Evgeni Malkin was set up in the slot by Ruslan Fedotenko just 3o seconds after the game began with a false draw. After Geno was stopped by Marty Biron, Scott Hartnell, Braydon Coburn, and Matt Carle tripled up on him to try and fight him. Somehow, the Pens wound up shorthanded out of the whole ordeal. But hey, Bettman loves the Pens and hates the Flyers, so how could this be?
Dany Sabourin was tested by the oaf Hartnell near the end of the powerplay, but Sabu was up to the task and made the stop. Jeff Carter found himself with a half empty net, but Pascal Dupuis got a stick on it and deflected it into the netting.
Joffrey Lupul ended the powerplay with a penalty to make it 4 on 4, but the Pens did nothing with their slightly shortened powerplay.
The Pens were back in the box less than a minute later when Matt Cooke took a holding penalty for grabbing Jeff Carter's stick. Lupul capitalized on this one beating Sabourin on a wraparound. Hartnell was in the crease, but Sabu was way out of position anyway. It must be nice to have a competent powerplay.
The penalty parade continued at 12:17 when Hartnell took a slashing penalty. I don't know if I could hate this dirty piece of toilet paper any more than I presently do. Of course, the powerplay did nothing. Fire Yeo. He puts out Jeff Taffe on the second unit, and Taffe blows a golden chance in front of the net.
Another Penguin penalty ensued, this time featuring Phillipe Boucher. The Flyers PP got some chances early, but they couldn't bury it. Then, they did. Richards to Knuble. This is no fun.
Please, pull Sabourin. He is simply brutal to watch.
The Pens got a powerplay, and Crosby and Malkin both were tripped as the Pens tried to score, but nothing was called. Then, Ruslan Fedotenko knocks some jobber's stick out of his hands, and that's interference. A little consistency would be nice.
Malkin hit Fedotenko on a breakway, but offsides was called. What's funny about this is that Fedotenko wans't even remotely close to being offsides. But hey, Bettman loves the Pens, right?
The below screenshot is Fedotenko. He was called offsides.
Not a fun intermission. If we could just stop the Flyers' special teams, we'd be fine. Unfortunately, our power play can't do anything against their PK at the moment.
The Penguins settled down a bit in the second. They controlled the puck in the Flyers' end, and they almost got a goal after a minute of sustained puck possesion in Philly's end.
Tim Wallace made a big hit at the blueline, and he moved the puck ahead to Fedotenko. Fedo then went to Alex Goligoski, who sent a cross-ice pass to Jordan Staal. The Gronk redirected it past Biron to make it 2-1. Great play by Wallace on the boards.
Then Richards scored, and Hartnell, and Knuble again.
The rest was just not the kind of thing you want to read about.
But hey, God finally did get a goal, and Fedotenko potted another.
Philly is still a shithole, and their fans still have to live there.
This division will be hotly contested all year.
Notes-
Fedo is really playing well.
Tim Wallace = Ryan Malone 2.0?
Not much else to say that was positive.
Go Pens.
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