Pens Come Close

Hey All, 

Last night the Pens tried to make an spectacular come back against the New York Rangers.The Pens jumped out to a early 1-0 lead, but that was short lived with the lack of players healthy for the Pens. The Pens Goaltender gave up an impossible to block goal in the second which lead to a whole heap of scoring for the Rangers. The Rangers got 4 goals in the second period alone and the Pens just looked flat and couldn't get any type of Offense going. The fore check wasn't there for the Pens and the Defense was non existent. The Pens however did get a bit of life with 6 seconds left to go in the second period off the stick of Evgeni Malkin after flying down the ice to get a quick long rebound. This gave the Penguins life when Geno made a nice play to make the score at the intermission 4-2 in favor of the Rangers. The momentum was all on the Pens side coming into the 3rd Period. The 3rd period looked like the Pens who came to play in the first period of this game. The fore check was there and the Defense was outstanding, especially the penalty kill who had to kill 4 straight penalties in a row, two of which were 5 on 3. The Penguins got a quick goal to make the score 4-3 still in favor of the Rangers but the goalkeeping of New York picked up the passe to make that the final score of the game. Pittsburgh did not look like the team everyone knows and loves. They were committing stupid unnecessary penalties, and not playing D. Now I know everyone will play it on Kris Letang being out as well as  Zbynek Michalek  with injuries. This has nothing to do with how the Pens play, yes they are the two best Defensmen that they Pens have, but they are not the whole team. This can't be the way it goes for the Pens if they lose a game. They can't just look at who's out for them and say "oh that's the real reason we lost because we're missing a few players." NO! That's not the way it is, you buck up stick your other players in there who were good enough to make the team and good enough to play so they should be able to fill the role. This has been the alkalies heal of the Pens for years. I know I said if they can stay healthy they will continue to win games, well looks like I was right. If they don't stay healthy every game is going to be a struggle, simple as that. I hope they play better tonight against the Caps who with their new coach don't look like the same Washington Capitals everyone knows and loves to hate. I'll keep you up to date after the game tonight and looking forward to the Pens coming back after a tough lose last night.


Until next time readers,
You keep doing what you do, and I'll keep you up to date with everything sports.