Game Thread: vs Colorado Avalanche: The Battle of Cole Harbour

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Colorado Avalanche
Record: 7-1-0 (14 points, 87.5%)
GFA: 3.38
GAA: 1.50
Diff: +1.88
PP%: 24.1%
PK%: 85.2%
Streak: +1
Projected lineup:
L1: Gabriel Landeskog - Paul Stastny - Alex Tanguay
L2: Ryan O'Reilly - Matt Duchene - Steve Downie
L3: Jamie McGinn - Nathan MacKinnon - P.A. Parenteau
L4: Marc-Andre Cliche - John Mitchell - Patrick Bordeleau
D1:Erik Johnson - Jan Hejda
D2: Ryan Wilson - Nate Guenin
D3: Andre Benoit - Cory Sarich
G: Jean-Sebastien Giguere

Pittsburgh Penguins
Record: 7-1-0 (14 points, 87.5%)
GFA: 3.75
GAA: 2.38
Diff: +1.37
PP%: 28%
PK%: 78.3%
Streak: +4
Projected lineup:
L1: Chris Kunitz - Sidney Crosby - Pascal Dupuis
L2: Jussi Jokinen - Evgeni Malkin - Chuck Kobasew
L3: Tanner Glass - Brandon Sutter - Craig Adams
L4: Harry Zolnierczyk - Joe Vitale - Deryk Engelland
D1: Brooks Orpik - Paul Martin
D2: Rob Scuderi - Matt Niskanen
D3: Olli Maatta - Robert Bortuzzo
G: Marc-Andre Fleury

Series notes
All-time: Avalanche lead series 36-32-1 plus 7 ties
Last meeting: 3/3/12 @Colorado, Pens won 5-1

Doob's take
Sid vs Nathan MacKinnon, Cole Harbour's finest. Both will want something to prove to their home town and I believe both will make an impact. Patrick Roy has the Avs playing at a very high level right now and this is probably the toughest team the Pens have faced to day. I expect a very close game but in the end I expect the Pens to prevail 3-2.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

No complaints about this loss from me. Felt we outplayed the Avs but Giguere was in the zone .

 

[evolver115]

Tough loss if only because they probably deserved a better fate with how they played overall. One mistake cost them the game, as no one covered the man out of the penalty box.

One complaint I have is a lack of net front presence both at ES and on the PP. Guiguere played a great game, but he had too many saves which he could clearly see the moment it was released. This isn't a new issue though...

Landeskog and Duchene really impressed me with their defensive play, too. The Avs have a nice team this season.

 

[DoobeeDoobeeDoo]

Tough loss if only because they probably deserved a better fate with how they played overall. One mistake cost them the game, as no one covered the man out of the penalty box.

One complaint I have is a lack of net front presence both at ES and on the PP. Guiguere played a great game, but he had too many saves which he could clearly see the moment it was released. This isn't a new issue though...

Landeskog and Duchene really impressed me with their defensive play, too. The Avs have a nice team this season.

Yeah Giguere saw every save all the way but it 'a hard to screen Giguere, even if you put a big body in front of him he could still look right over the screen & push people out of the way . Dude is a monster in net.