For the first part of the opening period I thought the the Pens were on track to take one in Detroit. They were dominating play in a very fast-paced first period. When Detroit’s Niklas Kronwall took a tripping penalty, I thought the Pens were poised to take this game over. Unfortunately, momentum has a way of shifting the flow of a game. Detroit did a marvelous job killing the Kronwall penalty. This penalty kill, much like Staal’s shorthanded goal, changed the momentum of the game. Pittsburgh was never able to mount any kind of a comeback. It was all Detroit for the balance of the game.
Notes:
Who in the heck are those guys who’ve been showing up clad in Penguins uniforms…
Although it seems almost impossible given the perpetually sorry state of our defense this season…
In a way, it was all-too-fitting that former GM Craig Patrick served as an in-studio…
A while back, Wright’s Gym member Dan Mazur had a premonition. Something along the lines…
In the wake of injuries to defenseman Ryan Shea (upper-body) and newly acquired forward Thomas…
The Penguins have signed a pair of defensemen, both former draft picks, during the past…