Post-Game Talk: Cole's Plus/Minus: Pens vs. Canes - Amazingly all of the negative naysayers were busy for this one..

[ColePens]

+++++++++ Murray: As always, I am so sick and tired of people taking this guy for granted. I don't have words anymore. He was so solid and made it look easy. It wasn't. That is when he's at his absolute best.

++++ 4th line: Johnson used his speed. Cully used his smarts. Wilson used his grit. That 4th line delivered big early in the game.

+++ Defensive support: Boy they smothered the Canes. Lots of backchecking forwards and a lot of great gap by the defense causing offsides and turnovers. We got a little lazy at getting pucks in deep that went to turnovers, but the Canes are good at doing that. That was a pretty damn good effort by the boys on the d-side of the puck.

+++ Hornqvist!!! The guy just is the heart and soul of this hockey team. He gives every ounce of himself all game and never stops. That's not an easy level to play at every night. But he does it. And he doesn't stop. He makes that Simon/Bjugs line have a heartbeat and those 2 guys bring their A game, too.



Lots of positives to take away from this one. It's the last meaningful game and Sid's line was jumping early and could have had 2-3 goals. Kessel did some Kessel things. Still not 100%. Defense was solid. Really shut the Canes down. This being the absolute last meaningful game of the regular season, they delivered.

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[Gurglesons]

Gudbranson and Simon made up for poor 1st and 2nd periods in the 3rd.

Matt Murray is starting to scare me if I’m in our division.

 

[bathroomSTAAL]

It's good we won because if we lost, I understand we would have been automatically swept in the first round

 

[LOGiK]

Massive win. The boys came to play today.

 

[Shrimper]

2 more points

+ 4th line, Murray
- another 0 from Sid. Won't get 100

 

[Ogrezilla]

 

[domaug]

very solid game, i would say Murray was the best player tonight

 

[2wayPlay]

Huge W boys way to come through and pretty much lock up a top 3 seed. Looking like the Isles

 

[Ugene Magic]

We are all winners tonight...

Great job line #4.

Edit: 2 assists for AJ and he's still not rewarded with more time.

 

[ColePens]

That Mears stat... 10/11 games now we've gotten points against divisional foe. That is insane.

 

[JimmyTwoTimes]

Crosby saving 100 for the very last game. Here comes 5 points against the Wings(twice). Needing 1 against the Rangers.

No worries

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Woo we won!

Also someone named Derek, sucks.

 

[TNT87]

Solid effort. Nice to see the fourth line get some big goals in a big game.

 

[66-30-33]

- Refs for reffing the score

Go f*** Yourself Bitches!

 

[Dipsy Doodle]

 

[Randy Butternubs]

 

[Pancakes]

Thought Sid played an inspired game. Sucks he didn't get any points. That probably costs him a chance at 100 unless he gets some serious cheapies in the final three. Not even sure he will play the final 3 if we lock a seed up before the last game.

We're in if Montreal loses one game (in regulation).

 

[cheesedanish87]

Pens played really well, getting 2 points against a good team without Geno and Letang is no easy task.

Only complaint is the 5 on 6 defense, Pens gotta do a better job in those situations, it just seems like we give up more chances then we should in those situations.

 

[AlphaCatalyst]

Victory.

Glad I could share some of that Lightning mojo with y’all.

Sailor Moon (I'm basically a weeb)

Ah yeah Sailor Mars. Been a while since I watched. At first glance looked like Ukyo from Ranna 1/2

 

[Ogrezilla]

so it's pretty damn likely it's us vs the Isles round 1 now.

 

[K Fleur]

Woo we won!

Also someone named Derek, sucks.

That would be Brassard.

A true Pens gif!

 

[Dinfire]

Every game I've watched for the last three weeks the team with the better goalie won.

 

[ncm7772]

YUGE win, Murray an absolute STUD.

My complaint is Sid is highly unlikely to reach 100.

 

[66-30-33]

Canes had 20 shots in the 3rd? damn.

 

[EVGENIMERLIN]

Only caught the last 10 mins cause we had our hockey championship game, but I like the defensive commitment especially after giving up the PP goal.

Murray was incredibly solid from what I saw. Huge win for the Pens. Let’s get healthy and get Bullet Club firing

 

[JakeNBake59]

secondary scoring and team defence

bodes well