PLAYOFF GAME DAY: Sens @ Pens :: Game 2, Round 2 :: 7:30pm ET :: Fri. May 17th, 2013

Thats' more like it!

Pageau reminds me of a young Alfie

So if we lose, do we go with the Lehner next game....

Yes.

Unleash the Giggler on Sunday...

Bah. Feels bad man.

Game #3 is a MUST MOTHER Cussing WIN.

Spezza.

Lehner.

Let's go.

You do not play Lehner next game. Please.

Yeah get Andy back. He should have some fire in his belly. Gotta stop allowing those early goals for starters.

And karlsson has gotta go on a heavy drinking binge to forget his terrible game.

Ev wrote:You do not play Lehner next game. Please.

Don't question the mindfucker. Please.

Michallica wrote:Yeah get Andy back. He should have some fire in his belly. Gotta stop allowing those early goals for starters.

And karlsson has gotta go on a heavy drinking binge to forget his terrible game.

Karlsson won't be good in these playoffs. Just isn't 100%.

I hate to say it but this doesn't look good right now.

Feels bad man.

Penguins trailed the Caps 2-0 in 09, and they were up 2-0 against Montreal...let's go!

They played well in the last half. Friggin frustrating, but if they can channel that, they might win a game or two. Pageau's awesome.

We still have Anderson. If any goalie can steal a game or two, it's him.

We look like a team without Spezza and a 50% Karlsson

Ev wrote:Penguins trailed the Caps 2-0 in 09, and they were up 2-0 against Montreal...let's go!

And Rangers were down 0-2 to the Caps in '13.

Looking for positives:

1. We scored 1 goal in the first and 3 in the second. Progress.
2. We were flying through the neutral ice. Had no problems breaking out of our own zone or going through the middle -- is the Penguins forecheck that bad? How about chipping it in just before the blue line on their D once in a while? Murray, Engelland, Orpik -- think any of them can beat Pageau to the puck in the corner when they try to stand them up on the blue line? Not a chance.
3. Even with the very uneven powerplay numbers we were only down by one.

We lost by 1 considering:
1. Karlsson played half his usual minutes (yes, I know it was because he sucked, but I'm hoping here that he will be better.
2. All those penalties. Not arguing they were deserved or not, but Pittsburgh was not playing a clean game by any stretch of the imagination. Really hated that high stick on Pageau -- Crosby lifted his stick, so how can you be in control of your stick if a bigger, stronger opposing player does an upward slash on it?
3. Spezza will be in, so bye-bye Tenderloin. Kassian may not have brought much in terms of offense, but I also don't think he would have done what Latendresse did coming out of the box: nothing. The team kills off your penalty, at least try to help them when your 2 minutes are up.
4. Our goaltending needs to be better and it can be. We have not seen a game from Anderson like G1 from round 1. We know he can play better, and so can Lehner. I still think PMac goes back to Anderson on Sunday, but he will have a shorter leash than in the first 2 games.
5. Sens have been fantastic at home this year. I have to think it has to do something with line matching. Inserting Spezza on the PP and against the lines/pairings that PMac wants can result in a very effective player being added to the lineup.