Hockey Jesus is back on The Sports Porch Black and Gold, breaking down tonight’s tough Pittsburgh Penguins loss to the Buffalo Sabres. From defensive breakdowns to missed opportunities, he dives into what went wrong, who showed up, who didn’t, and what this means for the Pens moving forward.We’ll talk momentum swings, special teams struggles, lineup decisions, and whether this team can find consistency as the season grinds on.Join the conversation live — drop your thoughts in the chat and let’s break it all down together.The Sports Porch Black and Gold brings you real Pittsburgh sports talk with no filters, no fluff, and no corporate spin. Just passion, honesty, and Black & Gold energy.

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Hey sports Porchers, it's your
hockey Jesus, and I'm really

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live from PPG Arena, but I have
some bad news tonight.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins continue
their losing streak, lose two in

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a row, lose 5-1 tonight to the
Buffalo Sabres.

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As you can tell, I was at the
game tonight.

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Oh my goodness, I don't even
know where to begin with this

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game, but let me try.
First period was absolutely just

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a great period 1/1 at the end of
the first period, 2 shorties.

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And I tell you what, when risk
scored that Shorty, I was like

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feeling pretty good about life.
Everything looked like it was

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going to be on, you know, on
pace for you know, a really good

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game and then the second period
happened.

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I don't even know, like the
second period to me was an

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unbelievable period just because
I mean, I had to go back.

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So I'm at the game, they didn't
show the replay live.

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So I'm looking at my phone and I
see what Gino did because it's

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like nobody really knew what the
hell happened.

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And you know, you look at the
replay from the 1 angle look

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like he whacked him as hard as
he could have crossed the head

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and then the other angle look
like it maybe you lightly tapped

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him twice.
So I don't know.

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I it definitely deserved a
major.

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You can't whack somebody in the
head with a stick.

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I'm a big proponent of that's
just terrible.

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So I get it.
I understand the five minute

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major and I don't know about the
game misconduct, but OK, let's

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just let's just go with that.
OK, That being said, the

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Penguins were doing a great job
killing that five on five.

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And then I don't even know how
to say this, but like literally

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out of nowhere, it was like
people are getting pulled down

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the run into the goalie and it's
just like, you know, the running

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of the goalie.
I've talked about this before.

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Goalie interference to me is an
absolute enigma.

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Like nobody can tell me what
goalie interference is, but I

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can tell you for a fact that I
called it.

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I said there are no way they're
going to pull that back because

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the refs have too much pride in
themselves.

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What happens is the refs just
when they call something,

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they'll find anything they can
to basically say pushed into the

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goalie.
And I mean, Sheila clearly

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cannot play that puck when it
happened.

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And so, you know, they give him
the goal and then it's five on

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three, which is another crazy
thing, right?

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So they they kill off the five
on three and then they give

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Buffalo another penalty.
OK, so the other penalty is

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expiring and they score with the
with the, you know, with the

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goalie pulled.
And that was the weirdest thing

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because then it's like, OK, so
now they're down 31 and then the

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Penguins and then the Penguins
get to go on a power play.

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That power play is garbage
without Sid.

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I'm just going to say it like it
is without Sidney Cosby on the

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power play tonight, it's just
not going to work.

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I don't care who they put out
there.

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I wish they would put Ben Kindle
out on that first power play,

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but they didn't tonight.
I don't know that it would have

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made any difference, right?
Let's face it, Buffalo's penalty

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kills like third or fourth in
the NHL and they showed it

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tonight.
They're very aggressive on the

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power play caused the Penguins a
lot of problems.

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And you know, I don't, I think
the Penguins had, they were over

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4 in the power play.
I didn't look, but I think it's

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something like that because they
had 25 minutes in penalties and

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Gino had 17 of them.
So yeah, so that's 8 minutes.

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So yeah, 4 power plays tonight
over 4 on the power play.

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One of them was shortened
because of all the bullshit that

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was going on with the, with the
Gino penalty.

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The Juno penalty just ruined
everything, to be completely

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honest, although it did fire up
the crowd.

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I, I wish I would have recorded
it because I said this crowd's

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going to go absolutely ape ship
when they, when they don't call

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that goalie interference.
I just knew it was going to

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happen.
I just watched too many games

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and sure enough, that's exactly
what happened.

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And you know, honestly, after
the second period, the game was

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kind of over.
But the one good thing is I did

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catch a cookie.
And that sounds stupid, right?

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But if you've been to the
Pittsburgh Penguins games, you

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know, they drop all this stuff
from the rafters.

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They drop these stupid cowboy
hats and Eaton Park cookies.

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And one fell right on my lap.
I wish I would have kept the the

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parachute that it falls in.
That would have been a good

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memento.
But I gave it to the teenager

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sitting next to us because, you
know, it was kind of like one of

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those, you know, you don't want
to take cookies away from

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teenagers situation.
So I was able to do that.

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That was fun.
But other than that, you know,

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the Pittsburgh Penguins, the
Pittsburgh Penguins tonight,

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they got to get it together.
The good thing is they get to

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play against the Philadelphia
fires on Saturday.

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So I don't know, maybe they'll
get it together, maybe they

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won't.
I think they will, honestly.

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Buffalo, the Buffalo Sabres, you
know, the fans here tonight that

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were from Buffalo, kudos to
them.

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They were, they were cordial.
They weren't belligerent like

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they were when I was up in, I
was up at the first Winter

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Classic up in Buffalo at Raymond
James Stadium.

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And I tell you what, they were
assholes up there.

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But tonight they were good fans.
They're really happy about their

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team.
They're psyched that they're

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going to the playoffs.
I guess I'm psyched for them.

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I don't know if Luking in is is
the goalie.

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He's going to take them to the
promised land.

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But you know, I was here with a
with a Co worker tonight and he

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actually thinks they they can do
it.

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So I don't know I I'm I'm on the
fence about Buffalo, but I can

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tell you what that that's one of
the hardest fought games that

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the Buffaloes played against us
in a long while.

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I think they remembered that
game right before the Olympics

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when we kicked their ass.
So kudos to Buffalo for bouncing

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back.
They've played well since the

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Olympics, but Pittsburgh
Penguins got to get it together.

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We'll see what happens if the
trade deadline.

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I told you Teddy Bluer could be
in the mix.

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And sure enough, I heard it
today again from Mark Madden.

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He's a reputable source.
So if you don't like me, Mark

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Madden said it, so suck it.
I guess that's about it.

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TDI think that's all I got here
from PPG Arena.

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So cue music and I guess I'll be
back here tomorrow on Saturday.

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So well, tomorrow's not
Saturday, tomorrow's Friday.

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Got to go to work, Boo.
So that's it for me.

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I'm cutting out all you sports
poachers.

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You know I'm your hockey Jesus.
So if you like what you're

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hearing, smash that subscribe
button right now, this very

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second.
Do it.

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Don't wait.
I'll be back Saturday.

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So until then, hey, let's go
Pens.