They gave it their best shot for 20 minutes.
Malkin with the rebound tap-in.
Even Nasreddine chipped in with his 1st NHL goal with .2 seconds left in the 1st period to give the Pens a 2-1 lead.
And that was about all the Pens' collective legs had left in them.
The second period was a combination of hooking penalties due to being a step slow, and resulted in powerplay goals against tired penalty killers.
Yeah sure, the Pens had a few more chances, both Malkin and Sid hit the post, but overall, you could just see that the Pens really didn't have the energy tonight.
And let's not forget, the Habs are a pretty good defensive team, as well as excellent on both special teams.
A couple of other notes;
DirectTV had the CBC feed on for tonight's game as one of their Hockey Night in Canada games. The color commentary was done by Canadian cutie Cassie Campbell. I have be totally honest, I think she did a damn good job. She didn't do the normal boring sideline reporter job that most female sports reporters do. She provided excellent commentary and analysis, I was quite impressed.
And I don't know if you guys saw it on the FSN feed, but guess who was at the game ?? That's right, good 'ol Jimmy Balsillie. The fact that he was at that game 24 hours after pulling his bid for the Pens' ownership is really surprising.
Or is it ?? I'm telling ya, we haven't heard the last from Jimmy.
Also, they mentioned on the Satellite Hotstove that Mark Cuban has already made it known that he's interested in the Pens if it gets to that point.
So now the Pens get a couple days rest before hosting the Blues on Tuesday night.
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