Pens 7, Isles 4; Despite wild speculation, Pens focus on the ice...

Is this team fun to watch or what ??

Now if we could just get some damn closure with the ownership and the arena.

I'll tell ya right off of the bat, I'm gonna leave the ownership talk out of tonight's post. I need some time to read all of the different points of view, think about it, and then I'll throw my .02 in there.

Back to the ice, the Pens really showed some excellent pressure starting off the game, and were rewarded with a 3-1 lead after one period.

The thing about being aggressive is that you're getting off a lot of shots, and when they do that, you're going to get the lucky bounces that you weren't getting earlier in the season. That is exactly how Sid got his goal tonight, he got a shot on net, bounced it off of BOTH Isles D-men, and in the back of the net. But ya know what, in the box score, that was a laser shot.

The best scene of the night ??

Crosby's 4 more points ?? NO

Recchi's 800th assist ?? NO

Malone's hat trick ?? NO

The best scene of the night was Dan Potash's interview with the girlfriends of Fleury and Armstrong !! Holy bat shit, good work boys !!

What a scene as Sid juked Zhitnik out of his jock, then fed Malone for the hat trick. What a better night to have a ski hat giveaway, half of them ended up on the ice !!

I could be a scrooge and complain about the Pens getting WAAAAY too fancy on the power play, but I won't.

Let's just hope that the Pens haven't blown their collective loads the last two games, 'cause they're going to need another excellent effort going into Montreal Saturday night.