GDT: Penguins @ Canadiens|2/3/13 at 7:00EST|Endorsed by Shane Endicott

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Shrimper

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Pittsburgh Penguins @ Montreal Canadiens

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Bell Center

Team Leaders
Penguins || Habs
Sidney Crosby (31)|Points|Max Pacioretty (16)
James Neal (13)|Goals|Tomas Plekanec (8)
Sidney Crosby (22)|Assists|Raphael Diaz (12)
Chris Kunitz (+11)|Plus/Minus|Bandon Prust & Brendan Gallagher (+9)
James Neal (8)|Powerplay Goals|Andrei Markov (5)
(all stats courtesy of http://hockey-reference.com and http://nhl.com)

Projected Line-ups


Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - James Neal
Beau Bennett - Brandon Sutter - Pascal Dupuis
Matt Cooke - Dustin Jeffrey - Tyler Kennedy
Tanner Glass - Joe Victory - Craig Adams

Brooks Orpik - Paul Martin
Matt Niskanen - Kris Letang
Robert Bortuzzo - Deryk Engelland
Mark Eaton/Simon Despres


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Brandon Prust-Tomas Plekanec-Brian Gionta
Brendan Gallagher-David Desharnais-Max Pacioretty
Alex Galchenyuk-Lars Eller-Michael Ryder
Travis Moen-Ryan White-Colby Armstrong

Andrei Markov - Alexei Emelin
Josh Gorges - Raphael Diaz
Francis Bouillon- P.K Subban


On this day:
  • The Penguins record on this day is roughly 50/50
  • The teams first game on March 2nd was against the Oakland Seals which finished in a 6-6 tie.
  • The Penguins lost against Boston on the same day the next year 4-0 before a years gap on this day and then a 4 year win streak with results against Detroit (7-4),Vancouver (6-1), Rangers (8-6) and Minnesota (6-2).
  • Pittsburgh have played rivals Philadelphia once on this day in the 1994-1995 season and lost 5-4.
  • One of the more entertaining games was a 7-5 win over the Rangers in the 2000-2001 season - four point games for both Lemieux and Jagr.
  • In total the Penguins record on this day is W10 L9 T3 and Pittsburgh have scored 81 goals to their opponents 79.

Goaltending Matchup

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Marc-Andre Fleury vs. Carey Price
10-5-0, .912 SV%, 2.40 GAA vs. 11-3-2, .924 SV%, 1.90 GAA

It's a Hockey Night!
 
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MetalheadPenguinsFan

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Nice GDT Shrimp.

I think tonight's matchup will end up being a goaltender's battle. Price or MAF who will crack first???

Final score will be 3-1 Pens I say. Let's go Pens!!!!
 

eXile59

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Hopefully we play better after Sid & Orpik speaking out to the press. Not going to help some of the systemic problems but might get a decent effort.
 

JQR

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Also, I didn't pick out that cake vodka, my wife wanted to try it. Unfortunately, it tastes exactly like pineapple upside-down cake when mixed with pineapple juice, which is pretty dangerous.

The Pens better start winning because she's starting to get pissed that I'm drinking all her foo-foo liquor. :laugh:
 

Axman

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I'm prepared either way:

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I went to go see WBS play last night and enjoyed way too much Magic Hat #9. I may get nauseous just looking at the logo. Good stuff in moderation. :laugh:

Down with MT and da bad guys; LGP!
 

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Good work on the GDT, Shrimper.

Lets hope we don't need alcohol and these guy actually show up.
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He's always reminded me of Troy Crosby.

I always hope that I'm wrong but I expect the Pens to do a lot of chasing tonight.

I'm really liking Bennetts game. Sure there are some rookie mistakes but he's involved in plays, keeps active and is smart away from the puck.

Maybe its just a matter of time but Sid and Neal have looked really, REALLY bad so far. It almost seems like Neal is spending a lot of time chasing pucks and not setting up. IMO he needs to get to the middle of the ice more and let Sid do the board and wing work. Sid's always coming down that RW anyway.
 

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just keep it low scoring and prove that you can actually play defense. :shakehead
 

Captain Mountain

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Brandon Prust is on the scoring line?

Therrien Deploys his lines a little differently. Prust-Pleks-Gio get more ice-time, but usually because they match up against top line scoring lines and get defensive zone starts. They're are 1st line in terms of ice-time, but our 2nd and 3rd lines are the scoring lines.
 

OnMyOwn

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I had no clue francis bouillon still played. I remember wanting to sign him like 4 years ago on a cheap deal.

I lost track of him in Nashville. Does he still play the same way at 37?
 

Dr Gonzo

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Bouillon has been surprisingly efficient for his price tag. He is really a 3rd pairing d-man, and he does get a little too much ice time, but so far so good.
 
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