Pens down Bolts

Miroslav Satan was placed on waivers today. In other waiver news, Billy Thomas has cleared waivers and will be sent to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton.

Gary Roberts has been waived and will not dress for Tampa Bay tonight.

Reminder: Trade deadline tomorrow at 3pm ET. There’s been some interesting chatter from all over the league. Do it.


Cory Murphy starts the game off right by taken a penalty for tripping Kunitz. Power play is awful, as always. Miroslav Satan fakes behind the net, and then tries to stuff it in, but rookie Steven Stamkos saved it as his goalie was out of position.

Fleury makes a great save on Vinny Prospal. Tyler Kennedy goes up the right side, puts one on net and Chris Kunitz puts in the rebound.

Vinny Lecavalier and Vinny Prospal go into the zone on a two-on-one with Orpik. Lecavalier keeps it until the last minute and then gives it to Prospal and he pokes it in. Max Talbot and Matt Cooke respond with a great chance but Tampa’s defense breaks up the play.

Vinny Prospal is called for unsportsmanlike conduct. Power play is sloppy but once the Penguins get it in the zone, they make a great play. Sykie takes the backhand and Kunitz smacks in the rebound.

Power play is sloppy, but finally they get their shit in gear and Chris Kunitz slaps it in. Hal Gill goes into box for hooking while Adam Hall was called for high-sticking. 4-on-4 hockey. Talbot thwarts a play by Lecavalier to end the period.

Kris Letang gets boarded by Vinny Prospal, but there’s no call. Max Talbot steals the puck deep in the Tampa zone and sends it to Pascal Dupuis who slaps it hard past Ramo, but it rings off the goal post. Dupuis has not scored in his last 20 games.

Right off the face-off, David Koci and Eric Godard drop the gloves.

Brooks Orpik is in the box for cross-checking. The Penguins penalty kill is good. A slapper from the top goes off the goal post, may have been deflected up by Eaton. With a couple seconds left in the penalty, Dupuis goes into the zone with Talbot. Dupuis can’t buy the goal.
After there’s a close call from Stamkos, Dupuis makes a crazy play to allow Cooke to net his 9th of the season.

Both teams get some chances. Back and forth play. Nothing too exciting until Jeff Halpern misses a wide-open net. Matt Pettinger is called for cross-checking Matt Cooke in the neck.

Power play carries over into this period. Kunitz is robbed of the hat trick by Ramo.
The Penguins apply pressure. Satan shoots and Ramo deflects it over the glass. Vinny Lecavalier gets a great chance but the puck takes a weird bounce and Fleury saves it. Stamkos nearly had a goal but Fleury saves that too.

Hal Gill slaps one from the top of the zone but it’s saved.

Fleury sprawls out on the ice to keep a flurry of shots out of the net.

Again, both teams have chances, but there’s nothing but solid skating going on now.

Ramo makes another save on Dupuis. Lightning dominate play in the last two minutes but Marc-Andre Fleury shut them down.

Panthers on Thursday.

Do it.

LET'S GO PENS!