GDT: #49|Bruins vs. Pens|Sun, April 25 - 2021|3:00 PM EST.|PPG| The Kristopher Norris Edition

[Kristopher Letang]

GAME PREVIEW

The Penguins continue along their five-game homestand as they take on the Boston Bruins at PPG Paints Arena. Pittsburgh has won seven of its last eight games (7-1-0) against the Bruins here at home dating back to Dec. 14, 2016. Going back further, the Penguins have picked up points in 12 of their last 15 home games against the Bruins (11-3-1) dating back to Mar. 11, 2012. Pittsburgh is 11-6-1 all-time against Boston here at PPG Paints Arena. The Penguins have earned points in 15 of their last 18 games overall (13-3-2).



Penguins projected lineup

Guentzel-Crosby-Rust
McCann-Carter-Zucker
ZAR-Blueger-Kapanen
Sceviour-Jankowski-Rodrigues

Dumoulin-Kristopher Norris
Matheson-Ceci
Pettersson-Marino

Jarry
DeSmith

Injuries: Malkin, Tanev, Gaudreau



Bruins projected lineup

Marchand-Coyle-Pastrnak
Hall-Krejci-Smith
Ritchie-Lazar-Debrusk
Blidh-Kuraly-Wagner

Grzelcyk-McAvoy
Reilly-Miller
Lauzon-Kampfer

Swayman (Confirmed)
Rask

Injuries: Carlo, Kase, Moore, Bergeron (Game-time decision)

Click to read more...

 

[Gurglesons]

I hate the Bruins more than any NHL team. Please win.

 

[fragmag]

Would be nice if Bergeron stays off the ice today.

 

[Night Shift]

I know one person on this board who will never call him Mr Norris.

 

[LOGiK]

Good job @Kristopher Letang !

I bet 95k fake hfbucks on the penguins.


A great rainy lazy sunday for some hockey!!!!

 

[Night Shift]

I hate the Bruins more than any NHL team. Please win.

Yeah they're 1b to the Flyers

 

[LOGiK]

Yeah they're 1b to the Flyers

Yeah... I don't know... a true blue pens fan will say Flyers are the #1 enemy...

But its not like you can't hate other teams... Boston is hated just as much if not more than the flyers.... but rivalry wise... philly is PE#1

 

[Kristopher Letang]

I know one person on this board who will never call him Mr Norris.

“They be hating man”

 

[Gurglesons]

Yeah they're 1b to the Flyers

At least Flyers fans aren’t from New England.

 

[Night Shift]

Yeah... I don't know... a true blue pens fan will say Flyers are the #1 enemy...

But its not like you can't hate other teams... Boston is hated just as much if not more than the flyers.... but rivalry wise... philly is PE#1

That's kinda what I said. For me I hate Boston almost as much as Philly. In fact hate them both more than the Caps. Or the NY teams

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Yeah... I don't know... a true blue pens fan will say Flyers are the #1 enemy...

But its not like you can't hate other teams... Boston is hated just as much if not more than the flyers.... but rivalry wise... philly is PE#1

Flyers
Caps
Boston
Islanders

 

[Andy99]

Man, it’s hard to think anything good is going to come from this game regardless of whether Bergeron plays...b2b game against an opponent we do the worst against and who injure our players regularly, and a no name goalie starting...all of our kryptonite right there lol...can’t see a win...just get a split with Boston in this series and no injuries...

 

[HandshakeLine]

“They be hating man”

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

At least Flyers fans aren’t from New England.

Eh a good amount are from Delco. Is there a difference?

 

[ChaosAgent]

On national TV in a marquee game, this would be a good time for Letang & Penguins to unleash the "Kris 4 Norris" campaign.

 

[Gurglesons]

Eh a good amount are from Delco. Is there a difference?

Delco is still in PA.

 

[Gurglesons]

On national TV in a marquee game, this would be a good time for Letang & Penguins to unleash the "Kris 4 Norris" campaign.

Cue Marchand making Letang his bitch as always.

It’s weird because I think they are good friends. What with the matching blonde tips in junior.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Frenchie to the rescue....! @Kristopher Letang

Thanks for stepping up...

 

[Big McLargehuge]

Yeah... I don't know... a true blue pens fan will say Flyers are the #1 enemy...

But its not like you can't hate other teams... Boston is hated just as much if not more than the flyers.... but rivalry wise... philly is PE#1

The Flyers will always be my most hated team...but the hate isn't boiling there right now. The second things get even mildly heated again I'll revert to despising their very existence.

For now, though, the Flyers don't actively infuriate me and they have enough fans that you can have an actual conversation/debate with without it turning into a stupid pissing contest (maybe because they know they can't win that one ). Then there are fan bases who you just can't reason with. I've never had a good interaction with an Islanders fan and what positive interactions I do have with Bruins fans inevitably turn into a shouting match within a couple minutes.

To put it another way...when I meet a Rangers fan in the wild it's usually a 'oh cool, another hockey fan' moment. When I meet a Bruins fan in the wild it's like they're offended that anyone could root for another team.

I appreciate that the bulk of the Bostonians I've met in LA despise the entire concept of sports because of growing up around those people

 

[wgknestrick]

Huge game today and a key is not just shutting down L1, but also Hall's line. He is 1pt/game and +1/game since the trade. This is a real test for the pens PO chances.

 

[Kristopher Letang]

Cue Marchand making Letang his bitch as always.

It’s weird because I think they are good friends. What with the matching blonde tips in junior.

I’ll never understand the Letang/Sid/Marchand bromance

 

[Gurglesons]

Huge game today and a key is not just shutting down L1, but also Hall's line. He is 1pt/game and +1/game since the trade. This is a real test for the pens PO chances.

I’ll put more weight on Tuesday’s game. This is a back to back in the afternoon so I expect us to get rolled. That being said we’ve lost one game against Boston at home in the last like 4 years.

 

[chethejet]

Props to GDT and stepping up. I wish I had the knowledge to help with the GDT. Pens have 8 games left and B2B is simply part of the deal. If Bergeron is out, Sid can be a significant difference maker. Bruins are stepping up in competition as well so we will see a great contest.

 

[CheckingLineCenter]

I’ll never understand the Letang/Sid/Marchand bromance

it’s that Q connection bro

 

[SEALBound]

Bruins have a nice lineup. Should be a really good test for us. If Sid's line can kept the Marchy-Bergs-Pasta line in check, then it's a bottom 9 vs bottom 9 showdown. I like our defense and goalie better but...seemingly against the Bruins that does not tend to matter.