Post-Game Talk: Cole's Plus/Minus: Pens/Habs Game 1

[ericstrat1]

If we've got to lose, do it in Round 1 and win the Alexis Lafreniere lotto please.

 

[xlm34]

If you can’t get at least one goal out of a 5 on 3 and a penalty shot, you really don’t deserve to win. Sucks.

Oh and that third line looked horrendous. They do not mesh at all.

 

[Ugene Magic]

End of the day, the bottom 6 was -3 in this one (BART was a -2).

Yet they use him in O-zone starts needing a goal to win.

 

[metalan2]

Penguins are just not good. Habs are dreadful in every facet besides goaltending. Outcome was expected the way the game went.

Pens have as much of a chance to win the cup as the Habs do.

 

[Shady Machine]

muzz was the best player on the ice tonight after Marino and Malkin. And I'm not sure Marino and Malkin were actually better tbh.

I’m probably being too hard on him, but I thought he wasn’t good the first half and got better as the game went on. I didn’t like his rebound control.l even in the 2nd half.

 

[NewAgeOutlaw]

Yea but MM won back to back Cups in 2016 and 2017

MM really needs to work on his goal scoring. I can't even recall the last time he potted one.

 

[Rossi Rat]

Sometimes you just have to tip your hat to Jeff Petry.

 

[KIRK]

muzz was the best player on the ice tonight after Marino and Malkin. And I'm not sure Marino and Malkin were actually better tbh.

Malkin started out like he was shot out of a cannon. but Price stopping everything and timing/ice issues led to him cooling off. He wasn't bad. But, if you look at the totality of this game, he wasn't good enough.

 

[OnMyOwn]

muzz was the best player on the ice tonight after Marino and Malkin. And I'm not sure Marino and Malkin were actually better tbh.

His rebound control was atrocious and he can’t play the puck. He’s not the better goalie and got lucky several times tonight.

 

[PensandCaps]

This is on Malkin and Sid, along with Whoever put Zucker on the top unit of the PP. 1-7 with a 5 on 3 is inexcusable.

Guys that showed up were Schultz,Marino, Letang and Rust.

Murray was fine. Can't blame him for the loss at all. He can't Score on the PP. Stopped 34 shots

 

[Hockeygod66]

All the problems they had all year long manifested tonight. Also they're f***ed having to win 5 rounds of playoff hockey. Never going to happen.

 

[Night Shift]

Yeah I can't believe we lost.

 

[domaug]

PP was shit.

We missed a penalty shot.

Price played great.

We were much better than them.

This game does not matter if we can rebound.

that's their biggest IF of the year. they've trended downward since before this Coronavirus nonsense.

 

[canadianguy77]

I second. Maybe we can hold teams hostage and get a great return..

I'm half kidding I still think we will win the series. But if the above...hope it happens

Team that wins the 1st game of a 5 game series wins it over 85% of the time. The odds are definitely stacked against us now.

 

[LosingStreak06]

I feel like it would be remiss to not mention that some of us had concerns about the Power Play’s efficacy going into the postseason

 

[Zirakzigil]

 

[PensPlz]

Sullivan has been figured out and won't win another playoff round.

Hell, he's lost his last 6 post season games and won't change a thing...

He's got to go.

 

[Andy99]

So, again, the opposing goalie outplayed ours...Murray played well except at the start of the game but what can you do? Sully has to try to get the mental edge back and he needs to change something ...a line, strategy, players, or Jarry?

 

[Darren McCord]

Coaches are effecting neutering the pp and horny and bottom 6.

swap horny and sheary at even strength
Swap horny and zucker on the pp

 

[mpp9]

muzz was the best player on the ice tonight after Marino and Malkin. And I'm not sure Marino and Malkin were actually better tbh.

Yeah. He made plenty of saves. This is on the forward group.

 

[dogthateats]

The areas of our game that everyone knew we needed to improve lost us the game. Weird

 

[Moko]

Matt Murray is trash. Silly does not have the guts to actually play a winner in Jarry. This is the titanic...

 

[Gurglesons]

His rebound control was atrocious and he can’t play the puck. He’s not the better goalie and got lucky several times tonight.

We did not lose tonight because of Matt Murray and he did his job.

Jarry gets beat on the same shit.

 

[Deczola73]

Matt Murray sets the NHL record with EIGHT STRAIGHT PLAYOFF LOSSES

 

[KIRK]

That Bart line you analytics people love so much was responsible for 2 goals against.
Whatever. This team as constructed by the coaching staff obviously isn’t good enough to really compete for a championship. That much is obvious.

BART was bad

McCann was awful, Marleau was invisible.

That bottom 6 was a -3. End of story.

As an aside, Pets left a lot to be desired out there and got worked physically, and I'm not sure he still wasn't our best LD. On the flip side, Marino is ******* incredible.