Game Thread: Pens @ Sens

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Pittsburgh Penguins
Overall record: 27-10-1 (55 points, 72.4%)
Road record: 10-7-1
Last 10: 9-1-0
Streak: +7
GFA: 3.10
GAA: 2.18
PP%: 26.2%
PK%: 87.8%
Projected lineup:
L1: Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Pascal Dupuis
L2: Harry Zoinierczyk - Jussi Jokinen - James Neal
L3: Chris Connor - Brandon Sutter - Joe Vitale
L4: Craig Adams - Zach Sill - Chuck Kobasew
D1: Olli Maatta - Matt Niskanen
D2: Robert Bortuzzo - Brian Dumoulin
D3: Philip Samuelsson - Simon Despres
G: Marc-Andre Fleury

Ottawa Senators
Overall record: 14-17-7 (35 points, 46.1%)
Home record: 7-10-4
Last 10: 3-4-3
Streak: -3
GFA: 3.10
GAA: 2.18
PP%: 26.2%
PK%: 87.8%
Projected lineup:
L1: Cory Conacher - Jason Spezza - Milan Michalek
L2: Clarke MacArthur - Kyle Turris - Bobby Ryan
L3: Colin Greening - Zack Smith - Chris Neil
L4: Matt Kassian - Jean-Gabriel Pagneau - Erik Condra
D1: Jared Cowen - Erik Karlsson
D2: Eric Gryba - Marc Methot
D3: Chris Phillips - Cody Ceci
G: Craig Anderson

Series noties
All-time: Pens lead 45-29-2 plus 9 ties
Last season: Pens won series 3-0
Last meeting: 5/24/2013 @ Pittsburgh, Pens won 6-2

Doob's take
In spite of injuries and a roster saturated with AHL players, the Pens have won 7 in a row. Now they take the show on the road as they face the struggling Sens. The Doobster predicts a hard fought battle, but in the end I feel as if the Pens have been playing at a very high level while the Sens are trying to find their game. Doob picks the Pens to prevail 3-2.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Sens, Penguin fans, Crosby men, lend me your ears...

 

[joe_baran]

Sens, Penguin fans, Crosby men, lend me your ears...

And yet Crosby almost takes Dupuis' ear off as his skate twirls through the air after a hip check. Eesh.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Dup's ears are too big anyways.

 

[thedddd]

The Sen's did a great job tonight.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Pens were due for a loss, 7 in a row with 1/2 an AHL roster is really pushing it. It's all good tho,

I got that off-black Cadillac, midnight drive
I got that gas pedal, leaned back, taking my time
I’m rollin' out, roof off, letting in sky
I shine, the city never looked so bright

 

[Cobiemonster]

That was a thrashing tonight - probably made up for all those bad losses the Sens had

 

[Dacks]

Received 2 tickets as an early Christmas present. Guess I was on the naughty list, cuz that was a real lump of coal type of game from the Pens.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Received 2 tickets as an early Christmas present. Guess I was on the naughty list, cuz that was a real lump of coal type of game from the Pens.

it happens, 8-2-0 isn't bad in our last 10 considering we've played have a roster filled with AHL guys IMO.