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PREGAME
-Dan Potash interviews Dan Bylsma. Potash's mustache looks like Don Ameche's:
-The Penguins' starters are Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin, Kris Letang, Brooks Orpik and Marc-Andre Fleury.
-Their scratches are Steve MacIntyre and Richard Park.
-The Canadiens' starters are Michael Cammalleri, Brian Gionta, Tomas Plekanec, Josh Gorges, P.K. Subban and Carey Price.
-Their scratches are Scott Gomez and Frederic St.-Denis.
-Canadiens forward Andrei Kostitsyn is returning after missing 10 games due to a groin injury.
-Kostitsyn was the last Canadiens player to get a hat trick against the Penguins. He scored three goals in a 3-2 win Dec. 27, 2008.
-Kostitsyn is also one of two players with last names begining with "K" to record a hat trick in Canadiens history. The other was Saku Koivu who also got his against the Penguins in a 5-4 win, Nov. 18, 2002.
-It looks like Dan Bylsma has dusted off the Michel Therrien memorial bingo ball roller/line combination machine:
-These won't stay the same for most of the night, but Root Sports shows off the Penguins presumed lines and defensive pairings:
FIRST PERIOD
19:39: This. Is. Scary. On a delayed penalty, Kunitz zips up the right wing into the offensive zone. He pulls up in the faceoff circle and chucks a shot towards the net. Subban blocks it. Kunitz recovers the rebound and deals a pass to Malkin streaking into the slot. Malkin kicks it on net. It hits off both posts. Malkin follows up and calmly deposits it into the cage. Wow. Kuntiz and Crosby get assists. Penguins 1-0.
18:12: And the Canadiens respond almost immediately. Deryk Engelland and Kostitsyn battle for a dump in into the left circle. Kostitsyn forces Engelland into making a weak clearing attempt right to the stick of Travis Moen. Moen throws a wrister at the cage to the far side which beats Fleury by his glove hand. A bad goal to allow. The goal is unassisted. Canadiens 1, Penguins 1.
18:00: Kunitz snaps off a wrister from the slot. Price eats it up.
17:43: Letang is tripped up Cammalleri near the Penguins' net. That's two minutes. Crosby, Letang, Steve Sullivan, Malkin and Neal take the ice.
16:37: Malkin chops a slapper from the top of the slot. Price kicks it out. Crosby is right on the door
16:16: Off some tic-tac-toe passing, Neal has a chance on a one-timer just to the right of the crease. Price kicks it out.
16:06: Niskanen booms a one-timer from the top of the slot. Price kicks it out
15:51: Crosby cracks a one-timer from the right circle. Former Teammate Hal Gill blocks it. Fire Ray Shero.
15:43: The Cammalleri minor is killed. Candiens fans respond with "Careee-Eeeeee" chants.
14:05: Petteri Nokelainen attempts a forehand wraparound from the left of the cage. His shot sails through the crease.
13:11: Kunitz chops a loose puck at the cage from left circle. Price punches it away.
13:00: Kunitz tries to swat a wraparound in from the right of the cage on his forehand. Prices says no.
12:23: Erik Cole puts a heavy wrister on net from the right circle. Fleury challenges heavily and kicks out the rebound to the left circle. David Desharnais recovers the rebound. Michalek flops down and prevents the shot. Desharnais calmly deals a pass to Max Pacioretty trailing in the circle. Pacrioretty grips and rips a shot to the far side by Fleury's glove hand. Desharnais and Cole get assists. Canadiens 2-1.
10:58: Nokelainen snaps off a heavy wrister from teh slot. Fleury kicks it out. Mathieu Darche crashes in and pokes it wide of the cage.
9:07: Crosby settles a puck behind Canadiens net and deals a backhanded pass to Dupuis moving in off the left wing. Dupuis chops a one-timer wide of the cage.
9:00: Kunitz deals a pass from the slot to Michalek at the left point. Michalek booms a one-timer. Price reaches up and gloves it.
8:18: Tyler Kennedy snasp off a wrister from the right cirlce wide to the far side.
7:27: Neal chops Subbans a few times in the right circle of the Canadien's zone. Subban takes a tumble. Neal heads to the penalty box. Michaelk, Craig Adams, Jordan Staal and Orpik take the ice.
6:38: Plekanec booms a slapper from te top of the slot. It hits Michalek in front.
6:24: Desharnais deals a pass from the right wing corner to the crease. Cole is there on the doorstep and is robbed by Fleury's right leg. Wow.
5:27: Dupuis backhands a puck down ice in the neutral zone to kill off the rest of Neal's minor.
4:30: Neal takes a shift with Crosby and Malkin:
3:05: Martin is stripped of the puck at the left poitn of the Canadiens' zone by Cole. Cole races up ice, splitting Martin and Michalek and attacks the net. He shoots five hole and is denied by Fleury. Martin owes Fleury a beer.
1:47: Letang swats a slapper from the right point wide to the far side.
0:54: Kennedy has a wrister from the right circle blocked by Gill.
0:00: End of period. Canadiens 2, Penguins 1.
SECOND INTERMISSION
-If not for two mistakes by the Penguins, this is a 1-0 Penguins lead. They played a pretty solid first period outside of the two errors which led to goals.
-Price has been sharp early on. His defense let him down on the Penguins' first goal.
-The Penguins have a 12-11 lead in shots.
-Cole leads the game with four shots.
-Kunitz and Malkin each get assists.
-Letang leads the game with 8:03 of ice time.
-Gill leads the Canadiens with 7:13.
-Fire Ray Shero.
-The Canadiens have a 13-7 lead in faceoffs (65 percent).
-Eller is 4 for 5 (80 percent).
-Staal is 3 for 5 (60 percent).
-Michalek, Gill and Subban each lead the game with two blocked shots.
SECOND PERIOD
19:34: Kennedy chops a slapper from the right wing. Price kicks it away.
18:56: Price collects a puck in the right wing corner and flings it to the crease. Kunitz crashes in and appears to hit it in with his right forearm by the blocker of Price. Officials review the play as Tom Jones' "It's Not Unusual" bellows in the arena:
-After a lenghty review, officials overturn the call on the ice. No goal. They rule he bumped it into the net with his hand.
18:26: Dupuis steals a puck in the Canadien's zone off Plekanec and walkins in on a mini-breakaway with Subban challenging from behind. Dupuis shoots five hole but Price locks the gates. Dupuis is slammed into the boards behind the net by Subban. No call.
17:39: Letang snaps off a wrister from teh top of the slot. Price fights it off despite having his stick break.
17:24: Kostitsyn has a chance in tight blocked by Letang.
14:14: After three flat minutes, Malkin sanps off a wrister from the right circle. Price fends it off.
13:47: Coles streaks in off the left wing and snaps off a wrister. Niskanen goes stick on puck and deflects it out of play.
11:57: Neal steals an errant pass by the canadiens in the offensive zone and lifts a wrister on net. Price eats it up.
10:47: Arron Asham booms a slapper from the right point. Price eats it up.
10:20: Kunitz is on with Malkin and Crosby for a faceoff in the Canadiens' zone.
9:40: Malkin snaps off a wrister from the right circle.
9:26: Crosby grips and rips a wrister from the right circle wide to the far side.
8:51: Subban chucks a wrister from the right point wide on the near side. It ricochets off the end boards and bounces to Pacioretty in the left circle. Pacioretty backhands a pass to towards the slot. Cole snaps off a wrister which clanks off the right post and off the backside of Fleury into the cage. Just some bad hops there for the Penguins. Canadiens 3-1.
8:21: Alexei Yelemin is called for holding against Kennedy. Malkin, Sullivan, Neal, Crosby and Letang take the ice.
7:57: Letang taps a pass from the to pof the slot to Crosby in the right circle. Crosby smacks a one-timer off the near side of the cage.
7:48: Crosby and Letant taps passes back and forth before Letang drives a one-timer from teh top of the slot. Price gets it with a piece of his right leg.
6:21: The Yelemin minor is killed. The Penguins gunned plenty of shots that two minutes.
5:42: Kennedy and Staal force a turnover by the Canadiens at the right point of the Montreal zone. Kennedy deals a pass to Staal on the left wing. Staal roars in off the boards and snaps off a wrister to the far side. Price kicks it out wit his left leg.
4:30: Moen drives by Orpik on the right wing with a power move but can't beat Fleury. Orpik was toasted there.
3:46: Dupuis snaps off a wrister from the right wing. Price kicks it out with his right foot.
3:20: Martin jumps on a puck at the top of the slot and pokes it by two Canadiens forwards. Dupuis takes the puck and fires a spinning one-timer which rattles off the posts and into the net. What a shot. What a play by Martin to keep that in. Dupuis has 19 points. Wow. Martin and Cooke each get assists. Canadiens 3-2.
2:44: Malkin, on a line with Crosby and Neal, weaves his way in on net from the slot by Desharnais and tries to jam in a forehand shot under Price. The gates are shut. A scrum develops in the crease. Subban bulldogs Neal to the ice. No call.
2:31: Fleury robs Desharnais from in tight. Orpik gets knocked down in the crease with a cross check by Pacioretty. Orpik gets up and smacks Pacioretty to the ice with a punch. So of course Orpik gets the penalty..
0:56: Subban booms a one-timer from the right point. Fleury fights it off despite heavy traffic.
0:42: Subban has a chance in tight but is knocked to the ice from behind by Letang. No call. Subban looked like he fell a little too easily. And of course, he went into Fleury skates first.
0:31: The Orpik minor is killed.
0:00: End of period. Canadiens 3, Penguins 2.
SECOND PERIOD
-The first 15 minutes of that period were pretty stagnant. Things picked up in the final five minutes once the play got a little bit more physical.
-The line switches by Bylsma have not had the same effect as in previous games.
-Has anyone seen Steve Sullivan tonight?
-Carey Price continues to be strong. He's tuned in tonight.
-Say what you will about Subban's antics, but he's very effective at what he does.
-The Penguins have a 28-16 lead in shots.
-Malkin leads the game with six.
-Cole leads the Canadiens with five.
-Letang leads the game with 16:24 of ice time.
-Subban leads the Canadiens with 14:24.
-The Canadiens have a 23-15 lead in faceoffs (61 percent).
-Plekanec is 8 for 11 (73 percent).
-Staal is 8 for 13 (62 percent).
-Gill leads the game with four blocked shots.
-Engelland leads the Penguins with three.
THIRD PERIOD
18:45: Staal takes a shift with Sullivan and Malkin:
17:47: Staal heads off the ice for a presumed equipment problem with equipment manager Dana Heinze.
16:53: Dupuis tried to drive to thh ent from the right circle. Moen puts his stick on Dupuis' left leg. Dupuis holds it off with his hand. That's two minutes for holding the stick. Adams, Orpik Michalek and Cooke take the ice.
16:36: Cammalleri drives a wrister from the right circle. Fleury fends it off. There's a huge scramble for the puck. Weber swats a backhander off the right post. Huge break there for the Penguins.
16:03: Crosby and Kunitz are on the ice killing a penalty and it leads to an offensive chance. Orpik banks the puck off the left wing boards. it hits of fan official and hops to Kunitz in the neutral zone, creating a breakaway chance for him. Kuntz zips in on net and shoots low. Price holds it out then is bumped into the net by Kunitz's right skate. Price and the puck go into the cage. Kunitz celebrates but an offical immediately waves it off. Another "goal" waves off for Kunitz. Officials confirm the call on replay.
14:53: Dupuis' minor is killed.
14:11: Off a turnover by Martin at the left point of the Canadiens' zone, Cole races up the left wing. Before Cole can get a shot off, Martin challneges him and steals the puck.
13:30: Plekanec races up the left wing and snaps off a wrister. Fleury eats it up.
13:09: Crosby races into the offenvie zone fending off a stick check from Subban. Crosby leaves a drop pass for Neal in the left circle. Neal snaps off heavy wrister. Price steals it with a glove save.
12:50: Eller trips up Neal on the left wing boards of the Canadiens' zone. Neal falls and chops Subban in the head with his stick. Subban is fine. Neal is sent off for high sticking. Cooke, Staal, Michalek and Orpik take the ice.
12:02: Eller is called for interference against Michalek behind the Penguins' net. Four on four for 1:12.
10:50: The Neal penalty is killed. The Penguins will have 46 seconds of power play time.
10:02: Just as the Eller minor is killed, Sullivan booms a slapper from the right point. Price gloves it.
9:19: Kostitsyn snaps off a wrister from the right wing. Orpik blocks it wide.
7:29: Kunitz has a wristerf rom the left circle blocked over the cage.
7:00: Niskanen races in on the left wing and booms a slapper on net. Price eats it up.
5:54: Niskanen fumbles a puck at the Canadien's blue line. Cole races up the left wing in transisition but can't control the puck enough as Martin challenges him.
4:37: Malkin carries the puck through the neutral zone. Gionta steps up and knocks the puck off Malkin's stick but gets run over for his troubles.
4:30: Staal come through in the clutch. Malkin recovers the puck and zips a cross ice pass to Saal on the left wing. Staal gets behind Weber, atacks the net, goes forehand-backhand-forehand and lifts a niftly little wrister by the glove hand of a helpless Price. Malkin gets the only assist. Canadiens 3, Penguins 3.
3:18: Letang coasts inot the offenive zone and snaps off a wrister. Pacioretty steps up and clobbers Letang with a high hit. Letang drops to the ice. Play is halted. Letang is on the ice bleeding from the nose pretty heavily. he has blood on the front to his jersey. Pacioretty got Letang in the face with his left shoulder pretty cleanly. No clue how there was no penalty. Letang heads to the locker room with an attendant.
1:28: Crosby steals a puck in the defensive zone, racesu p the left wing and pumps a slapper to the far side. Price kicks it out.
0:00: End of period. Canadiens 3, Penguins 3.
THIRD INTERMISSION
-The Penguins have a 39-27 lead in shots.
OVERTIME
5:00: Letang returns to the ice.
3:07: Off a give and go play with Letang, Neal snaps off wrister over the cage from the lef circle.
2:51: Talk about justice. Neal drives to the net backwards and flips a backhander on net. Price holds it out. Officials don't blow it dead for some inexplicable reason. Letang sneaks in and fishes the puck out and snaps it by the right leg of Price. Wow! How do the officials not blow that play dead? The Penguins swarm Letang in celebration. What a sequence. Neal and Engelland get assists. Penguins 4-3.
POSTGAME
-What a weird game to try and figure out. This contest had so many bizarre twists and turns. The start was bizarre with few quick goals. The Canadiens built up a lead with some fortunate hops. The Penguins had two goals turned over on officials calls. Then the Kris Letang injury and game-winner. What a weird night.
-The Max Pacioretty hit deserve a suspension. Period. Who cares if Letang came back? The head appeared to be a the prinicipal point of contact. It caused some damage. It was a dangerous play. Three games should be the mininum punishment.
-The fact that Pacioretty was the one who delivered the hit made this even more bizarre. Afterall, he was the one who was severly injured on a dangerous hit by Bruins defenseman Zdeno Chara last season:
-Afterwards, Pacioretty expressed disappointment in the NHL for not disciplining Chara. He told TSN: "I am upset and disgusted that the league didn't think enough of (the hit) to suspend him. I'm not mad for myself, I'm mad because if other players see a hit like that and think it's okay, they won't be suspended, then other players will get hurt like I got hurt."
-Letang said Pacioretty apologized after the hit.
-Letang suffered a broken nose and had a pin put in. And still came back? Ouch.
-The hit:
-Letang speaks, partially in French:
-The officiating was suspect for each team tonight. The Penguins had to kill some bogas penalties tonight and the fact that the officials failed to blow play dead prior to Letang's goal was just bizarre.
-Price was outstanding tonight. He deserved a better fate.
-Fleury was a little shaky early on but settled things as the game wore on.
-Staal continues to take his game to another level. He was a physical presence all night and the scoring touch he displayed on his goal tonight was elite.
-The Penguins led in shots, 42-27.
-Letang, Evgeni Malkin and David Desharnais each led the game with six shots.
-Letang led the game with 24:38 of ice time.
-The Canadiens dominated faceoffs, 43-25 (63 percent).
-Lars Eller was 15 for 21 (71 percent).
-Jordan Staal was 12 for 25 (48 percent).
-Gorges led the game with five blocked shots.
-Zbynek Michalek led the Penguins with four.
-Malkin moved a head of Paul Coffey for 10th place on the franchise's all-time scoring list. Both players have 440 points but Malkin (166) has more goals than Coffey (105).
-Staal moved ahead of Randy Cunneyworth for 34th place. Both players have 216 points but Staal (107) has more goals than Cunneyworth (101).
-Dupuis moved ahead of John Chabot for 59th place. Both players have 134 points but Dupuis (55) has more goals than Chabot (34).
-Kunitz moved ahead of Mario Faubert for 71st place. Both players have 111 points but Kunitz (51) has more goals than Faubert (21).
-Cooke (102 points ) moved ahead of Warren Young (101) for 81st place.
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written by KRC, November 26, 2011 - 06:33 PM
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written by mtlkta, November 26, 2011 - 06:37 PM
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written by Louder_Is_Best, November 26, 2011 - 06:52 PM
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written by KRC, November 26, 2011 - 07:05 PM
Maybe if they shake up the lines more or something, it'll snap their attentions back to the game.
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written by KRC, November 26, 2011 - 07:16 PM
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written by Luiz Mello, November 26, 2011 - 07:17 PM
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written by saneman, November 26, 2011 - 07:19 PM
If not, I got no problem with the overrule. It definitely looked directed in.
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written by Luiz Mello, November 26, 2011 - 07:20 PM
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written by saneman, November 26, 2011 - 07:23 PM
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written by Luiz Mello, November 26, 2011 - 07:31 PM
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written by saneman, November 26, 2011 - 07:32 PM
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written by Louder_Is_Best, November 26, 2011 - 07:33 PM
They're having major trouble with the Montreal defense tonight.
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written by otisrichard, November 26, 2011 - 07:39 PM
Suban should be banned from the sport.
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written by jameshutton, November 26, 2011 - 07:42 PM
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written by saneman, November 26, 2011 - 07:43 PM
Dupuis: I wont get tired of saying this - most underrated Penguin.
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written by mtlkta, November 26, 2011 - 07:46 PM
I usually don't complain about officiating, but I'm starting to agree with the pens getting nabbed for the same stuff that other teams are doing without any punishment.
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written by jameshutton, November 26, 2011 - 07:46 PM
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written by saneman, November 26, 2011 - 07:46 PM
And yes, I too have noticed the refs get in the way of pens passes for the entire season. It is unintentional, but what bad luck. Maybe refs cant cope with the Pens style of playing up the ice?
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written by saneman, November 26, 2011 - 07:53 PM
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written by saneman, November 26, 2011 - 08:55 PM
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written by Louder_Is_Best, November 26, 2011 - 08:56 PM
Staal has really stepped it up this year. Very strong with the puck, and scoring goals.
Neal has been awesome.
Malkin's been good.
And that Crosby guy we know about.
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written by saneman, November 26, 2011 - 08:57 PM
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written by tennpen, November 27, 2011 - 03:15 AM
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written by SonnyDrysdale, November 27, 2011 - 09:15 AM
Don't think there will be a suspension, it was borderline. Letang tough as nails.
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