(Photo by Gregory Shamus/NHLI via Getty Images) Lovejoy
March 27th, Panthers @ Pittsburgh
1st Period (nothing)
2nd Period 15:32 1-0 Ryan Carter (3) (A. Sulzer (4), D. Hordichuk (4) 17:49 1-1 Ben Lovejoy (3) (Alexei Kovalev (15), James Neal (22)
3rd Period (nothing)
OT: (nothing)
Shootout: Kris Letang...Saved by Clemmensen Mike Santorelli...Missed! Alexei Kovalev...SCORES! Niclas Bergfors...SAVED BY FLEURY! James Neal...SCORES!
Final Score: Panthers 1-2 Penguins after SO. Shots on Goal: Panthers 38-28 Penguins.
Tomas Vokoun 23-24 saves Scott Clemmensen 4-4 saves Marc-Andre Fleury 37-38 saves
Nikman's Three Stars of the Game: 3. Alexei Kovalev and James Neal 2. Ben Lovejoy 1. Marc-Andre Fleury
+ Marc-Andre Fleury saves the team and gets named MVP of the Penguins this season before the game. Ben Lovejoy with Kovalev skillz on his Goal. Alexei Kovalev Killes Clemmensen with a great move in the Shootout! James Neal with a Goal in the Shootout!
Shootout: Kris Letang...Miss. Brian Rolston...SAVED BY FLEURY! Alexei Kovalev...Save by Brodeur. Ilya Kovalchuk...SAVED BY FLEURY! James Neal...SCORES! Patrik Elias...SAVED BY FLEURY!
Final Score: Devils 0-1 Penguins after SO Shots on Goal: Devils 21-26 Penguins
Martin Brodeur 26-26 saves Marc-Andre Fleury 21-21 saves
Nikman's Three Stars of the Game: 3. Don't Know. 2. James Neal 1. Marc-Andre Fleury
+ Flower with a Shutout!. James "The Real Deal Neal" with the Seal! Pretty boring game until OT. Third Straight SO Win!
Shootout: Ville Leino....SAVED BY FLEURY! Kris Letang.... Missed. Claude Giroux....SAVED BY FLEURY! Alexei Kovalev....SCORES! Daniel Briere....Scores. James Neal....Saved by Bobrovsky Mike Richards....SAVED BY FLEURY! Chris Kunitz.... SCORES!!
Final Score: Penguins 2-1 Flyers after SO. Shots on Goal: Penguins 31-20 Flyers
Marc-Andre Fleury 19-20 saves Sergei Bobrovsky 30-31 saves
Nikman's Three Stars of the Game: 1. Sergei Bobrovsky 2. Marc-Andre Fleury 3. Tyler Kennedy
(Honorable Mention: Alexei Kovalev and Chris Kunitz. Both with a Shootout Goal and Kunitz with the Game-Winning Shootout Goal.)
+ Last two min of OT was Penguins Power. Michalek's save at the end helped us alot. Tyler Kennedy with a great goal in the Powerplay. Alexei Kovalev with a great move on Bobrovsky in the Shootout. Chris Kunitz with a Game-Winning Shootout Goal!. Marc-Andre Fleury = Awesome Great OT Period.
- Bobrovsky was really really good. To many good scoring chances for the pens and no goal. No Fighting
1st Period 15:14 1-0 Pascal Dupuis (12) (Chris Conner (7), Jordan Staal (14) 19:17 2-0 Chris Kunitz (22) (Pascal Dupuis (19), Kris Letang (39)
2nd Period 10:51 3-0 SHG- Pascal Dupuis (13) (Jordan Staal (15), Ben Lovejoy (11) 13:16 4-0 Tyler Kennedy (17) (Chris Kunitz (22), Craig Adams (9) 17:41 4-1 Henrik Zetterberg (21) (D. Cleary (18), B. Stuart (14)
3rd Period 01:57 4-2 Valtteri Filppula (16) (B. Stuart (15), T. Holmström (17) 08:06 4-3 PPG- Danny Cleary (24) (N. Kronwall (24), N. Lidström (42) 10:27 4-4 PPG- Mike Modano (3) (V. Filppula (20), N. Lidström (43)
OT: (Nothing)
Shootout: Todd Bertuzzi....SAVE BY JOHNSON! Alexei Kovalev...Save by MacDonald. Mike Modano...SAVE BY JOHNSON! Kris Letang...Missed. Danny Cleary...SAVE BY JOHNSON! James Neal...SCORES!!!
Final Score: Penguins 5-4 Red Wings after SO Shots on Goal: Penguins 25-41 Red Wings.
Brent Johnson 37-41 saves Joey MacDonald 10-10 saves Jimmy Howard 11-15 saves
Nikman's Three Stars of the Game 1. Brent Johnson 2. Pascal Dupuis 3. James Neal
+ WIN! We sweep the Wings! 2-0 Game of the Year Candidate. Brent Johnson IZ THA MAN! James Neal with the Winner! Pascal Dupuis with a 3 point night (2G,1A) Wings were nearly fried for good.
- Third Period Meltdown... AGAIN. Comeback by Detroit.
1st Period 11:20 1-0 Artem Anisimov (18) (R. Callahan (22), B. Dubinsky (28) 15:59 1-1 Jordan Staal (10) (James Neal (21), Ben Lovejoy (10)
2nd Period (nothing)
3rd Period 06:26 1-2 SHG- Chris Kunitz (21) (unassisted) 09:28 2-2 PPG- Marian Gaborik (22) (B. Dubinsky (29), B. McCabe (21) 09:39 3-2 PPG- Ryan Callahan (23) (E. Christensen (15), M. Zuccarello (16) 18:45 4-2 Derek Stepan (19) (R. McDonagh (8), A. Anisimov (23) 19:20 5-2 EN- Brandon Dubinsky (21) (R. Callahan (23)
Final Score : Rangers 5-2 Penguins Shots on Goal: Rangers 27-40 Penguins
Henrik Lundqvist 38-40 saves Marc-Andre Fleury 22-26 saves
Nikman's Three Stars of the Game 1. Brendon Dubinsky 2. Ryan Callahan 3. Henrik Lundqvist
+ Chris Kunitz goal was a beauty!
- Cooke....Cooke....Cooke... you never learn. Cheaphead shot. Third Period meltdown again. letting in two goals in 11sec. After the Cooke hit, everything went to hell.
1st Period 09:14 1-0 Tyler Kennedy (16) (Paul Martin (19), Chris Kunitz (19)
2nd Period 01:21 2-0 Jordan Staal (9) (Tyler Kennedy (22), Chris Kunitz (20) 02:08 2-1 PPG- Ryan Shannon (7) (N. Foligno (17) 03:05 3-1 Ben Lovejoy (2) (Jordan Staal (13), Chris Kunitz (21) 07:34 4-1 Matt Cooke (12) (Dustin Jeffrey (4), Paul Martin (20)
Final Score: Penguins 5-1 Senators Shots on Goal: Penguins 41-22 Senators
Brent Johnson 21-22 saves Craig Anderson 36-41 saves
Nikman's Three Stars of the Game 3. Dustin Jeffrey/Paul Martin (2A) 2. Chris Kunitz (3A) 1. Jordan Staal (1G, 1A)
+ WIN! Two 5-1 wins in a row. DJ and Martin with some assists. Kunitz with the 3 A *insert 3 Ass = 1 Goal joke*. Jordan Staal with a goal and assist. Alot of hockey coming up.
- No hockey in a bunch of days. No shutout for Johnson.
Nikman's Three Stars of the Game 3. James Neal 2. Michael Cammalleri 1. Carey Price
+ Neal got some chances to score.
- Everthing. Worst Match of the Year. We suck with the new jerseys.
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March 13, Oilers @ Pittsburgh
1st Period 19:25 0-1 Chris Kunitz (19) (Tyler Kennedy (19), Jordan Staal (12)
2nd Period 06:27 0-2 Maxime Talbot (8) (Pascal Dupuis (18), Ben Lovejoy (9) 18:56 0-3 Jordan Staal (8) (Tyler Kennedy (20), Matt Cooke (18)
3rd Period 01:11 1-3 Ryan Jones (16) (A. Cogliano (18), A. Giroux (1) 07:52 1-4 Zbynek Michalek (2) (Craig Adams (8), Maxine Talbot (10) 16:11 1-5 PPG! Chris Kunitz (20) (James Neal (20), Tyler Kennedy (21)
Final Score: Oilers 1-5 Penguins Shots on Goal: Oilers 29-33 Penguins
Devam Dubnyk 28-33 saves Marc-Andre Fleury 28-29 saves
Nikman's Three Stars of the Game 3. Maxime Talbot 2. Tyler Kennedy 1. Chris Kunitz
+ Zbynek Michalek's Goal was pure awesome! Kunitz has a 20 goal season Kunitz with a 2 goal game. Tyler Kennedy with a 3 point game Maxime Talbot with an awesome goal and an assist. Marc-Andre Fleury with some great saves.
1st Period 16:43 0-1 PPG-Joffrey Lupul (6) (D. Phaneuf (15), P. Kessel (20) 19:13 1-1 Alexei Kovalev (15) (Ben Lovejoy (7)
2nd Period 10:31 1-2 Colby Armstrong (8) (M. Brown (4) 16:00 2-2 PPG- Mark Letestu (11) (Kris Letang (38), Jordan Staal (10) 19:44 3-2 Dustin Jeffrey (5) (Pascal Dupuis (16), Matt Cooke (16)
3rd Period 02:52 3-3 Clarke MacArthur (19) (M. Grabovski (21), N. Kulemin (22) 03:27 3-4 Joffrey Lupul (7) (C. Gunnarsson (7) 06:34 4-4 SHG- Maxime Talbot (7) (unassisted) 07:27 4-5 PPG- Dion Phaneuf (3) (T. Brent (7), P. Kessel (21) 09:08 5-5 Michael Rupp (6) (Mark Letestu (11)
OT: (Nothing)
Shootout: Joffrey Lupul....SAVE BY FLEURY! Kris Letang....Save by Reimer Phil Kessel....SAVE BY FLEURY! Alexei Kovalev....SCORES!!! Mikhail Grabovski....SAVE BY FLEURY!
Final Score: Penguins 6-5 Maple Leafs after SO. Shots on Goal: Penguins 40-31 Maple Leafs
Marc-Andre Fleury 26-31 saves James Reimer 35-40 saves
Nikman's Three Stars of the Game: 1. Marc-Andre Fleury 2. Alexei Kovalev 3. Maxime Talbot, Michael Rupp and Mark Letestu. Hard to pick only one 3rd star.
+ Pens win on my Birthday! Marc-Andre Fleury is in Bloom. Alexei Kovalev with a INSANE Penalty Shot. Maxime Talbot finally with a goal and a really important one! Michael Rupp with the Goal to tie the game and make it go to OT. Mark Letestu only Penguin with a 2p game. Neal is still fucking awesome in OT. WIN!
- Pens were down a goal alot in this game. Toronto with the Crosby Sucks chants when Crosby has not been in a game for a long time.
