GDT: #6|Metallica at PPG|Pens on the road to Toronto....Hey #50, It's my Birthday!

[TNT87]

Come on Rust.

 

[JTG]

Rusty! You're killing me!

 

[Gurglesons]

Simon has been on the ice for 3 shot attempts for and 16 against. Brassard is at 4 and 16. Yikes.

At evens..

Simon - 0 SF - 8SA
Sprong - 1 SF - 6SA
Brassard - 1 SF - 6SA

Can't see why this line got benched..

 

[JTG]

It seems like Sully is putting Cullen and Sheahan out every other shift.

 

[Gurglesons]

Dumo/Letang.. i cannot get enough. They are insane.

Almost..

Malkinesque..

 

[ColePens]

We should have 3-4 goals.

 

[ColePens]

It seems like Sully is putting Cullen and Sheahan out every other shift.

That line is doing damage. Offensive zone and controlling the neutral.

 

[vodeni]

it makes sense put brassard up there, run three lines til the end

 

[MrBurghundy]

I love how we're playing.

At the same time I absolutely despise the lines and player utilization.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Cullen and JJ with 5 shots on net...what I like to see.

Sidney Adam Oates Crosby decided not to shoot tonight

 

[Gumbercules]

No excuse to not get a puck on net there from Rust. He had two teammates swarming the net. Force Andersen to make a save, and have your teammates crash for a rebound.

 

[madinsomniac]

At evens..

Simon - 0 SF - 8SA
Sprong - 1 SF - 6SA
Brassard - 1 SF - 6SA

Can't see why this line got benched..

Yeah but half of those came from the one shift they got buried in their own zone lol

 

[KIRK]

This version is due to Phil actually give a **** in the NZ....

Nah, it's more than that.

Phil and Geno both are all in tonight.

They had one shift where it was eh, but everyone has had a shift like that, even Letang who lost his angle on that last shot.

BUT, their commitment is unreal. The smarts with which they are playing is unreal. That's all you can ask from them and Letang and everyone else.

Mistakes will happen. Plays against will happen even when you do everything right.

But, wow, just wow, I don't know when HMK looked like this 200 feet last. Maybe 2 years ago when they got those 10 games together and killed it?

 

[JTG]

That line is doing damage. Offensive zone and controlling the neutral.

I'll be curious to see their numbers after the game. Their possession stats are going to be outrageous.

One of those 2 need to score the next goal.

 

[ColePens]

Out of all the things the NHL does to get offensive zone faceoffs, they took away the high stick immediately being an o-zone faceoff. I don't get it.

 

[EightyOne]

He was close enough to piss on the goaltender and he misses the net

 

[PensandCaps]

Hmm. Remember when people wanted to trade Letang for scraps? And that he sucked? Lol.

Imagine this D without Letang. Jack Johnson would be your #1RHD. He barley passes being your #3RHD.

 

[canadianguy77]

We should have 3-4 goals.

They could have a couple or 3 themselves. Pretty even game.

 

[Tom Hanks]

At evens..

Simon - 0 SF - 8SA
Sprong - 1 SF - 6SA
Brassard - 1 SF - 6SA

Can't see why this line got benched..

Probably not the team you want Simon and Sprong on the same line against (plus Brassard not having a good game) but the other lines are good. Particularly L2 and L4

 

[mpp9]

Brassard, Sheahan and Cullen aren't wingers.

 

[ColePens]

WOAH MURRRRRRR ! WHAT A READ!

 

[Andy99]

I still don’t like that Cullen has more shots on goal than G and Sid combined....

 

[Gurglesons]

Yeah but half of those came from the one shift they got buried in their own zone lol

Every other player besides that line has been on the ice for at least 6 SF.

Sprong and Simon need to get shots on net if they are going to be offense only players.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Murray!

 

[Empoleon8771]

Hmm. Remember when people wanted to trade Letang for scraps? And that he sucked? Lol.

Imagine this D without Letang. Jack Johnson would be your #1RHD. He barley passes being your #3RHD.

Seems like a weird game to be complaining about Johnson, seeing how he's really pressing the play offensively and hasn't really made many mistakes. He has been pretty comfortably their 3rd best defensemen today.