GDT: ECQF Game 1|Pittsburgh Penguins (2) vs. New York Rangers (3)|4.13.16|Part 2

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[size=+3]Eastern Conference Quarterfinals Game 1[/size]
[size=+2]Consol Energy Center; Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
April 13, 2016; 8:07 PM EDT[/size]

[size=+4][shadow=black]Starting Goalies[/shadow][/size]

#37 Jeff Zatkoff|#30 Björn Henrik Lundqvist
4-7-1, 2.79 GAA, .917 SV%, 0 SO|35-21-7, 2.48 GAA, .920 SV%, 4 SO

[size=+4][shadow=black]Projected Penguins Lines[/shadow][/size]

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing

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14 Christopher Kunitz|87 Sidney Patrick Crosby, ONS|72 Patric Gösta Hörnqvist

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62 Carl Oliver Hagelin|13 Nicholas Lawrence Bonino|81 Philip Joseph Oscar Mayer Kessel, Jr.

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34 Tom 'Stop Talking About My Dad' Kühnhackl|7 Matthew David Cullen|16 Eric Fehr

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47 Captain Caveman|40 Oskar Sundqvist|43 Conor Sheary

Left Defense | Right Defense

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3 Olli Määttä|58 Kristopher Allen Letang

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8 Brian Joseph Dumoulin|6 Mayor Trevor Daley

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28 Gerrit Ian Douglas Cole|4 Sgt. Justin Schultz

[size=+4][shadow=black]Projected Rangers Lines[/shadow][/size]

Left Wing | Center | Right Wing
20 Christopher James Kreider|21 Derek Kenneth Stepan|61 Richard McLaren Nash
10 Jonathan Traitor Miller|16 Derick Brassard|36 Mats André Zuccarello Aasen
12 Eric Craig Staal|13 Kevin Patrick Hayes|19 Jesper Fast h
15 *prolonged fart sound*|28 Dominic Michael Moore|25 Viktor Stålberg

Left Defense | Right Defense
18 Marc Staal|5 Daniel Girardi
93 Keith Michael Yandle|8 Kevin R. Klein
76 Brady Skjei|22 Daniel Denis Boyle

*Rangers lines completely stolen from Loffen's fantastic GDT on the Rangers board

[size=+4]Regular Season Team Stats[/size]

Penguins || Rangers
48-26-8 104 pts.|Record|46-27-9 101 pts.
26-11-4|Home|27-10-4
22-15-4|Away|19-17-5
Lost 1|Streak|Won 1
2.94 – 3rd|Goals Per Game|2.84 – 7th
2.43 – 6th|Goals Against Per Game|2.62 - t15th
+42 - 2nd|Goal Differential|+19 - 11th
18.4% – 16th|Power Play|18.6% – 14th
84.4% – 5th|Penalty Kill|78.2% – 26th
33.2 - 1st |Shots Per Game|28.5 – 26th
29.7 – t15th|Shots Against Per Game|30.4 - t18th
50.2% – t14th|Faceoff %|49.2% – 23rd
160 – t4th|5-on-5 Goals For|163 - 3rd
130 - t8th|5-on-5 Goals Against|129 - t6th
1,947 – 12th|Hits|2,164– t6th
8:27 – 4th|PIM/G|8:35 – 5th
5 - t9th|SHG Allowed|5 - t9th
11 - 2nd|Short-Handed Goals|3 - t24th
+16:40 - 11th|PP-PK Time Diff.|-39:27 - 25th
30-6-1|Record When Scoring First|33-5-5
18-20-7|Record When Trailing First|13-22-4
34-17-7|Record When Outshooting Opposition|20-14-2
13-9-1|Record When Outshot|24-13-7
20-2|Record When Leading After 1|25-3-3
39-0 |Record When Leading After 2|28-2-2
10-16-3|Record When Trailing After 1|9-12-2
5-21-4|Record When Trailing After 2|4-20-2
0-3|Overtime Record|1-0
4-4|Shootout Record|3-2

[size=+4][shadow=black]Regular Season Team Leaders[/shadow][/size]

Penguins || Rangers
Sidney Crosby 36|GOALS|Derick Brassard 27
Kris Letang 51|ASSISTS|Keith Yandle 42
Sidney Crosby 85|POINTS|Mats Zuccarello 61
A Feral Raccoon +29|+/-|Ryan McDonagh +26
Kris Letang 66|PIM|Tanner Glass 66
Evgeni Malkin 11|PP Goals|Derick Brassard 8
Kris Letang 22|PP Assists|Keith Yandle 20
Letang, Malkin 27|PP Points|Brassard, Yandle 22
Eric Fehr 4|SH Goals|Derek Stepan 3
Matt Cullen 6|SH Points|Derek Stepan 3
Crosby, Malkin 2|OT Goals|4 Tied 1
Sidney Crosby 9|GWG|Brassard, Miller, Stepan 5
Phil Kessel 274|SOG|Derick Brassard 192
Evgeni Malkin 16.7%|Sh% (Min. 10 G)|J.T. Miller 16.3%
Kris Letang 26:56|TOI|Ryan McDonagh 22:21
Matt Cullen 55.7%|FO|Dominic Moore 55.3%
Chris Kunitz 264|Hits|Tanner Glass 224
Cole, Letang 122|Blocked Shots|Dan Girardi 195
Kris Letang 69|Giveaways|Keith Yandle 76
Evgeni Malkin 54|Takeaways| Derek Stepan 62

Bold indicates league leader

[size=+4][shadow=black]Series Schedule[/shadow][/size]

Date | Game | Home Team | Road Team | Result/Start Time
1|4.13.16|Penguins|Rangers|8:00pm
2|4.16.16|Penguins|Rangers|3:00pm
3|4.19.16|Rangers|Penguins|7:00pm
4|4.21.16|Rangers|Penguins|TBD
5*|4.23.16|Penguins|Rangers|TBD
6*|4.25.16|Rangers|Penguins|TBD
7*|4.27.16|Penguins|Rangers|TBD

*if necessary.

[size=+4][shadow=black]Injuries[/shadow][/size]
Penguins Injuries:

Player | Position | Status | Description
Beau Bennett|RW|DTD|Being Beau Bennett
Pascal Dupuis|RW|LTIR|Career Over
Marc-Andre Fleury|G|GTD|Concussion
Olli Määttä|D|GTD|Lower-Body Injury
Evgeni Malkin|C|DTD|Upper-Body Injury
Matt Murray|G|DTD|Head
Kevin Porter|F|IR|Ankle Surgery
Bryan Rust|F|DTD|Lower-Body Injury
Scott Wilson|F|IR|****ing Magnets or Something

Rangers Injuries:

Player | Position | Status | Description
Ryan McDonagh|D|DTD|Hand

[size=+4][shadow=black]TV Information[/shadow][/size]​

TV Station|Available For
Root|Pittsburgh Region
MSG|New York Region
USA|United States of Leland
SportsNet|Canuckistan
TVA Sports 2|French Canuckistan

[size=+7]Paint It Black & Pittsburgh Gold[/size]




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[Fordy]

Yeah, but first game of the playoffs... pretty shrewd adjustment by Sullivan.

i mean on an nhl coach scale that's great timing. bylsma would have never got there. johnston, maybe in a few games

 

[Corvidae]

I don't want to make light of an eye injury here.. but I think Lundqvist tried to buy a call there.. felt the stick and made a show of it.. when it was his own player.. i mean come on.

That's exactly it. He's an over-dramatic Diva. If I thought he was actually hurt I won't laugh at him. Acts like someone ripped his eyeball out then got a few drops and went back in.

 

[JTG]

Sheary's performance right now is the type of performance that gets Sid going.

 

[66-30-33]

TBH i would probably freak out like Lundqvist getting hit in the eye, but are they allowed to delay a game THAT long? put your backup in net and go get Lundqvist checked out. He can come back for the 2nd period.

 

[Rectify]

Z looking good, that's should be music to the teams ears. Start playing fast and relentless, don't try to hold a lead.

 

[Finesse]

Let's see if the Pens stick to the pattern and wake up during the 2nd.

 

[Son Goku]

Let's go pens

 

[Empoleon8771]

Pens are usually good in the 2nd periods, so I'd like to see the Pens up 3-1 or 4-1 after this period. Let's cruise out of here and keep it easy.

 

[KIRK]

i mean on an nhl coach scale that's great timing. bylsma would have never got there. johnston, maybe in a few games

I don't think it was a permanent juggle. I think he sees Sheary as a 11-12 minute guy playing on a fourth line, so he gets some random shifts with Sid. I also think he'd like to avoid giving Kunitz over 16 minutes.

 

[mgd525]

maybe if Malkin, Murray and Fluery all hump the ice for 15 seconds it will heal them like it did Lundy ?

 

[SEALBound]

Sheary's performance right now is the type of performance that gets Sid going.

Kunitz is just murdering play. Sheary on Sid's LW would be just what we need.

 

[Ugene Magic]

Bigs, you going for the record?

 

[ThatGuy]

zatkoff for conn smythe

 

[Deutschland Dangler]

Props to Zatkoff, he might have just decided (or tremendously helped, anyway) where that series is going.

 

[Pancakes]

Pens are usually good in the 2nd periods, so I'd like to see the Pens up 3-1 or 4-1 after this period. Let's cruise out of here and keep it easy.

It's been anything but easy so far

 

[Corvidae]

TBH i would probably freak out like Lundqvist getting hit in the eye, but are they allowed to delay a game THAT long? put your backup in net and go get Lundqvist checked out. He can come back for the 2nd period.

Rollout the softest red carpet for Her Majesty Queen Henrietta the 1st.

She can have some tea with our own Cindy Crysby.

 

[WayneSid9987]

I don't think it was a permanent juggle. I think he sees Sheary as a 11-12 minute guy playing on a fourth line, so he gets some random shifts with Sid. I also think he'd like to avoid giving Kunitz over 16 minutes.

Thats the thing Sheary and Kunitz's ice time right now should be reversed.
Also get Hags out there as much as you can too.
These are the guys making things happen.

 

[Son Goku]

Props to Zatkoff, he might have just decided (or tremendously helped, anyway) where that series is going.

Game ain't over

 

[Smoke]

One thing about Sheary that I really like is his stick handling.

and the fact that he appears to play very well against the Rangers

 

[TorstenFrings]

As someone who actually said right away, that Lundqvist better be fine, I just want to say: Get ****ing lost, Leafs fans!!!

BTW: I love reading the Canes board, because the are hilarious and great entertainment and what do you know, they are also way more chill about their Kings 1st round pick than Leafs fans are about ours.

tl;dr: Lets trade more with the Canes. I like them. They are great.

 

[KIRK]

Kunitz is just murdering play. Sheary on Sid's LW would be just what we need.

He won't make the switch permanent in this game. As I keep saying, it was more about trying to get Sheary about 4 minutes a period and to limit Kunitz.

I'll be happy to be wrong, but I don't think so, unfortunately . . .

 

[Lustaf]

Damn last thread closed as I typed... The jist of what I was saying is that getting hit in the eye is no laughing matter and regardless of teams he deserves more respect on that play then is being shown in here.

 

[TheSniper26]

Come on guys, calm down with the Lundqvist stuff. WE'RE LOSING POTENTIAL RANDOM INTERNET BANDWAGON FANS LEFT AND RIGHT!!!!

 

[PlinyElder*]

Of course Rangers fans crying about the booing. But when you yank a goalie you don't even get a fraction of that time. They were classy until he started staaling.