Post-Game Talk: |Pens vs Rangers | loss | Special teams weren’t the good special tonight

[66-30-33]

So big Z in for Boyle next game?

 

[harmonica]

My bad take of the night: Dumo would have helped on D tonight.

 

[ChaosAgent]

*Sit Boyle and Carter. Carter might be suspended anyway. Good.
*I'd say sit Blueger, but see above
*Our top 3 D are good enough to hang with these guys. Petts has been good as well.
*Geno must cash in. Sorry but we talk about all this chest sniping and he can't elevate the puck? Thought he was OK otherwise. Rakell would help.
*The special teams...no comment. An embarrassment. The announcers talking about us getting momentum from the "successful" 2nd kill where the Rangers almost scored like 7 times. FOH. If anything it makes us more scared because we know the PK is overmatched. Is it too late to abandon the triangle + 1? It's badly needed.

 

[HuskerTornado]

Thought it was real lazy by the tnt crew putting the loss at the feet of Domingue

 

[SomeDude]

That Igor thing isn't similar, but reminds me of that time Ben Bishop appeared to have torn every ligament and tendon in his knee against us in the playoffs when he was with TB. He went off in tears on a stretcher. He was back on the ice the next day. I mean, you have to kind of feel like a jackass with something like that, right? Even if you are relieved to not be hurt.

 

[Pittsburgh1776]

We played fine. Shitty last half of the third, but whatever. I think if we play like we did for most of games 1 and 2 in games 3 and 4 that we will do no worse than a split at home.

This should be a long series.

We do need to get a goalie healthy. If Domingue has to start many more, that's a problem. I don't even think he was the issue tonight, but the best we're gonna get from him is adequate goaltending, and we might need a level more than that to beat Shesterkin consistently.

He made several unbelievable saves tonight. I don't know what you mean by adequate goaltending. He was great

 

[Pancakes]

Ok real talk - The mere fact that the team lost a top 6 winger in Game 1, didn't have Zucker or Jarry and then lost DeSmith in OT2 and they split in NY is a f***ing good start.

Now to go back to Pittsburgh, see how Sullivan f***s up lines 2 thru 4 and hopefully one of or both of Zucker and Rakell are back as well as Jarry.

Zucker would be huge. I know he's been a disappointment here but that guy brings it in the playoffs. He'll be absolutely flying if he's out there.

 

[jmelm]

Obviously we didn't play DOC enough, otherwise we would have won for sure.

 

[ronduguayshair]

Jarry and rackell aren’t playing this series. Dream about winning the power ball not that.

 

[harmonica]

Thought it was real lazy by the tnt crew putting the loss at the feet of Domingue

Anyone blaming Domingue is a brain dead moron.

 

[66-30-33]

Jarry and rackell aren’t playing this series. Dream about winning the power ball not that.

Then we need to play amazing team D.

 

[Pancakes]

He made several unbelievable saves tonight. I don't know what you mean by adequate goaltending. He was great

Woulda liked some saves in the third, but he kept us in the game for 45 minutes or so, and that's all we can ask out of a third string guy.

He was not the reason we lost this game, and he gave us ample chance to win it. I know 5 goals at the end of the night doesn't look great, but he kept us in the game for so long. We had plenty of chances to get him a lead, just couldn't do it.

 

[Big Poppa Pump]

*Sit Boyle and Carter. Carter might be suspended anyway. Good.
*I'd say sit Blueger, but see above
*Our top 3 D are good enough to hang with these guys. Petts has been good as well.
*Geno must cash in. Sorry but we talk about all this chest sniping and he can't elevate the puck? Thought he was OK otherwise. Rakell would help.
*The special teams...no comment. An embarrassment. The announcers talking about us getting momentum from the "successful" 2nd kill where the Rangers almost scored like 7 times. FOH. If anything it makes us more scared because we know the PK is overmatched. Is it too late to abandon the triangle + 1? It's badly needed.

Carter isn't getting a fine, let alone a suspension....

 

[Pittsburgh1776]

Woulda liked some saves in the third, but he kept us in the game for 45 minutes or so, and that's all we can ask out of a third string guy.

He was not the reason we lost this game, and he gave us ample chance to win it. I know 5 goals at the end of the night doesn't look great, but he kept us in the game for so long. We had plenty of chances to get him a lead, just couldn't do it.

We left him out to dry for 30 minutes. He was unreal. None of the goals were bad. We can't ask for more, Jarry wouldn't have made any of those saves

 

[TNT87]

So big Z in for Boyle next game?

Still have no idea why he was ever taken out of the lineup. Especially after the ZAR and Simon trade.

 

[BeatenLikeRentedMule]

Pens played good until the 4th goal by Panarin. That was the back breaker.

 

[Honour Over Glory]

Zucker would be huge. I know he's been a disappointment here but that guy brings it in the playoffs. He'll be absolutely flying if he's out there.

I don't think he's been as much of a disappointment as his usage has been a major disappointment and some bad luck with injuries - personally.

But I would like to see him on the RW with Sid & Jake and then move O'Connor to the LW with Malkin and Rust and drop Kapanen down to Carter with Heinen (a line that has worked).

Guentzel, Crosby, Zucker
O'Connor, Malkin, Rust
Heinen, Carter, Kapanen
McGinn, Blueger, Rodrigues

 

[Andy99]

*Sit Boyle and Carter. Carter might be suspended anyway. Good.
*I'd say sit Blueger, but see above
*Our top 3 D are good enough to hang with these guys. Petts has been good as well.
*Geno must cash in. Sorry but we talk about all this chest sniping and he can't elevate the puck? Thought he was OK otherwise. Rakell would help.
*The special teams...no comment. An embarrassment. The announcers talking about us getting momentum from the "successful" 2nd kill where the Rangers almost scored like 7 times. FOH. If anything it makes us more scared because we know the PK is overmatched. Is it too late to abandon the triangle + 1? It's badly needed.

why would Carter be suspended? That was all Shesterkin…

 

[AlphaMikeFoxtrots]

Not mad at getting the split in MSG, especially after the other night.

 

[HuskerTornado]

Watching this Caps/Cats game.....wish the Pens still had Horny. What a hit there.

 

[trader997]

Still pissed off about the Marino cross check penalty. He did not even touch the ranger player. Joke of a call that changed the game and put the crowd back into it.

 

[Empoleon8771]

I'm not mad this team lost, I'm happy to be leaving NY tied at 1. But I think the first 2 games in this series showed why this team has absolutely no shot this year, even if they manage to get past the Rangers.

Guentzel and Crosby are the only guys who can produce here. The bottom-6 has been awful and Malkin looks like a shell of what he once was, although he doesn't exactly have that much help.

 

[Big Poppa Pump]

Thought it was real lazy by the tnt crew putting the loss at the feet of Domingue

Wow, they did?

He only let in 1 bad goal.

 

[Andy99]

Then we need to play amazing team D.

Lol…have you watched us in our own end?

 

[HuskerTornado]

Wow, they did?

He only let in 1 bad goal.

After they got to 5, they talked about how they can't win the series with him in net.