[#7] Dallas Stars at Pittsburgh Penguins - 6:00 PM CST

[LT]

Starting Line-up

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Jamie Benn | Tyler Seguin | Patrick Sharp
Mattias Janmark | Jason Spezza | Valeri Nichushkin
Antoine Roussel | Cody Eakin | Ales Hemsky
Vernon Fiddler | Radek Faksa | Colton Sceviour

Left Defense | Right Defense
Alex Goligoski | John Klingberg
Johnny Oduya | Jason Demers
Jordie Benn | Jyrki Jokipakka

Goaltenders
Antti Niemi
Kari Lehtonen

Scratches
Patrik Nemeth
Jamie Oleksiak

Injured
Brett Ritchie (wrist)
Patrick Eaves (ankle)
Curtis McKenzie (hip)
Travis Moen (upper body)

Leading Scorers | Goals | Assists | Points
Jamie Benn | 6 | 4 | 10
Tyler Seguin | 4 | 6 | 10
Jason Spezza | 4 | 3 | 7
Ales Hemsky | 1 | 5 | 6
Cody Eakin | 3 | 1 | 4

Starting Lineup

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Chris Kunitz | Sidney Crosby | Phil Kessel
David Perron | Evgeni Malkin | Patric Hornqvist
Kevin Porter | Nick Bonino | Sergei Plotnikov
Bobby Farnham | Matt Cullen | Bryan Rust

Left Defense | Right Defense
Ian Cole | Kris Letang
Brian Dumoulin | Ben Lovejoy
Rob Scuderi | Olli Maatta

Goaltenders
Marc-Andre Fleury
Thomas Greiss

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[LT]

Don't seem to be any line-up changes.

Niemi should get the start again tonight.

 

[LT]

Forwards:

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Jamie Benn | Tyler Seguin | Patrick Sharp
Mattias Janmark | Jason Spezza | Valeri Nichushkin
Antoine Roussel | Cody Eakin | Ales Hemsky
Vernon Fiddler | Radek Faksa | Colton Sceviour

Glad to see Janmark get bumped up, but I'm not too sure I like this.

 

[Satan]

I don't really care about pairings this early on but I'd like to see Nemeth or Oleksiak feature in once we get home.

 

[Mr Misty]

Forwards:

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
Jamie Benn | Tyler Seguin | Patrick Sharp
Mattias Janmark | Jason Spezza | Valeri Nichushkin
Antoine Roussel | Cody Eakin | Ales Hemsky
Vernon Fiddler | Radek Faksa | Colton Sceviour

Glad to see Janmark get bumped up, but I'm not too sure I like this.

You probably also don't like a team that has but one scoring line, and neither does Ruff. Spezza can't carry Fiddler and Val, so some tweaks here and there to spark the middle two lines aren't something to be afraid of.

 

[LT]

You probably also don't like a team that has but one scoring line, and neither does Ruff. Spezza can't carry Fiddler and Val, so some tweaks here and there to spark the middle two lines aren't something to be afraid of.

Its more Hemsky that's the problem for me than anything.

He's come out scoring and can't seem to catch a break.

 

[PuckFrozen]

I think Sharp should be with Spezza because, as said above, two scoring lines is much better than one. Sceviour with Benn and Seguin looked quite good last season so he would probably fit there now, too.

 

[Mr Misty]

Its more Hemsky that's the problem for me than anything.

He's come out scoring and can't seem to catch a break.

They trust Hemsky to be RW on a defensive line and they cannot trust Val to do the same. They need Val to get rolling, and Eakin has enough offense that Hemsky should still be a factor. The roles are the roles and now Ruff is trying to make the best fit for the pieces we have.

Our start means we have the luxury of doing this now and trying things out to find the best fit/jumpstart guys who are struggling.

 

[Mr Misty]

I think Sharp should be with Spezza because, as said above, two scoring lines is much better than one. Sceviour with Benn and Seguin looked quite good last season so he would probably fit there now, too.

They want to make fancy plays Scevior cant; he wants to shoot from bad angles. It was a disaster to the point Seguin stopped passing to him and it won't be repeated.

 

[PuckFrozen]

They want to make fancy plays Scevior cant; he wants to shoot from bad angles. It was a disaster to the point Seguin stopped passing to him and it won't be repeated.

Maybe your right. Anyway, the line combinations would look much better if Nichushkin got his game going. I damn sure hope he will.

 

[Mr Misty]

Maybe your right. Anyway, the line combinations would look much better if Nichushkin got his game going. I damn sure hope he will.

100%. It's nice to be in position where he is the sole thing that isn't working and everyone else is playing well, points or not.

 

[LoneStarHockey]

Let's Go Stars!!

 

[Mr Misty]

Not a great start

 

[Satan]

Yay I'm forced to watch a ROOT Sports broadcast.

 

[Mr Misty]

This is called "8 out of 10 points is a good roadtrip"

 

[Satan]

Goligoski having problems standing up

 

[Mr Misty]

All fall down.

Ice is slippery guys

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

Better to be lucky then good

 

[Mr Misty]

Patience there from Hemsky. He's playing so well

 

[Satan]

What a snipe

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

Better to be good then lucky

 

[masinaLFC]

than?

 

[Mr Misty]

Better to be lucky then good

 

[masinaLFC]

But it looks like the first game.. slower start and then the Stars score

 

[Ghost of Kyiv]

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