December Game Thread and Discussion

[burgh_fan66]

Pittsburgh Penguins December Game Thread

 Date	        Visitor----	Home	        Time (ET)    Result
 December 1	Penguins	Capitals	7:00 PM----- W 2-1
 December 3	Penguins	Hurricanes	7:00 PM----- W 3-2
 December 5	Bruins-----	Penguins	7:00 PM----- L 1-3
 December 8	Penguins	Flyers-----	7:00 PM----- L 2-3
 December 10	Penguins	Islanders	7:00 PM----- W 6-3
 December 13	Red Wings	Penguins	7:00 PM----- L 1-4
 December 16	Penguins	Senators	7:30 PM----- L 4-6
 December 17	Sabres-----	Penguins	7:00 PM----- W 8-3
 December 20	Blackhawks	Penguins	7:30 PM----- W 3-2
 December 23	Penguins	Jets-----	8:30 PM----- W 4-1
 December 27	Hurricanes	Penguins	7:00 PM----- W 4-2
 December 29	Flyers-----	Penguins	7:00 PM----- L 2-4
 December 31	Penguins	Devils-----	3:00 PM----- L 1-3

Top Performers Through November

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------Neal-------Malkin-------Dupuis------Staal--------Kunitz------Letang------Martin-----Engelland-----Fleury
---25 points ---23 points ---20 points ---18 points ---13 points ---19 points ---8 points ----8 points ----2.17 GAA

Top Stories

Crosby Out Indefinitely

Despres Making An Impression

Staal Day to Day

Feature Story on Malkin

December Record: 7-6-0
Overall Record: 21-13-4

[Tomahawk27]

Solid win tonight, the team was flying. Also love to see 1st round picks debut's and Despres seemed to play pretty well, even got a point. Fleury played very solid again against a talented offensive group and we hand the Caps another loss. Great night

[Tomahawk27]

Nice win tonight and a very exciting game, especially at the end. 6 on 3 for 2 minutes or so and the PK held strong. Always great to get scoring from the 4th line and a solid performance by Johnson yet again

[burgh_fan66]

Crazy ending but a very solid win. Hopefully the injuries to Staal and Engelland are not to significant. As Tomahawk said a nice performance from Johnson he has got to be one of the better backup goaltenders in the league.

Next two games are big ones against the defending Stanley Cup champions, Bruins, and then our arch rivals the Flyers. Should be two fun exciting games.

[jrm2054]

Nice game lat night

[Tomahawk27]

Well I knew it wouldn't be easy, the Bruins showed why they are currently on that ridiculous streak. That was an ugly 5 on 3 though, 2 full minutes without a whole lot of chances. Anyway, I have a feeling we may be seeing them late in the playoffs... hopefulyl and hopefully not lol

[jrm2054]

ya our 5 on3 was awful last night

[burgh_fan66]

http://eye-on-hockey.blogs.cbssports...94626/33719669

What does everyone think of the new realignment plan. Kind of odd that there are no longer division but there are 4 conferences. The Penguins are going to be part of a 7 team conference with the Flyers, Rangers, Islanders, Devils, Capitals and Hurricanes. So essentially its the Atlantic plus the Caps and Canes.

[Tomahawk27]

I'm still trying to determine how I feel about it but at this point, I'm not too thrilled. It is basically the Atlantic plus Washington and Carolina but the Stanley Cup could be between two "Eastern Conference" teams which kind of spoils the whole East vs West thing. I don't know

[jrm2054]

Ya i dont like the idea of it

[Tomahawk27]

Crosby is going to miss the next 2 games as a precaution and unfortunately, it comes against the Flyers. Should be a good game

[Tomahawk27]

Ugly showing so far. More blown PP's and sloppy play in our own zone. Fleury flipping the puck on his stick was pretty good though lol

[Tomahawk27]

Solid win tonight

[burgh_fan66]

Looks like Sid will miss tomorrow, hopefully he isn't out too long.

http://www.pittsburghlive.com/x/pitt...rce=rss&feed=8

[Tomahawk27]

If he doesn't play the game after Detroit, that's when I'll start to worry. I really hope this doesn't linger too long and he can come back soon. With Staal missing as well, this team is decimiated right now