Wednesday, April 17, 2013

Pens Host the Canadiens! 4/17/13

The Pens are set to take on the Montreal Canadiens. The Pens have had a nice rest as their last game was on Saturday night, so they should be ready to come out hopping tonight. On the injury front Sid, Neal, and Martin have been skating before the team practices with Mike Kadar the strength and conditioning coach. Geno is still out with of the lineup with an upper body injury. It should be an interesting game and if the Pens get the win they will have shutout the Canadiens for a win in this series.

The Pens lineup is as follows:

Forwards
Kuni, Jokinen, Iginla 
Morrow, Duper, Bennett
Cooke, Sutter, TK
Glass, Vitale, Adams

Defense 
Orpik, Tanger
Murray, Niskanen
Despres, Eaton

Flower in the cage!

Play By Play
Pens 6 Canadiens 4

3rd Period
0:00- PENS WIN 6-4!!!!!! FLOWER GETS HIS 22TH WIN OF THE SEASON!!! 

0:10- MARKOV SCORES! He does a tricky move to get the puck over the glove of Flower and into the net! Pens still lead 6-4!

2:32- Canadiens are back to full strength!

3:02- Pens with a 5 on 4 PP now.

4:32- Subban is kicked out of the game and Pens get a 4 on 3 chance for 1:26!

5:56- Some 4 on 4 hockey as Prust and Morrow are in the box.

7:04- It's a really fast and physical game going on. Chance for both teams on either ends of the ice. Crazy game going on.

10:55- Pens PP comes to an end. Vitale blocks a shot and looks in pain, he heads to the locker room.

12:55- Morrow and Subban drop the gloves!!! Morrow shows Subban who is boss in that fight. Both take a seat. Pens will get a PP as Bourque gets a roughing penalty.

14:36- MURRAY SCORES!!! Pens win the offensive zone faceoff and Murray blast one from the point that goes off the skate of a Canadien. The puck flies pass Price and into the goal! Murray scores his first goal as a Penguin! 6-3 Pens

15:51- DUMONT SCORES! Dumont is able to work his way to the slot and roofs one into the top of the net. Pens only have a two goal advantage now. 5-3 Pens

16:30- Pens PP comes to an end.

18:32- Niskanen with a wrist shot from the point that goes off Price and wide of the net.

20:00- Third period is underway! Pens have a PP to work with for another 3:30 minutes! Lets Go Pens!


2nd Period
0:00- Second period ends and the Pens lead by three goals! 5-2 over the Canadiens!

0:30- Pens will get a four minute PP chance as Gallagher gets a high sticking penalty after hitting Cooke in the face.

2:25- GALCHENYUK SCORES! Galchenyuk crashes the net and is able to roof one pass Flower. Canadiens cuts Pens lead to 5-2!

3:00- Pens with a great PK effort and they kill off the Canadiens PP. Back to full strength.

5:00- Pacioretty takes a whack at Flower and Glass takes exception. He gets a penalty and the Canadiens get a PP, but you have to stick up for your goalie.

9:30- SUTTER SCORES ON THE PP!!! Morrow gets a hard wrist shot off and Price is able to make the save. Sutter crashes the net and gets great body position. He keeps is stick on the ice and is able to redirect the puck right into the open side of the net. Pens extend their lead 5-1!

10:22- Pens will get another PP chance as Gallagher gets a hooking penalty.

11:40- Flower makes a nice glove save on Gionta's slap shot!

12:18- GIONTA SCORES! Gionta crashes the net and is able to sneak one pass Flower. It was so quick that the fans didn't realize that it was a goal. Pens still lead 4-1!

15:53- MORROW SCORES!!! Bennett gets a long stretch pass and is able to get behind the D! The Pens get a three-on-one chance. Bennett makes a great saucer pass over the stick of Canadiens defender to Morrow. Morrow pushes the puck into the open net! Pens fooled Price on that one! Pens lead 4-0!

16:35- Pens are able to kill off the Canadiens PP!

18:35- TK is sent to the box for interference and the Canadiens will get a PP chance.

20:00- Second period time! Budaj has been pulled and replaced with Carey Price! Pens need to keep control of this game! Lets Go Pens!


1st Period
0:00- First period ends and the Pens have the lead 3-0 over the Canadiens!

0:21- IGINLA SCORES A PP GOAL!!! Kuni takes the puck at the side of the net and makes a pass across the crease to Iginla. He puts one up high and into the net! Pens extend their lead to 3-0 over the Canadiens! It's his 1,100th career point!

1:38- Pens will get a PP chance as Pacioretty is sent to the sin bin for tripping.

2:54- Flower makes a nice save on Subban's shot from the point that went through quite a bit of traffic in front of the net.

4:11- Gionta with a shot in the slot, but Orpik blocks the shot.

6:00- Pens are pressuring the Canadiens in their own zone and they aren't able to get any breathing room. Physical and the Pens showing the Canadiens who is boss. Amazing work.

10:30- MORROW SCORES!!! Duper takes the puck into the Canadiens zone and gets all the attention, as Canadiens surround him. He gets the puck out to the slot and Adams takes a shot that is saved by Budaj. Morrow picks up the puck and roofs one over the glove of Budaj! Pens extend their lead 2-0!

11:22- Pens PP comes to an end.

12:22- Pens now have a PP for about a minute.

12:36- SUTTER SCORES!!! Sutter gets speed through the neutral zone and backs up the Canadiens defense. Sutter recieves a pass from Niskanen and uses Subban as a screen. He goes far side to the blocker and it blows pass Budaj! Pens take the lead 1-0

13:22- Now Gallagher goes to the box for high sticking. Some 4 on 4 hockey for 56 seconds.

14:24- Cooke and Gionta get into it right in front of the Canadiens bench. Cooke is the lone man going to the box for roughing and the Pens go to the PK.

15:30- Both teams have come out hard and skating fast, getting good chances at both ends of the ice.

20:00- The puck has dropped and we are underway! Game time! Lets Go Pens! 

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