Game 2: Pens win 4-3(OT)

There was a lot of talk about Sidney Crosby vs John Tavares.

Tavares now has 1 NHL game under his belt,
Crosby has 4 seasons, 400pts, an Art Ross, a Hart, a Lester B. Pearson, and most importantly, a Stanley Cup under his.



Apples and Oranges if you ask us.

Quick recap of the game:

Not a recap really. Pure crap. A Recrap even.

First Period

11:10 Crosby takes a long pass off of the boards in stride, uses his body to shield the puck from Brendan Witt, buries it. 38 more Sid.
1-0 Pens

10:28 Rupp fights Jackman.

8:32 Fedotenko thinks his skate’s untied, when he looks down to check, Brendan Witt crushes him.
Legal check, Fedotenko goes to the locker room.

Dupuis decides to ask Witt if his shoulder’s ok,
McKee opts for a lengthier conversation.

It appears that McKee is given:
a fighting major, an instigator and a game misconduct for being the third man in.
Also, Malkin gets a roughing penalty.

7:20 Mark Streit happens. PP goal, 1-1.

Second Period

12:51 Isles are on the powerball powerplay. Is it still called that? Probably. Everything’s whored out to ads. Tavares finds the puck and scores on the backhand. It’s his first goal in the NHL. Big whoop.
Isles 2-1

??:?? at some point Fleury posed for this picture.

10:26 Tavares gets a breakaway and, in case you forgot, he’s the next big thing. Fleury doesn’t think so. Still 2-1 Isles.

9:15 Apparently Jay McKee didn’t get a game misconduct.

Looks like a cartoon. Maybe it’s the orange?

Third Period

12:41 Mark Eaton from the blue line. He better quit scoring goals because we’re getting used to this. Crosby wins a faceoff, Letang moves the puck back to Eaton, his wrister goes through traffic and somehow Roloson, who’d been lights out up until then, lets it through. Gonchar’s contract negotiations take a serious hit.
Tied up again.

12:24 Yuck. Josh Bailey to Trent Hunter. Nice shot, but you’ve got a rat stapled to your chin. 3-2 Isles

3:49 Fedotenko makes like Mike Massey and slides the puck across the fallen body of Rat-chin and off the skate of Bruno Gervais. 3-3.

2:39 Guerin takes a stupid penalty. He does that sometimes. Pens kill it.

Overtime

No Crosby until the third shift. Weird.

Shootout

Isles: Steve Tambellini hits the crossbar. No good. 0-0

Pens: Letang does the Crosby foot-pump deke, eh, but it trickles through Roloson’s pads. Good. 1-0

Isles: Tavares gets the call, skates down the ice and shoots wide. Where are your slick moves John? No good. 1-0 Pens

Pens: Crosby makes like Mario and skates towards the net almost casually, then shows off his quick release and buries it five-hole.
2-0 Pens

Game.

Notes:

• Tavares looked good.
  
• The Pens’ powerplay appears to have hit midseason form. 0-3
  
• Malkin needs a new RW.
  
• Jay Caufield still looks like the Frankenstein monster.
  
• What, exactly, does FSN pay Paul Alexander to do?
• We’re officially on EN’s blogroll. Thanks Seth.
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  

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