This is gonna be a difficult test for the young Penguins.
Going into the hockey hotbed that is Montreal, only 3 days after a highly-energized, highly-physical game between the two teams, the Habs and their rabid fans will no doubt take their intensity up a notch when they take the ice at 2PM today.
If the Pens win today, they'll move up to 5th in the Eastern Conference. It could've been for 4th place, but the Leafs blew a 2-0 lead against Ottawa and gave the Sens a point in the Leafs' shootout win.
[ By the way NHL, thanks for scheduling this one in the afternoon, so I don't have to listen to 3 hours of "expert" blowhards on ESPN, including the newly Hall of Fame inducted crackhead criminal Michael Irvin. ]
If the Pens are smart, they need to focus on playing a DEFENSIVE game in the 1st 10 minutes or so of the game.
You know the Habs are gonna be pumped. You know they're going to be hitting everything that moves in a Pens uniform.
Withstand the emotion, play a good defensive game, and keep the puck out of your net in the 1st period.
If they do that, the Pens have got an excellent chance to win this game.
Let's not forget, both teams played yesterday. Both teams are playing in the 3rd game in 4 days. If the Habs expend so much energy early in the game simply to throw elbows, they'll be pooped by the 3rd period.
Sorry to say for Habs fans, they won't have a chance to exact their revenge on Colby Armstrong, who'll miss his 2nd straight game after twisting his knee sometime during the Habs game.
This should be a good one. Sid was shutout yesterday by the Caps, I'd lay odds that it won't happen for a 2nd game in a row.
LET'S GO PENS !!!!
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