April 25th, Game 6 ECQF Penguins @ Tampa Bay.

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April 25th,
Game 6 ECQF Penguins @ Tampa Bay.

1st Period
08:23 1-0 Pascal Dupuis (1) (Maxime Talbot (3)
16:36 1-1 Teddy Purcell (1) (Ryan Malone (1), Steve Downie (4)

2nd Period
05:44 1-2 Sean Bergenheim (2) (Dominic Moore (2), Steve Downie (5)

3rd Period
03:48 2-2 Jordan Staal (1) (Matt Niskanen (1), Tyler Kennedy (1)
04:55 2-3 Steve Downie (1) (Vincent Lecavalier (4), Simon Gagne (5)
09:34 2-4 Ryan Malone (1) (Mattias Öhlund (1)


Final Score: Penguins 2-4 Lightning
Shots on Goal: Penguins 29-21 Lightning

Marc-Andre Fleury 17-21 saves
Dwayne Roloson 27-29 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game:
3. Pascal Dupuis
2. Dwayne Roloson
1. Steve Downie

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Pascal Dupuis scored the first goal of the game
Staal Scored.

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Letang's postshot.
Dwayne Roloson again fucking with us.
Fuck Tampa.

April 23, Game 5 ECQF Lightning @ Pittsburgh

April 23,
Game 5 ECQF Lightning @ Pittsburgh.

Pens lose 8-2. Fuck it. Forget about this game.

8-2, 2-1, 1-0, 9999999999999999999999999-0 Still same shit. Pens need just one more win to get the handshakes and move on. We are 3-3 in game 6's since Crosby joined Pens. We are 2-1 in Away Game 6's.

Let's go do it!. Fleury will lead us there. MVP MVP MVP! <3

April 20th, Game 4 ECQF Penguins @ Tampa Bay

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April 20th,
Game 4 ECQF Penguins @ Tampa Bay

150th POST ON THIS BLOG!
I'm doing something special later on this week!

Tips to win:
GET THE POWERPLAY GOING! 0-15 in PP this series.

1st Period
08:14 1-0 PPG- Tyler Kennedy (2) (Zbynek Michalek (1), Mark Letestu (1)

2nd Period
02:39 2-0 Arron Asham (3) (Ben Lovejoy (2)
17:14 2-1 Martin St. Louis (4) (Vincent Lecavalier (2), Teddy Purcell (1)

3rd Period
16:43 2-2 Sean Bergenheim (1) (Martin St. Louis (2), Pavel Kubina (1)

OT:
(Nothing)

2OT:
03:38 3-2 James Neal (1) (Jordan Staal (2), Paul Martin (2)


Final Score: Penguins 3-2 Lightning
Shots on Goal: Penguins 53-31 Lightning

Marc-Andre Fleury: 29-31 saves
Dwayne Roloson: 50-53 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game:
3. Eric Tangradi
2. Dwayne Roloson
1. James Neal

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JAMES THE REAL DEAL FUCKING NEAL WITH THE OT SEAL.
Marc-Andre Fleury was awesome!
Eric Tangradi was behind the first goal, was in front of the goal when TK shot the PP goal.
Arron Asham has scored 3 goals in 4 games. One more and he has tied his all-time best.


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Dwayne Roloson was really great for the Lightning.
St. Louis is too good.

April 18th, Game 3 ECQF Penguins @ Tampa Bay

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April 18th,
Game 3 ECQF Penguins @ Tampa Bay

Pre-Game Hype:
The Lightning were giving out minidrums to the fans in the arena.
Crosby was not training with the team.
Pens needs to win a game on the road.
Penguins Powerplay need to improve.

Anthem Song: nothing new.

First Period.

45 sec in to the first period. Ryan Malone with a quickshot on goal but Fleury makes his first save of the night, Malone gets the puck to Purcell, Purcell shoots but another good save by Fleury.

5:30 min in to the first period. Lovejoy gets back to his and the Penguins zone to take the puck, while skating around the penguins net with the puck he gets drilled by Downie who also left his feet and was aiming at the head of Lovejoy when hitting him. (Downie got a one game suspension afterwards and will miss game 4) After the hit the puck went to Talbot who was skating in to the Lightning zone and took a shot when he saw Conner screening the goalie and SCORES! Maxime Talbot scores his first goal of the Playoffs! Penguins take the lead 1-0.

6:30 min in to the first period. The Lightning has the puck in the Penguins zone. But then Rupp gets the puck and skates all the way in to the Lightning zone. He passes the puck to an open Asham and SCORES! Arron Asham with his second goal of the playoffs! Penguins makes it 2-0.







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8:00 min in to the first period. Brewer gets the puck in the Penguins zone and passes the puck to Stamkos infront of Fleury who shoots but Fleury with a save, on the rebound Stamkos gets another chance and shoots but another great save by Fleury!.

13:00 min in to the first period. Neal has the puck in the Lightning zone, he passes the puck to Letestu, Letestu takes a shot but a save by Roloson, Neal gets the puck and shots but another save by Roloson, Neal gets the puck again and shoots again after seeing a open net but he hits the post. Neal can't score i the playoffs it seems. Penalty called for Goaltender interference on Alexei Kovalev. Bullshit. Kovalev got pushed in to the Roloson by Ölund.

15:00 min in to the first period. Lightning on the Powerplay. Stamkos get the puck, Stamkos shoots the puck but Fleury with a save, it goes to Gagne who shoots, it hits the post, St. Louis gets the puck and shoots it and scores. St. Louis scores his second goal of the playoffs and makes it 1-2 Lightning.

End of the First Period

Second Period

8:30 min in to the second period. Malone has the puck in the Penguins zone. Malone gets through Michalek and goes for the shot but missed the goal.

17:00 min in to the second period. Penguins on the Powerplay *suck*. Letang gets the puck from a faceoff in the Lightning zone, He passes the puck to Kovalev, Kovalev shoots the puck. Save by Roloson but on the rebound it goes to Neal with a perfect chance to score but Roloson with an incredible save to robb Neal from a goal.

End of the Second Period

Third Period

1:40 min in to the third period. Lightning on the Powerplay. St. Louis has it inside of the Penguins zone, Passes it to Lecavalier, Lecavalier passes it to Stamkos, Stamkos passes it to Brewer, Brewer shoots a one-timer but Fleury saves it.

2:10 min in to the third period. Lightning still on the Powerplay. Stamkos passes it to Brewer who then passes it to the frunt of the net. Lecavalier redirects the puck and it comes to the stick of St. Louis who shoots and scores. St.Louis scores his third goal for the playoffs and his second goal of the game. Lightning tie it 2-2.

2:40 min in to the third period. Penguins win the faceoff in the Lightning zone. Staal wins the faceoff, Kennedy gets it and passes it to Letang, Letang passes it to Orpik who shoots a slapshot but Roloson with a save. The puck is in front of Roloson, Kunitz touches the puck to the side where Tyler Kennedy finds the puck and SCORES!. Tyler Kennedy.....KENNEDY! scores his first goal of the playoffs. Penguins score and make it 3-2.



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5:30 min in to the third period. Moore has the puck inside the Penguins zone. Moore passes the puck to Bergenheim who shoots but a great save by Fleury, Malone tries to shoots one but gets nailed by Rupp. Kubina gets the shot but a great save by Fleury. Rupp is on top of Malone for a while and gets a penalty. bullshit. Malone is such a Douchebag.

8:45 min in to the third period. Penguins have the puck in the Lightning zone, Dupuis gets the puck to Talbot who passes the puck to Conner. Conner is in front of the goalie and shoots but Roloson with another amazing save to keep the Lightning inside the game.

19:35 min in to the third period. Lightning took out their goalie to get an extra attacker. 6 on 5. Lightning has the inside their zone. St.Louis has the puck going up the ice and passes it to Lecavalier who is skating inside the Penguins zone, Lecavalier passes the puck to Stamkos. Stamkos shoots but Orpik blockes the shot. Gagne has the puck behind the Penguins cage with 13 sec left of the game, passes it in front of the net. Everybody takes a shot at the puck but the puck goes to the right side of Fleury. Adams has the puck and tries to buy some time with 5 sec left of the game, Michalek tries to clear the puck but Brewer takes the puck and tries to shoot but Adams blockes it. Time runs out.

End of the third period

Stats:
1st Period
05:46 1-0 Maxime Talbot (1) (Ben Lovejoy (1)
06:31 2-0 Arron Asham (2) (Michael Rupp (1), Kristopher Letang (2)
15:19 2-1 PPG- Martin St. Louis (2) (Simon Gagne (4), Steven Stamkos (1)

2nd Period
(nothing)

3rd Period
02:12 2-2 PPG- Martin St. Louis (3) (Vincent Lecavalier (1), Eric Brewer (3)
02:43 3-2 Tyler Kennedy (1) (Kristopher Letang (3), Brooks Orpik (3)

Final Score: Penguins 3-2 Lightning
Shots on Goal: Penguins 30-27 Lightning

Marc-Andre Fleury 25-27 saves
Dwayne Roloson 27-30 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game:
(Honorable Mentions)
Kristopher Letang
Kristopher Letang had 2 assists tonight and played really good.

Martin St. Louis
St. Louis scored both of the Lightning goals and he is a deadly man on the Power Play.

3. Dwayne Roloson
Dwayne Roloson was why Lightning was still in it after two periods with two amazing saves and a total of 27 saves tonight.

2. Marc-Andre Fleury
He was the one fighting for every save when the Lightning were on a Powerplay and made some great saves to help the Penguins win.

1. Tyler Kennedy
Scoring that important 3-2 goal. Neal, Talbot, and Conner were trying to get that goal but Roloson saved every one of them. Tyler Kennedy made this win happen.

Positve and Negatives of the game.

Positive:
WIN!
Penguins are now 10-1 in Game 3's since 2008.
Fleury was awesome.
Only two more wins to win the series
Important win on the road.
Tyler Kennedy with the Golden Goal.
Kristopher Letang with two assists.
Arron Asham has two goals already.

Negatives:
Our powerplay still sucks.
Neal can't score.
The Lightning are too good on the Powerplay.
Refs on this series. Bullshit!



Notes before GAME 4.
WORK ON THE POWERPLAY!

April 15th, Game 2 ECQF Lightning @ Pittsburgh

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April 15th,
Game 2 ECQF Lightning @ Pittsburgh

1st Period
02:02 1-0 Eric Brewer (1) (Simon Gagne (1), Viktor Hedman (1)
06:53 2-0 PPG- Vincent Lecavalier (1) (Simon Gagne (2), Martin St. Louis (1)
17:02 3-0 Nate Thompson (1) (Steve Downie (1), Eric Brewer (1)

2nd Period
09:08 3-1 Craig Adams (1) (Arron Asham (1)
19:46 4-1 PPG- Martin St. Louis (1) (Simon Gagne (3), Eric Brewer (2)

3rd Period
17:55 5-1 SHG- EN- Mattias Ohlund (1) (unassisted)


Final Score: Lightning 5-1 Penguins
Shots on Goal: Lightning 21-36 Penguins

Dwayne Roloson 35-36 saves
Marc-Andre Fleury 16-20 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game:
3. Marc-Andre Fleury
2. Arron Asham
1. Craig Adams

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We scored A goal.
Roloson did not get a shutout.

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Everything.
D-Men.





Keys to win Game 3.
- GET THE POWERPLAY TO WORK!
- SAVE FLEURY! (D-Men, Help your goalie!)
- CRASH THE NET!

April 13th, Game 1 ECQF Lightning @ Pittsburgh

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April 13th,
Game 1 ECQF Lightning @ Pittsburgh

The national anthem was so fucking epic, i sure love Jeff Jimerson but when the fans joined in and sang along with the singer this time... Damn that was some epic feeling.



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I was sitting on my sofa with a Penguins home jersey on me, a Dr.Pepper in my hand, a terrible towel beside me and watching some great hockey.

First Period:

1:25 min in, Lightning got the puck to the Penguins side of the ice, Stamkos has the puck skating around beside the boards when Brooks Orpik comes and gives him some free candy with a great hit and it made the whole arena go wild! Welcome to the Playoffs. The AGH Cam showed a slow-motion of the hit afterwards, it was a really awesome hit!.

2:30 min in, Lightning create some scoring chances after Moore gets the puck in front of Fleury's leftpad and the post, Malone and Moore start hacking and wacking at the puck trying to get it past Fleury but Fleury stops it.

5:00 min in, Lightning are dominating the Pens in shots, Lundin gets the puck at the blue line and takes a shot that was deflected by Downie but Fleury with another save!.

5:30 min in, St. Louis has the puck behind the Penguins net, skating around and passes the puck to Hedman who shots the puck but Fleury saves it with his right pad and leaves a rebound and St. Louis shoots but Fleury with a save again. Fleury is showing why he is the Penguins MVP.

9:00 min in, Neal gets two great hits on both Åhlund and St. Louis. Penguins are the more physical team at this point.

10:30 min in, 4 on 4, The Lightning have the puck coming in to the Penguins zone on a 2 on 1 chance. Clark shoots the puck but Fleury saves it, it comes back to Lecavalier but Fleury with another save again.

11:00 min in, still 4 on 4, Lightning win a faceoff in the Penguins zone, gives the puck back to Brewer who shoots the puck and it got deflected by Moore and it goes through the pads of Fleury, but Fleury mannages to turn around and save the puck from going in and shoves it aside when Malone has the puck and shoots but again a save by Fleury. Fleury is on Fire!.

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End of the First Period

Second Period:

00:30 sec in, Lightning on the Powerplay, Lightning has the puck inside the Penguins zone, Stamkos has the puck and passes it to Brewer who shoots but Fleury with a save but he leaves a rebound to Lecavalier who takes the puck and stick between/behind his legs and goes for a trickshot on a pretty wide open net but Fleury saves it with his block and then Michalek gets the puck and clears it. Highlight Save and Highlight of the night.


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03:30 min in, Penguins on the Powerplay, Penguins are in the Lightning zone with the puck, Passing it around, Staal gets it, passes it to Letang who fans on the shot but Michalek's takes it instead and shoots a hard slapshot that goes behind the net and is infront of Staal who shoots and hits the post on a golden opportunity. Staal gets anothers shot but a save by Roloson.

End of Second Period

Thrid Period:
03:30 min in, Kennedy has the puck in the Lightning zone, Passes it to Kunitz who has it for a sec then Staal shoots it from Kunitz Stick but a good save by Roloson, Staal gets another shot but another good save by Roloson. Then Kennedy tries a shot but another save by rolli the goalie. Who saids that a 42 year old goalie can't make some good saves?

04:00 min in, Malone gets the puck behind the net of Fleury and gets flattened with a hit by Letang.

05:40 min in, The puck is in the Lightning zone, Neal shoots it to the goal, nothing happends, then he passes it to a free Letestu in front of the net and he shoots but a great padsave by Roloson, Neal gets the puck again, passes it to Kovalev who gets tripped really bad. It should be a penalty but nothing called, Neal gets it and passes it to a Kovalev that took some time getting up and Kovalev is alone with the goalie and SCORES!!! Alexei Kovalev scores and makes it 1-0 Penguins. It was his first goal as a Penguin in the Playoffs since May 15, 2001 when Pens won against the Devils, and his first playoff goal since April 18, 2009 when the Canadiens lost against the Bruins. Consol Energy Center Explodes!

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06:20 min in, After pens scored they win the faceoff and get it back to their own zone, Orpik passes the puck to Letang and he passes it forward, Asham takes the puck and goes all the way into the Lightning zone, then he goes around the net and tries to do a wrap around goal but he missed the puck at first, but then he takes another shot and SCORES! Arron Asham scores for the Penguins and makes it 2-0! Goal of the night! Let's hope he does as good as he did with the Flyers. Two Goals in 18 sec.

09:30 min in, Pens have a 5 on 3, The Pens are passing the puck around, from Neal to Kovalev who goes to the net and shoots but a save by Roloson, it comes back to Kovalev who passes it to Letang who then gives the puck to Kovalev, back to Neal who passes it to Kovalev heading to the goal and passes it to an open Letestu who tries to shoot but just misses. Letang has the puck, passes it up to Letestu who then passes it up to Neal for the shot, it hits the board behind the net and Kovalev gets the puck behind the net and tries to score but a great save by Roloson helps the Lightning stay in the game.

18:45 min in, The fans are going insane and chanting "FLEURY FLEURY FLEURY!", really awesome, Tampa has taken away their goalie to have an extra skater. St. Louis with a pretty dangerous shot on Fleury but Fleury saves it. Staal takes the puck from St. Louis in the Penguins zone and passes it to Kunitz who dangels around two players and gets an open lane to shoot at the empty net. SCORES! Chris Kunitz makes it 3-0 for the Penguins. Game Over!

End of Third Period and the Match.

Fleury gets his fifth shutout ever in the playoffs!

Stats:

1st Period:
(nothing)

2nd Period:
(nothing)

3rd Period:
06:05 0-1 Alexei Kovalev (1) (James Neal (1), Paul Martin (1)
06:23 0-2 Arron Asham (1) (Kristopher Letang (1), Brooks Orpik (1)
19:18 0-3 EN- Chris Kunitz (1) (Jordan Staal (1), Brooks Orpik (2)

Final Score: Lightning 0-3 Penguins
Shots on Goal: Lightning 32-40 Penguins

Dwayne Roloson 37-39 saves
Marc-Andre Fleury 32-32 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game:
3. Brooks Orpik
2. James Neal
1. Marc-Andre Fleury

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Fleury was fucking awesome!
Fleury Shutout!
Neal was the mastermind behind the Kovalev goal and the Powerplay.
Orpik with 2 assists.
Kovalev Scores!
Asham with a really nice goal!
Anthem was awesome when the fans were singing that is.
Kunitz scores a empty netter!

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Nothing.

First Round Predictions of the NHL 2011 Playoffs!

Me and my friends have been predicting the first round of the playoffs.

Let's see who we can give money to predict for us or to the person that will not be getting any money to predict for.

PLAYOFF TIME!

East

1. Capitals vs. 8. Rangers

It's now or never for the Capitals. Capitals, improved their D-Fence and are playing more like a team and not putting the team on Ovie's back, But Washington has had a problem with the number 7. They have gone to 4 straight game 7's and only won one of them. If Capitals are going to win this series they will have help Ovie get back on his groove. If the Rangers are going to have chance to win they have to watch out for the giveaways because the Capitals have some deadly players like Ovie, Backström and Semin. Lundqvist has to keep on playing like he did in the season. I will go out and bet that Lundqvist helps Rangers win after 7 games.

Niklas : Rangers in 7 games
Elina : Capitals in 6 games
Lovisa : Capitals in 6 games
Robert Ö : Capitals in 5 games
Marcus : Capitals in 5 games
Mathias : Capitals in 6 games
Jonathan : Rangers in 7 games
Michelle : Capitals in 6 games
Robert : Capitals in 5 games

2. Flyers vs. 7. Sabres

Niklas : Flyers in 6 games
Elina : Flyers in 5 games
Lovisa : Flyers in 6 games
Robert Ö : Sabres in 5 games
Marcus : Flyers in 7 games
Mathias : Flyers in 7 games
Jonathan : Flyers in 5 games
Michelle : Flyers in 5 games
Robert : Sabres in 7 games

3. Bruins vs. 6. Canadiens

Niklas : Bruins in 7 games
Elina : Canadiens in 7 games
Lovisa : Bruins in 7 games
Robert Ö : Bruins in 6 games
Marcus : Bruins in 4 games
Mathias : Canadiens in 7 games
Jonathan : Canadiens in 6 games
Michelle : Bruins in 7 games
Robert : Bruins in 6 games

4. Penguins vs. 5. Lightning

Penguins are going to play most of the series without Crosby, So they lose their best playoff guy. But if the Penguins can keep the groove that they had in the late parts of the Season then it can be a quite interesting series. Fleury is the man to guide the Pens to the next round, he has been the teams MVP this year. Lightning have finally gotten that Playoff spot that they missed the last 3 years. They are out to get the cup again. A team that has Stamkos, St. Louis and Lecavalier are always deadly. Pens has better D-Fence and Goaltending, while the Lightning has a great O-Fence and a pretty good Powerplay. So i will go out and say that Pens win in 6 games.

Niklas : Penguins in 6 games
Elina : Penguins in 7 games
Lovisa : Ligthning in 7 games
Robert Ö : Penguins in 6 games
Marcus : Penguins in 5 games
Mathias : Penguins in 6 games
Jonathan : Penguins in 7 games
Michelle : Penguins in 7 games
Robert: Lightning in 5 games

West

1. Canucks vs. 8. Blackhawks

Canucks was the best team in the league this season, most of it was thx to the Sedin's. Canucks really wants to win this one and say to Chicago that they can win a Playoff Series against them after losing two straight series against them. Chicago has lost a lot of the players they had last two times they faced the Canucks in the Playoffs. So i think that Canucks will win in 6 games.

Niklas : Canucks in 6 games
Elina : Canucks in 6 games
Lovisa : Canucks in 7 games
Robert Ö : Canucks in 4 games
Marcus : Canucks in 4 games
Mathias : Canucks in 5 games
Jonathan : Blackhawks in 7 games
Michelle : Canucks in 5 games
Robert : Canucks in 5 games

2. Sharks vs. 7. Kings

Niklas : Sharks in 5 games
Elina : Sharks in 5 games
Lovisa : Sharks in 4 games
Robert Ö : Sharks in 5 games
Marcus : Sharks in 6 games
Mathias : Kings in 6 games
Jonathan : Sharks in 6 games
Michelle : Sharks in 6 games
Robert : Shark In 4 games

3. Redwings vs. 6. Coyotes

Coyotes are out for revenge after last years playoff series against the Wings. Wings, They have been showing a playoff spirit the last 5 season games. If the Wings keep on with the playoff spirit they will easily go past this round, but i don't think so. I think that Coyotes will win in 7 games.

Niklas : Coyotes in 7 games
Elina : Redwings in 6 games
Lovisa : Redwings in 6 games
Robert Ö : Redwings in 6 games
Marcus : Redwings in 4 games
Mathias : Redwings in 5 games
Jonathan : Redwings in 7 games
Michelle : Redwings in 4 games
Robert : Redwings in 6 games

4. Ducks vs. Predators

Niklas : Ducks in 7 games
Elina : Predators in 7 games
Lovisa : Predators in 7 games
Robert Ö : Ducks in 6 games
Marcus : Ducks in 6 games
Mathias : Ducks in 7 games
Jonathan : Predators in 6 games
Michelle : Ducks in 6 games
Robert : Ducks in 5 games

LET'S GO PENS!

April 10th, Penguins @ Atlanta

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April 10th,
Penguins @ Atlanta

1st Period
04:07 0-1 PPG- Andrew Ladd (29) (B. Little (30), N. Antropov (24)

2nd Period
06:25 1-1 PPG- Tyler Kennedy (21) (Matt Niskanen (8), Ben Lovejoy (13)
10:53 2-1 Pascal Dupuis (17) (Maxime Talbot (13), Chris Conner (9)
15:27 3-1 Michael Rupp (9) (Eric Godard (3), Ben Lovejoy (14)
18:14 4-1 Mark Letestu (14) (Eric Tangradi (2), Alexei Kovalev (18)

3rd Period
13:15 4-2 PPG- Tim Stapleton (5) (N. Antropov (25), R. Hainsey (16)
18:32 5-2 EN- Mike Comrie (1) (Pascal Dupuis (20), Matt Niskanen (9)


Final Score: Penguins 5-2 Thrashers
Shots on Goal: Penguins 20-39 Thrashers

Brent Johnson 37-39 saves
Chris Mason 15-19 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game:
3. Matt Niskanen
2. Ben Lovejoy
1. Brent Johnson

+
Tyler Kennedy with a great Powerplay goal!
Lovejoy and Niskanen with 2 assists each!
Brent Johnson with a really great match!
Dupuis, Rupp, Letestu and Comrie with Goals.
PLAYOFF TIME!

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No shutout for Johnson.

April 8th, Penguins @ Long Island

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April 8th,
Penguins @ Long Island

1st Period
08:57 1-0 Michael Rupp (8) (Eric Godard (2), Craig Adams (11)

2nd Period
11:11 2-0 PPG- Zbynek Michalek (5) (Kristopher Letang (42), Tyler Kennedy (24)
15:18 2-1 Blake Comeau (23) (M. Moulson (21), J. Joensuu (3)

3rd Period
08:14 2-2 PPG- Blake Comeau (24) (M. Grabner (18), T. Hamonic (21)
12:21 3-2 Mark Letestu (13) (Michael Rupp (8), Arron Asham (6)
19:25 3-3 Travis Hamonic (4) (K. Okposo (14)

OT:
(nothing)

Shootout:
NYI: PA Parenteau...SAVED BY FLEURY!
PIT: Kristopher Letang...Saved by Montoya
NYI: John Tavares....SAVED BY FLEURY!
PIT: Alexei Kovalev....Saved by Montoya
NYI: Blake Comeau....MISSED!
PIT: Chris Kunitz....SCORES!!!


Final Score: Penguins 4-3 Islanders after SO (3-3)
Shots on Goal: Penguins 38-38 Islanders

Marc-Andre Fleury 35-38 saves
Al Montoya 35-38 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game
3. Zbynek Michalek
2. Chris Kunitz
1. Marc-Andre Fleury

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Michalek with another goal!
The 4th line with a goal!
Mark Letestu with a nice goal!
Chris Kunitz with a game-winning goal!
Fleury with some good saves!
Fleury stops all of the Shootouts!
Godard fought Gillies!

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We dropped the lead two times in one game.

April 5th, Devils @ Pittsburgh

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April 5th,
Devils @ Pittsburgh

1st Period
17:37 0-1 PPG- Jordan Staal (11) (James Neal (29), Alexei Kovalev (17)

2nd Period
15:08 1-1 David Steckel (6) (R. Pelley (6), N. Palmieri (8)
16:11 1-2 Pascal Dupuis (15) (Maxime Talbot (12), Zbynek Michalek (14)

3rd Period
01:31 1-3 Chris Kunitz (23) (Tyler Kennedy (23), Jordan Staal (19)
04:32 2-3 Brian Rolston (14) (M. Tedenby (14), P. Elias (40)
18:59 2-4 SHG- Pascal Dupuis (16) (Craig Adams (10)


Final Score: Devils 2-4 Penguins
Shots on Goal: Devils 24-27 Penguins

Johan Hedberg 23-27 saves
Marc-Andre Fleury 22-24 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game:
3. Johan Hedberg
2. Marc-Andre Fleury
1. Pascal Dupuis.

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WIN!
Marc-Andre Fleury with another win!
Pascal Dupuis and the third line has been scoring in the last five matches.
Kunitz with a goal the same day that his daughter was born!

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Two goals got through our D-Fence.

April 2nd, Penguins @ Florida

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April 2nd,
Penguins @ Florida

1st Period
01:45 1-0 Tyler Kennedy (20) (Jordan Staal (16), Chris Kunitz (25)
14:38 1-1 Jack Skille (8) (M. Reasoner (17), D. Kulikov (20)
15:00 1-2 Clay Wilson (3) (S. Samsonov (25), M. Weaver (11)

2nd Period
00:45 2-2 Pascal Dupuis (14) (Maxime Talbot (11), Chris Conner (8)

3rd Period
12:49 3-2 Zbynek Michalek (4) (Paul Martin (21), Jordan Staal (17)
18:30 4-2 EN-Craig Adams (4) (Jordan Staal (18), Ben Lovejoy (12)


Final Score: Penguins 4-2 Panthers
Shots on Goal: Penguins 34-30 Panthers

Brent Johnson 28-30 saves
Scott Clemmensen 30-33 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game:
3. Brent Johnson
2. Jordan Staal
1. Zbynek Michalek

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Big Z with a really important goal late in the 3rd period.
Johnson had a better game i the 2nd and 3rd period
Comeback.
Staal with 3 assists! *Insert 3 ass = 1 goal joke*
It's a 95% chance that we face Tampa in the first round of the playoffs!

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Meltdown.
Fleury's 1st period.
It's a 95% chance that we face Tampa in the first round of the playoffs!

March 31st, Penguins @ Lightning

(Photo by Scott Audette/NHLI via Getty Images)

March 31st,
Penguins @ Lightning

1st Period
04:51 0-1 Steve Downie (9) (S. Gagne (19), S. Stamkos (45)
10:13 0-2 Martin St. Louis (30) (V. Lecavalier (28), V. Hedman (23)

2nd Period
(nothing)

3rd Period
04:31 1-2 Michael Rupp (7) (Alexei Kovalev (16)


Final Score: Penguins 1-2 Lightning
Shots on Goal: Penguins 37-24 Lightning

Marc-Andre Fleury 22-24 saves
Dwayne Roloson 36-37 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game:
3. Marc-Andre Fleury
2. Michael Rupp
1. Dwayne Roloson

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I jumped out of my seat when Rupp scored!
Rupp Scored!
Marc-Andre Fleury with some great saves!

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Roloson with some good saves in the 3rd period.
St. Louis with a really nice goal.

March 29th Flyers @ Penguins

(Photo by Gregory Shamus/NHLI via Getty Images) Fleury



(Photo by Justin K. Aller/Getty Images) Kunitz


March 29th,
Flyers @ Penguins

1st Period
12:22 0-1 Alexei Kovalev (16) (Kristopher Letang (41), Mark Letestu (13)
15:56 1-1 Jeff Carter (35) (B. Coburn (14), M. Carle (36)

2nd Period
09:21 1-2 Tyler Kennedy (19) (Brooks Orpik (12), Chris Kunitz (24)
13:45 2-2 PPG-Scott Hartnell (21) (V. Leino (33), K. Timonen (29)

3rd Period
05:30 3-2 Ville Leino (18) (S. Hartnell (24), D. Briere (30)
08:38 4-2 Ville Leino (19) (D. Briere (31), S. O'Donnell (15)


Final Score: Flyers 5-2 Penguins
Shots on Goal: Flyers 24-27 Penguins

Sergei Bobrovsky 25-27 saves
Marc-Andre Fleury 19-24 saves

Nikman's Three Stars of the Game:
3. Alexei Kovalev
2. Tyler Kennedy
1. Sergei Bobrovsky

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Kovalev Scored
TK Scored

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Marc-Andre Fleury was having a bad night.
Sergei Bobrovsky was good as always.
I hate the Cryers.