By Dejan Kovacevic | Trib Total Media
Looking ahead to faceoff …
Game: Penguins (15-8) vs. Philadelphia Flyers (11-12-1)
Time: 7:08 p.m.
Site: Wells Fargo Center, Philadelphia
TV, radio: Root Sports, NHL Network (national), WXDX-FM 105.9
Here is the official live box score.
Here is TribLIVE’s Penguins page. Rob Rossi is on the scene. Here’s Rob’s online-only recap of the Penguins’ morning skate today.
ahh the hockey thread
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3/7/2013 5:27 PM
Thought I did this last week but I’m in Tyngsboro Massachusetts
Sorry, I missed that
31 strong
Tonight will be an important regular season game. Will the undisciplined penalties continue or will the Pens skate away? No more excuses, either they learn to tonight or Shero needs to decide who to move and what to acquire. They can prove that the actually get it or prepare for another early exit. Malkin, Neal, TK and others better step up and learn from the past. Cannot wait to watch
I hope the Pens win tonight.
Staring wistfully at the Pennsylvania locations in Biz’s Lunatic Nation above.
I’ve bought a beautiful new house.
But it’s here in Liberty Township, OH. Closing date is Monday, and moving in next weekend.
My dream of moving to the Burgh some day looks pretty bleak.
Gotta get my live game fixes thru attending Pirates games vrs the Reds, Steelers games thru the Bengals, and Pens games up in Columbus. Have to watch my games on my puter thru MLB and NHL websites.
Pittsburgh fan forever.
DK: A little extra incentive: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1359195/Pittsburgh-best-place-live-says-Economist-Intelligence-Unit.html
Don’t give up the dream
It can happen
I spent much time in my youth in Lincoln Place, I always thought it would be so cool to live in dahntawn
Now I’m figuring though my best chance at my age is ending up in a bed drooling at Allegheny General??
That’s funny, Biz, in a good way.
Thanks AW, I meant it that way.
Worst case I could imagine is the same ending in Florida
Don’t poke the Drew.
Drew cracks me up
And I think he likes the “action”
He lives for it
Forgot to say congratulations Dave G
Just please pass on your love for the best town in the world
Come back whenever you can
I got a couch you can crash on
And no gechos in the front yard
How do you spell gechos?
Florida’s version of squirrels?
Geckos. Had a million of them when I lived in Lutz, FL a couple of years ago.
Thanks, Biz
You are most welcome Dave
Don’t give up.
This town is coming back
Big time
DG-
Left the ‘burgh in ’92.
Direct TV since about ’96….
Not perfect, but see 95% of all the games I want to see – BB, FB and Hockey.
The wind pushes us in many different directions
But anyone here, IMO, is a Pittsburgher
So family
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Congratulations on the new home! I hope the closing and time leading up to it aren’t too stressful for you.
Ok Pens, yall know what the Flyers are gonna do.
Initiate DON’T retaliate!
Refs ALWAYS call the retailation.
GO PENS!
(that yall above should have been yinz but some of my time spent in the South sneeking back) LOL
I always write Ya’ll but say Yinz explain that haha
Lets Go Pens! So pumped for this game, I wish it were on TV here.
and this is why I dislike Bylsma….
Scratches: Despres, Vitale, Bortuzzo
1. Why is Engelland starting over Despres?
2. Why is Jeffrey starting over Vitale?
I think they’re kind of at a point where they need to stop babying Despres. Let the kid play or send him back down. If they don’t think he can handle physical teams then he’s not ready for the NHL. Personally, I’d like to see them give him a shot. At least Bennett is gonna get some scoring line minutes (though I’m sure Cooke will still be there since it’s Philly). I like that Eaton is getting back in too. I always found him to be a steady if unremarkable defenseman.
Engelland gotta be in there, been playing extremly well and he** its the Flyers!
Agree w/ya Jeffery/Vitale
Don’t know if its true or not but I heard that Despres has some sort of finger injury. Wanted to give him a day off to let it heal.
Again, not sure if its true, but if it is it makes a bit more sense.
And Jeffrey should be playing, but it is TK that should be scratched, not Vitale.
That’s fair. I thought you hated him for his .655 winning % & that Stanley Cup.
Bylsma w/ Tom Fitzgerald coaching 16-8
Bylsma w/out Fitzgerald is 12-14
08-09: 16-8 (Stanley Cup champs)
09-10: 7-6 (2nd round exit)
10-11: 3-4 (1st round exit)
11-12: 2-4 (1st round exit)
If it were only that we’d have an easy fix.
I was going to eat dinner in front of the TV, and then I saw that orange. Lost my appetite.
+1
There appears to be a storm to weather.
Yeah, first 10 mins always tough in Philly.
Weathered the storm and are getting swept away by the flash flooding.
Big save by my man Fleur y.
North America’s largest collection of orange ties.
I guess Tyler Kennedy will never be a healthy scratch.
Seriously. If he was so dead set on playing Jeffrey, he could still have scratched Kennedy & dressed Vitale.
Exactly.
Nice call. No, really.
Weak call.
If THAT is a penalty, then Crosby better be drawing 5 penalties tonight.
dumb penalty for Hartnell and Kunitz ties it up 1-1 on PP…
This guy Philly has doing color between the glass, not Jones-don’t know who he is-is a freakin’ troglodyte.
Steve Coates. You know, Coatsey ! Good God I’m gonna puke.
Start to type in Steve Coates and Google tries to finish it with “Steve Coates drunk”
I love Google’s sense of humor. It used to be if you typed “WNBA”, Google would ask, “Do you mean NBA?” Norm Macdonald discovered that.
I see Bylsma did a good job coaching the team to stay composed…. not!
Neal already in box for four minutes. Playing right into Philly’s hands again. Unreal.
another bad rebound… Rinaldo goal….
Engelland doesn’t tie up his man…. sure glad Despres could watch that weak net coverage
Nice of Engelland to take the glove to the face from Fedetenko after the goal too. FEDETENKO punked Engelland.
Uhh captain I think the leaky defense has showed up again.
Time to pull MAF.
Piece of crap.
Think Glass can drop the gloves for a change? Maybe contribute?
Seriously the Flyers should be up 4 or 5 to 1.
Nice of Orpik to stand up for MAF as Hartnell whacks away
This game is absolutely ridiculous.
They have completely lost their minds.
Once again, players were not prepared to ignore Flyers crap… Bylsma magic, lol
Flyers are owning the Penguins right now 4-1
Time for MAF to be pulled and time to drop the gloves
That’s 2 for Paul Martin.
Wow this is getting ugly, Time to pull the flower, he is wilting
I am so freaking sick of Brooks Orpik. He does absolutely nothing for this team. Doesn’t even stand up for his goalie. Freanking wussy.
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Hartnell offsides and whacks MAF and no call Neil gets in a little late takes one swipe and it’s a PP? I think the boys are afraid to touch a Flyer fir the calls that are going on. We need to hit first then skate away.
Next game against the Flyers, bring up the AHL goalie. And sit James Neal. And play Despres.
The Flyers are so far into the Pens collective heads, they’ll need a lobotomy to get them out.
I’m gonna join Milo and puke
I wouldn’t even waste my vomit on this game
don’t get me wrong, i’m jacked at OUR guys first…
GOALkun!
and I’d like to put my size 9 wides right up Neal’s back end
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Its nice to see that the team got fired up after that period. You can tell that Bylsma really laid into them. NOT
Finally!!!!!
Jandy what are you doing watching the game…. Shouldn’t you be over in Rome for the Conclave?
lol ~ I show up, the whole show stops
I didn’t know you were a little boy….
you still don’t know ;P
My oh my. A GOAL!
Now lets wait for the seas to part and Philly scores the next 4
Oh christ there is the steigerwald special… Sometimes a 3 goal lead can be a bad thing.
They need to play hockey. They need to score and skate away. Show toughness by consistently go to the dirty areas. Do it again. Focus on hockey.
Decent start to second. Get 1 and go from there.
Literally as I type this, Duper goal.
I had nothing to do with it, not implying that. More about my slow typing. And pizza timer goin off.
Go Pens!
do it again Billy!
I knew this was going to be a bad day when I read that Paul Bearer from the WWE had passed away at age of 58
and there’s another!
Rhut roh shaggy…. looks like we might have a game
toss the boys some Scoobie snacks!
Awesome shift by Bennet there. Really like him on this line.
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Bennett working hard, gets loose puck to Neal, Malkin to net, and Neal pass deflected into net. 4-3 Flyers
How bad is Fleury(King of Rebounds), Engelland, Martin???
well, florida, he didn’t have much help, so give Flower a break
Pens in talks with Vancouver for Luongo
pfffft!
Did anyone see that?? Rebound control by a goalie… I didn’t know that was legal
you must be hallucinating
HOLY SMOKES
A TYLER KENNEDY SIGHTING!
Trade TK now; He’s showing he’s clutch!
YES!!!!!!
and here comes Boucher
Real nice patience by Cooke to cycle puck up high and pass it to Kennedy for slap shot.
4-4 game
LOL.
I don’t know what to say about this one. Wow.
Exactly the same script as Florida. Hope it ends differently.
makes two of us
Wow how was that trip not called on the Flyers??? Should be a 5 on 3 right now
HORRIBLE OFFSIDES call.
Bizarro Pens tonight. Awful in 1st period; great in 2nd. May not bode well for 3rd.
Flyers announcers are worse than Steigy and Errey.
and that’s pretty darn bad!
Orpik gets plastered by Talbot. Tossed like a salad
Now it’s a game!
Ravenstahl just announced that March 7th will be known as Tyler Kennedy day in Pittsburgh.
Its only fitting since he’s now going to be the intermission interview
Hi all, I am in the philly area and the game is blacked out on directv. Anyone know where I can watch online?
Even on comcastsports?
directv doesn’t carry comcast sports
Ok good comeback, now for the 3rd. Keep it up and the pressure on boys
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Good job Turk.
Holy crap
clean it up TJ!
for an “old” guy, Kunitz is on a roll
Wow, keep it up!
Lets go Pens!
5-4 Pens
Terrible puck management by Flyers, out of position, bad backchecking… Crosby from LW far across to Kunitz for 1-timer.
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c’mon boys, don’t get sucked into penalties
Nice puck battle Sid!
Anyone happen to notice the number of blocked shots by the Pens the last 2 periods?
8 currently, not sure by period.
hold everything
Phew, that was close
yup
I seriously don’t think there is anyone other than Ray Lewis that I hate more than freaking Carrot Top
If I was his wife I probably would have slept with Jeff Carter too
lmao
Nice!
for me it’s PK Subban
Imagine that…. Dupuis with a stupid penalty
::sigh::
I’ve come to the conclusion that Tomas Vokoun is Wendell Young. Eeesh.
EwwWww
I’ll let him be Frank Pietrangelo
That’s my point. He’s way shakier than that.
Not til he played for this defense
very important penalty kill
Pens are in this dam thing
Character?
dunno for sure yet Biz
Holy crapola! Took my daughter to swim lessons and came home to Pens leading! Maybe I shouldn’t watch the finish!
lol
Seriously turning off TV. I’m superstitious. Don’t want anything on me.
Noooooooo!!
come back Osh Kosh
OK, I see Kathy and Jamie telling me the Pens won. Whew!!!
someone tell Neal to STFU. he takes another penalty I’m gonna be jacked
Pietrangelo says NO
Wendell Young ended the streak at the Spectrum.
+++++
Got to love Steigerwald. “Pens would love to get one more”.
Really? He should trademark that statement
Whoa! You guys are gonna get on Steigy when the other guy, who basically does an imitation of himself, has been using the same tired expressions since 1976? Give me Steigy on TV every time.
You mean the Hall of Fame guy?
WOOT!!!!!!!!!!
Love the tantrum by 93 trashing his stick. AWESOME.
Waving the #1 sign at the Flyers right now!
Now Jandy go get us a Pope
nah…but I’ll share my Michelob Ultra with you
Just because I’m a soft and cuddly teddy bear doesn’t mean I’m easy
lol fine, I’ll drink it myself
Logic has absolutely no place in this rivalry.
Well put!
Lets enjoy this….
The Steelers are going to struggle so the games against the Ravens are going to be much fun.
The Pirates biggest rival is anyone trying to steal 2nd base.
This is the best rivalry in Pittsburgh sports
+1
Just 1? Seriously? Just 1?
lol you’re greedy!
Plus 2? Feel better?
lol
You can come out now Oshkosh.
Biggest difference between Pens and Flyers right now…. Next time these two teams meet I’d bet that Ruff is the Flyers coach. Flyers are going to make a splash real soon. Not a belly smacker like tonight but they are going to do something crazy.
Steigerwald started to say biggest come back by the Pirates
All together now….
CROZ-BEE SUX!
CROZ-BEE SUX!
CROS-BEE SUX!
Thought they had eased up on that. Glad it’s back. Sid in Philly is usually money.
that’s the classy Philly fans….
Classy Philly Fans = Winning Mentality Pirates
Nice win, more impressed they stayed within their game.
Someone explain, Duper with his back to the Philly player, he tries to go through him and Duper is called for interference. A pen player gets rubbed out before he an get to a lose puck and no call? I see this both ways and in other games as well. What gives? when is it interference and when not?
it’s what mood the referee is in
Figures, maybe they only call it outside the goal line. When behind it or the net they seem to let it go.
I’ll say it again, Kunitz is on a roll
He played vry well and I liked Bennett as well, did not look out of place at all.
agree!
Crosby started the first two weeks at a slow pace for him, when he heated up, so did Kunitz. I still wonder how much of his success is directly related to Crosby.
they feed off each other, Eric. I still think TK’s struggles are directly related to Staal leaving.
I would say a lot, in any sport a star player will lift other players game., Jordan, Bird, Magic, Crosby, Malkin, Stamos and the list goes on.
There is definitely some correlation, but I think Kunitz deserves a ton of credit. He played great last year without Crosby and is stepping up more now. He is amazing at finding the open space on the ice, putting the puck on the empty part of the net, and getting in on the forecheck and finishing checks. He is playing like a player on a mission right now and it is awesome to watch.
Big win. No feeling better than coming back to beat the Flyers in their building. Nice defensive effort in the 3rd period. Pretty sure I didn’t think I’d say that tonight at the end of the 1st period.
Eaton played well again. Engelland will find himself out of the lineup come playoff time, unless Bylsma continues his non-sensical scratching of Despres.
don’t hold your breath Walter…no tellin what DB will do
Wondering if Orpik wears a visor, will he check someone?
Mother T is off to bed…4am comes much too quickly! Night guys
Just ran through DK’s tweets and found some love for Bennett. Hell yeah. Anyone notice that play when his tired a** dragged it all the way back to deflect an open shot from the top of the circle in period 3? Really showed what type of player he is.
I saw that, I did not think he had enough to get back but made a great play
Awesome play. This kid will go far on this team. Excited to see him get more comfortable with NHL speed.
Anyone notice DK struck again, in the chat he commented about TK shooting from the left side. Well tonight he scored from the center right ice. Thanks DK!