Game Thread: Pens @ Stars

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Pittsburgh Penguins
Overall record: 36-13-2, 74 points (72.5%)
Road record: 15-9-2
Last 10: 7-2-1
Streak: +2
GFA: 3.22
GAA: 2.45
PP%: 25%
PK%: 88.4%
Projected lineup:
L1: Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Chuck Kobasew
L2: Jussi Jokinen - Evgeni Malkin - James Neal
L3: Tanner Glass - Brandon Sutter - Taylor Pyatt
L4: Craig Adams - Jayson Megna - Deryk Engelland
D1: Paul Martin - Brooks Orpik
D2: Rob Scuderi - Kris Letang
D3: Olli Maatta - Matt Niskanen
G: Marc-Andre Fleury

Dallas Stars
Overall record: 23-20-8, 54 points (52.9%)
Home record: 12-8-5
Last 10: 3-6-1
Streak: +2
GFA: 2.84
GAA: 2.92
PP%: 14.8%
PK%: 80.8%
Projected lineup:
L1: Jamie Benn - Tyler Seguin - Valeri Nichushkin
L2: Antoine Russel - Cody Eakin - Ryan Garbutt
L3: Erik Cole - Vernon Fiddler - Ray Whitney
L4: Rich Peverley - Shawn Horcoff - Alex Chiasson
D1: Alex Goligoski - Trevor Daley
D2: Jordie Benn - Brendon Dillon
D3: Aaron Rome - Sergie Gonchar
G: Kari Lehtonen

Series notes
All-time: Pens lead 65-56-1
Last meeting: 2/29/2012

Doob's take: these 2 teams meet for the first time in nearly 2 years. Both offenses are coming in hot their past couple games, both teams scoring 11 goals in their past 2 games. This will be a tough matchup but at the end of the day, Doobster picks the Pens to win 4-3.

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cF1-AFF_BA8]Sidney Crosby - Written in the stars - YouTube[/ame]

 

[pixburgher66]

The Stars are reallllly top heavy. Outside of that top line, pretty mediocre.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

The Stars are reallllly top heavy. Outside of that top line, pretty mediocre.

Their 4th line sort of scares me.

 

[thedddd]

Darn, no chance to see Dustin Jeffrey since they placed him on waivers.

 

[DaBoltsNIsles]

Well I have Lehtonen on a few fantasy teams. I benched him against the Leafs & he came up big. I did the same today. We'll see.:

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Gonchar puts the Stars up 1-0

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

The Doobster will be checking out early to watch the Ducks vs Kings, so the Pens will have to win this on their own tonight.

 

[SteelersPride]

Dooooooob u ditched pens

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Dooooooob u ditched pens

Don't worry, the Doobster will still be checking up on the score throughout. Just a sucker for these outdoor venues, ya know?

 

[SteelersPride]

ha they are intriguing, seems like to many this year though

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

ha they are intriguing, seems like to many this year though

Yeah, sort of watered down some. I wish they would just have 1 outdoor game per year, but I don't mind the Stadium Series. Way I see it, we missed out on the Winter Classic last year so they gotta make it up this year.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Shocked to see the Stars with the lead. Probably wont last long.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

2-0 Stars, wow.

 

[pixburgher66]

Stars have a lot of speed, and they're using it on the PP to score. Of course the first goal was just a screen on a point shot.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

6 shots on goal nearly halfway through the game isn't going to cut it, Pens.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

3-0 Stars now.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

K, enough of this game, cya Pens.

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Embarrassing, but you can never count the Pens and that offense out of the game. Not with Lethonen in net.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Embarrassing, but you can never count the Pens and that offense out of the game. Not with Lethonen in net.

Pens won't comeback. Much like me, they're probably more interested in the Stadium Series than this game LOL

 

[Johnnydollaz89]

Pens won't comeback. Much like me, they're probably more interested in the Stadium Series than this game LOL

Hahaha they could be, maybe they just want to be in the locker room watching?!