Pittsburgh at Carolina 10/14/09

[FightingIsGood]

First meeting since the Pens swept the Canes to advance to the SCF. I'm pretty sure that Bill Cowher will NOT be asked to sound the warning siren this time LOL

Pens going for a perfect road trip and extending their own record road streak to 5 games to start the season.

[Mr. America]

Joni Pitkanen out so that means Jay Harrison and Tim Conboy are in!

[Wadubbin]

Chris Bourque stinks.What has he done to warrant any playing time whatsoever??And will he ever catch a pass????

[Wadubbin]

I thought it was a pretty entertaining game tonight.The Canes played hard,and Ward's glove save is the early save of the year candidate.Plus he made an awesome save on Malkin in OT.Why the Pens kept testing his glove hand in the shootout is beyond me.Good game though...

[poopies]

Rupp had a beautiful goal tonight. Crosby pulled almost the same move in the SO.

[FightingIsGood]

Originally Posted by Wadubbin

I thought it was a pretty entertaining game tonight.The Canes played hard,and Ward's glove save is the early save of the year candidate.Plus he made an awesome save on Malkin in OT.Why the Pens kept testing his glove hand in the shootout is beyond me.Good game though...

They weren't trying to test his glove hand, they were trying to roof it the way Rupp and Crosby did. Finally, after they kept missing the net or shooting into Ward's pads, Kunitz decided to go 5-hole for the win. Anyway, I only got to watch from the end of the 2nd period on - I thought the Pens looked good even in the 3rd when the Canes were pushing to tie the game. They had plenty of chances but Ward came up big. That save on Guerin was just insane, but honestly, Billy helped him a little bit by elevating the puck rather than sliding it along the ice. If he does that, Ward has no chance.

5-0 on the road so far, and if anyone's wondering, the Pens' record is 7 straight in 1992-93.