Crosby.

 

[Sidney the Kidney]

I find myself curiously detached from games just prior to the trade deadline. I think part of it is I'm holding my breath waiting to see what kind of moves are made so I can get invested in a team that's "going for it" or a team that's just going with what it's currently got.

 

[wheelz87]

I thought that was Scuderi who wouldn't give him the puck in the 2014 Rags series?

Not going to deny that never happened - if it did it’s gone from my memory. It definitely did happen with horns a few years back though

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

If anyone can work with and fix the awful player Kap's become it's the notoriously difficult to fit with Sidney Crosby.

Kap was pretty good with Sid earlier in the year

 

[Big Friggin Dummy]

Kap was pretty good with Sid earlier in the year

How much time have they spent together? Can't be more than like 8 shifts.

 

[Buddy Bizarre]

How much time have they spent together? Can't be more than like 8 shifts.

I swear it was a few games while Rust was gone. SMall sample size for sure, but I'm trying to save an asset that's going to be shipped out for pennies on the dollar.
Just makes sense you'd try to salvage this player.