Post-Game Talk: |Pens vs Panther | OT win | We are so very special. Our special teams giveth and taketh away

[StaalForOne]

Without looking up the numbers I feel like Carter’s minutes were cut back. Sully seems to trust Poehling and his line more so than Bluegers right now

Stars turned it on at the end of the game.

 

[Darren McCord]

Caps will eat us alive.

Good thing we have been dead for awhile now

 

[Ugene Magic]

Oh, Robo is Kaput!

 

[Rudy Russo]

Please play Friedman against the Caps instead of RUH. 4th line looks great, but CDS and the 3rd line are still terrible. Happy for the two points.

 

[Pancakes]

Putting aside all the bullshit about our sloppy defense, CDS, Mike Sullivan, etc etc etc.

Games like this are why we brought the core back. Fun moment for them.

 

[Andy99]

Frustrating team…garbage game…CDS cannot play Thursday, Ovie will score like 6 goals against him…seriously, if Jarry can’t go, play Tokarski…

we now need 7 goals against AHL goaltending to win a game…embarrassing…with that, Lyons still had a better save % than CDS…please, for the love of God Hextall, get CDS out of here!

 

[Beau Knows]

A lot of things to not like there but man that was fun to watch

 

[HuskerTornado]

Sloppy, but since they won I can look back and say it was a fun game to watch on my birthday. Lol. It almost wasn't, though, and need to clean a lot up from this mess going forward.

 

[Pancakes]

I feel like these games are fun as shit to watch if your team isn't involved in them. Give me a 7-6 game between Colorado and Vegas every night.

They're fun when you're involved too...IF you win.

If we had lost that game I'd be sulking big time right now

 

[Big Poppa Pump]

Great screen from 87 on that last goal. But man…we have to swap Rust and Rakell back…like a month ago.

Rust didn't do much on L2 either.

If only we could slide him down to L3.

 

[Fordy]

Without looking up the numbers I feel like Carter’s minutes were cut back. Sully seems to trust Poehling and his line more so than Bluegers right now

Stars turned it on at the end of the game.

the lack of poehling and archibald has been huge

 

[DesertedPenguin]

Without looking up the numbers I feel like Carter’s minutes were cut back. Sully seems to trust Poehling and his line more so than Bluegers right now

Stars turned it on at the end of the game.

They were not. Carter played close to his season average with 14:05 tonight.

Poehling played 10:41.

 

[Bnat66]

hard not to hate CDS playing like an amateur.

 

[Gurglesons]

Oh, Robo is Kaput!

Didn’t we win like all of the games in them but one?

 

[Rudy Russo]

This team f***ing sucks. The Panthers are slightly worse.

Everyone is a loser tonight.

Are you ever happy? Maybe you should cheer for a different NHL team?

 

[Fordy]

They were not. Carter played close to his season average with 14:05 tonight.

Poehling played 10:41.

whether it’s more or less minutes, being on the wing and having quality 4th liners in the lineup is big

 

[Ugene Magic]

Sloppy, but since they won I can look back and say it was a fun game to watch on my birthday. Lol. It almost wasn't, though, and need to clean a lot up from this mess going forward.

Happy Birthday!!!

Didn’t we win like all of the games in them but one?

They won a lot of games back in the day, too.

Still didn't stop the tragedies.

 

[Big Poppa Pump]

Without looking up the numbers I feel like Carter’s minutes were cut back. Sully seems to trust Poehling and his line more so than Bluegers right now

Stars turned it on at the end of the game.

No, Carter played his usual 14-15 min

 

[DearDiary]

Bring up Tokarski, put DeSmith through Waivers

 

[vodeni]

Carter and Heinen had strong games. DOC and Poehling too.

If Letang can play like this he can carry this team for a while. CDS has to be better.

A fun hockey game if nothing else? Frustrating, but fun

honestly what was strong that you saw in Carter's game, I did not see anything, and I want to see whatever good is desperately, his line had a some offensive zone time, but zero danger, I guess at least they did not get caved in

 

[Pancakes]

honestly what was strong that you saw in Carter's game, I did not see anything, and I want to see whatever good is desperately, his line had a some offensive zone time, but zero danger, I guess at least they did not get caved in

Better zone time than he's had in a while. 63% xgoals 5v5 tonight if you care for such things.

I don't think he was great but it was much more solid than he has been

 

[vodeni]

man having Tanger back is so good, I get mad at him so often, but its so much better having him back

 

[Pancakes]

ETA to the "I thought our guys competed hard" quote?

 

[Tender Rip]

Just unacceptably horrible D (from every single D-man, no one was even passable in our own zone!), team defense and goaltending. You cant help being high on an OT 7-6 win with a fairytale game winner by Letang but there’s too much of a sour taste to it just the same.

Credit to the 4th line though.

 

[DesertedPenguin]

honestly what was strong that you saw in Carter's game, I did not see anything, and I want to see whatever good is desperately, his line had a some offensive zone time, but zero danger, I guess at least they did not get caved in

Yeah, Carter's line had some possession and zone time - 73.33 Corsi For % is great, 7-2 on scoring chances.

But they didn't score and their high danger chances were split 2-2.

Poehling's line, meanwhile, 61.54 Corsi For %, also 7-2 on scoring chances, but they had a 6-2 edge on high danger chances and scored two goals.

Process is important. So that was a positive for Carter's line. But production is what ultimately matters.