Pens Lose 3-2

Well, that certainly was a fun game wasn't it? If only hockey games could somehow just end after the first period. Everything started off great. Pens were skating well early. Sabu made some big saves on good Avs opportunities... you could tell he was really seeing the puck well. PK was absolutely unreal killing a huge 5 on 3. Crosby nets two goals, the second of which coming on a wicked snapshot after being set up beautifully by Malkin. 2-0 Pens after one and it's good times all around.

Then a funny thing happened on the way to the locker room.


Please help us find our boys...

It's difficult to put in words how immensely horrible the second period of this game was. Just gut-wrenching to watch. Defense broke down, Whitney gets hurt, too much time on the pk, and the turnovers. My God, the turnovers. Maybe the high altitude in Denver causes temporary color blindness because most of our passes were finding the guys in burgundy. Ben Roethlisberger was unavailable for comment to confirm this theory. That joke of a PA announcer made me appreciate John Barbaro even more. 3-2 Avs


Third period was frantic at times but mostly frustrating. The passing troubles continued which is a shame because the pens had their chances. After looking solid early on, the power play looked rather abysmal in this period. We really missed Whitney being out there. Then there was this unusual play:


fine. i'll just pass you around if you won't give me the puck

I don't know exactly what was going on with this play. By this point, I was watching the game in a bar and was a bit distracted by the booze i was pouring down my throat. But it seemed like this dude was laying on the ice for an awfully long time and my first reaction was he trying to freeze the puck. Clearly, the puck is still visible. It was fun to see Staal just jamming away at this guy though. Just a really strange sequence. Not much happened the rest of the game. After a timeout late, the pens had one more chance but couldn't make it happen.

Game Over... Pens Lose... Bring on the Islanders.