Saturday, April 13, 2013

Pens Last Regular Season Meeting against the Panthers! 4/13/13

The Pens conclude their Florida trip tonight as they face the Panthers. The Pens beat Tampa on Thursday 6-3 and look to sweep Florida with a win tonight against the Panthers. Sid and Martin made the trip to support their team. Tanger had a great comeback game against the Lightning and is a big boost in the Pens lineup. Unfortunately, the Pens will lose another key member in their lineup as Geno will not play tonight due to an upper-body injury. He was hit by Labrie during the game against Tampa and looked to be in some discomfort. Hopefully it's nothing serious and they are just being cautious. Should be an interesting game and hopefully the Pens are in control of it!

The Pens lineup is as follows:

Forwards
Kuni, Jokinen, Iggy
Morrow, Duper, Bennett

Cooke, Sutter, TK
Glass, Vitale, Adams

Defense
Orpik, Tanger
Niskanen, Murray
Despres, Eaton

Flower starts in the net!

Play By Play
Pens 3 Panthers 1

3rd Period
0:00- PENS SWEEP THE SOUTHEAST WITH A 3-1 WIN OVER THE PANTHERS! 

0:20- MORROW SCORES!!! Just as Markstrom gets to the bench, Morrow gets a breakaway chance and puts one in the empty net! Pens lead 3-1!

1:00- Flower stops a Panthers short-handed breakaway chance! The save of the game!

1:48- Gudbranson launches Cooke into the boards from behind and was a nasty hit. Vitale takes exception to the hit and goes after Gudbranson. He gets a boarding penalty and the Pens get a PP

2:39- Pens with another great PK effort as the Panthers PP expires!

4:39- Flower doing everything he can to keep the Panthers from scoring. Throwing his body all over to stop the puck!

5:20- Morrow will head off to the box and the Panthers will get yet another PP. Pens were really getting some good chances on net, but now they have a big PK ahead of them.

8:15- Pens kill off the Panthers PP. Great PK by the Pens and the Panthers didn't get anytime to set up in the zone.

10:15- Cooke gets a high-sticking penalty and the Panthers get another PP chance.

13:08- Sutter with a hard shot that is stopped by the pad of Markstrom. Panthers clear the loose puck from the front of the net.

15:15- Pens playing a physical game as they lead with 37 hits to the Panthers 17. Pens just hitting everyone that gets in their way.

18:38- Pens PP comes to an end. Bennett had a great chance on the Panthers net.

19:20- Bennett gets a wrist shot off at the half circle and Markstrom makes the glove save.

20:00- Third period time! Pens have a 1:22 PP to work with to start! Lets Go Pens!


2nd Period
0:00- Second period ends and the Pens still have the lead 2-1 over the Panthers!

0:38- Panthers get a too-many-men-on-the-ice penalty and the Pens get a PP chance!

5:16- Pens kill off the Panthers PP. Laying some big hits on the Panthers.

5:30- Orpik just laid out Kulikov on the boards. Kulikov was ran over by the truck of Orpik. Huge hit!

7:16- Morrow is sent to the box for boarding and the Panthers will get a PP.

Root Sports is having technical difficulties...so television feed is down.    

11:00- Pens going on the PK! Vitale for slashing

11:47- Pens put on a clinic in the Panthers zone. Kuni's shot is gloved down by Markstrom!

15:50- UPSHALL SCORES! Flower makes the first save and the Panthers crash the net! Scramble ensues and Upshall is able to backhand the loose puck into the net. Panthers cut the Pens lead in half 2-1!

16:10- Campbell's shot from the slot hits the goal post!

20:00- Second period is underway! Pens have to keep this game in their control! Lets Go Pens!


1st Period
0:00- First period ends and the Pens have the lead 2-0 over the Panthers!

1:25- MORROW SCORES!!! Bennett with some crazy skill gets the puck to Morrow right by the net. Morrow tries two backhanders and the second one goes off the back of Markstrom and into the net! Pens lead 2-0!

5:11- TANGER SCORES!!! Bennett at the half boards finds Tanger at the point. Tanger lets go of a nasty wrist shot that blows pass a screened Markstrom! The Pens take the lead 1-0 over the Panthers!

6:44- Both teams look good to start this game. Close checking game right now and the first goal will be a big one.

9:02- Orpik takes a shot from the point and it finds its way through traffic, but Markstrom makes the save.

12:39- Flower with a nice save on Fleischmann, coming out to cut down the angle.

15:30- Panthers have looked good to start this game and getting some quality chances. Pens have been working hard and not letting the Panthers get any breathing room.

18:01- Duper fires a hard shot and it just goes wide of the net. Pens getting some good quality chances to start this game.

20:00- Puck drops and it's on! Lets Go Pens! 

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