Penguins Lose First Game of 2025

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Hey sports Porchers.
I'm your hockey Jesus and I'm

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back with game three analysis of
the Pittsburgh Penguins versus

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the New York Rangers.
Well, tonight was an exact

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opposite of what happened in
game one when the Pittsburgh

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Penguins played the New York
Rangers and they lose tonight

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6:00 to 1:00.
But let's talk about the game a

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little bit.
Oh my.

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That first period was, you know,
pretty typical.

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The short handed was not typical
of this year, but very, very

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typical of last year.
I just thought the Penguins came

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out a little bit staler, which
is a little bit surprising

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considering, you know, the game
that they had against the

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Islanders Saturday night in
Pittsburgh.

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You know, crowds hopping figured
they'd get out to a better start

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than they did, but they didn't.
It kind of set the tone for the

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rest of the game, to be
completely honest.

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Second period, Ben Kendall, my
man.

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Rookie scores his first goal in
the NHL.

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Congratulations, Ben.
What an excellent shot.

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This kids ceiling is very high.
I think the Penguins are going

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to have a really tough time
letting him go back down into

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the juniors, but that's a few
games away.

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Let's just save that analysis
first analysis analysis for

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later because tonight he gets
the only goal though, and it was

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a Butte beat.
Schisturkin Schisturkin did look

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good tonight and for him to beat
him tonight, I'm just telling

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you that was that was something
special.

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That was a really good shot.
Good for him. 40.

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What was it 41 years to the day
when Mario Lemieux scored his

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first goal?
I don't know, it's maybe it's

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just irony.
Maybe it's something that means

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something to me.
I don't think it means anything.

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What else did we learn from
tonight?

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The second period was an
absolute shit show.

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Penguins get scored on.
What was it?

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It was 1.
Nothing going into the into the

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2nd 41 coming out of the second,
they just got stomped on special

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teams, really just put the pedal
to the metal against the

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Penguins in the in the second
period and that's exactly what

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we did to them in New York.
And two more goals in the third

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one with Rempi basically laying
on Sheila.

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Sheila, did he look bad tonight?
No.

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Did he look great?
No.

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It just was.
It just was a it just was a bad

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game for the Penguins.
Part of the thing that makes me

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a little bit nervous is the fact
that Russ came back tonight.

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Everybody's like Russ came back.
So what do they do?

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They send Koi Venin down to me.
Oh, man, it just feels like the

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old Penguins when that happens,
it's like, oh, Rusty's back.

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Got to put him back on the first
line.

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Koi Venin's out.
Not only is he out, but they

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send him down to the miners.
I don't I just don't know.

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To me that feels like old
Penguins thinking.

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I and I know Kovenin didn't play
great on that first line.

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OK, I'm not I'm not saying that
Kovenin is the is going to be

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the guy, but to send them the
whole way down to Wilkes Barre

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just because rust is healthy
again and you got Tomasino up

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here.
Well, I I just don't know that

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just to be feels like old
Penguin thinking.

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And tonight it felt like old
Penguin playing when Sid and and

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rust and Raquel.
It's just too it's just too

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familiar with those guys.
They get they get loose, they

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start getting fancy with their,
you know, passes and you could

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see it on that one breakaway
where it was Rex, the Sid tried

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to get it over the rust.
They're just be too they're just

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too fancy.
They're too comfortable

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together.
And that's that's what we

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weren't we, we we weren't seeing
that in the first two games and

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we saw it in this game and that
just makes me a little bit

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nervous.
I, I know, look, the Pens are

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not going to go undefeated this
year.

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OK, let's just state the
obvious.

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They finally lost a game, but
they still are trending for 109

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points.
So that's that's fine.

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They win the next two, they lose
the next one, they win the next

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two, they lose the next one.
Nobody here on this channel,

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here at the Sports Porch will be
complaining.

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And I know you fans out there in
the in the world, the NHL and in

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Pittsburgh particularly will
absolutely not be sad about

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that.
But they just they just got to

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get it together.
The other thing that made me,

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you know, not it, it's typical,
right?

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Witherspoon and Carlson could
not play like they did in the

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first two games all season.
Carlson, you know, he looked a

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little bit more like the Carlson
we had the last two seasons.

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But Witherspoon wasn't helping
for sure.

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Brunicki, you know, once again,
look fine.

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Remember, Brunicki's playing on
the line with Caleb Jones.

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OK, so you're going to have to
cut this guy a little bit of

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break when he doesn't look
great.

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You know, he went over to defend
Lazad, who got plastered into

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the boards.
I thought it was a good hit.

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I didn't think it was anything
bad, but I I like the way

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Brunicki responded.
I didn't think it was roughing.

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That other guy from the Rangers
came in and, and, and kind of

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rough the same way Brunicki did.
But it's always the guy that

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gets the second shot, not the
third shot.

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It's always the second shot,
meaning the shot boom, the the

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little punch, the little push,
whatever it is, they he's

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usually the guy gets the
penalty.

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I hate that about the NHL, but
you're not going to change it.

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That's the way it is.
New York's special teams very

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special tonight, 2 for four on
the power play and the short

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handed goal.
I guess that's the difference

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and you know, that's the way it
works.

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Bad news tonight.
Pittsburgh Penguins did lose

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Crystal Tang for the better.
Better, mostly the second period

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and all of the third period.
That can't be good.

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I hope he's healthy enough to
make the West Coast trip.

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And as if he isn't.
They still got two guys they

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got, and I think I mentioned
that Connor Clifton, they didn't

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keep.
They kept him.

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He's just going to scratch.
Connor is the other Connor, the

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Connor Dewar Connor Clifton got
last year.

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I I forgot they actually kept
him because he's been a scratch.

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For three games, you might get
to see him in a lineup.

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I think Domba looked good too.
So don't be surprised if you see

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those guys in the lineup as they
head to the West Coast.

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That's right, Pittsburgh
Penguins are going to the West

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Coast.
So that means late nights, early

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mornings for the Hockey Jesus.
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I will be here after the game on
Tuesday.

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Who do they play on Tuesday?
Got Anaheim.

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That's right, Anaheim.
Oh good.

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A 1030 start.
So that means about 2:00 AM

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Hockey Jesus, just for you.
Bye fans.

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One last thing that I forgot to
mention.

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And the last one, how about
those uniforms, the first ones

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they they had those yellows.
Boy, they were just getting

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torched online about those
uniforms.

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I kind of like them.
I don't know why.

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And tonight wasn't wasn't the
glossy black helmet.

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Did you notice it was a matte
black?

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Very interesting.
They're switching it up a little

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bit, and I like that.
I think you need the Penguins

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need to switch it up.
I think you saw them get a

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little stale tonight by bringing
back rust.

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Maybe he's just wasn't healthy
enough.

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Maybe he came back a little too
soon.

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Maybe he was worried about his
job because Koivenen was in

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there.
But boy, this team's still very

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exciting to watch, even though
tonight was a little bit of a a

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shit show. 61 losers tonight in
Pittsburgh.

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We're off to hit the West Coast.
Anaheim, who is it?

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Anaheim, Los Angeles, San Jose.
They finish it up.

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Vancouver.
But Vancouver actually is a home

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game.
So kind of tricked you there.

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Hey, I love doing hockey.
I hope you feel it in my

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analysis here tonight.
It's not very in depth, but I

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promise I'm going to do some in
depth analysis on the porch on

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Monday.
So if you can join us there.

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Until then, enjoy whatever
hockey you're saying.

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And if it's Penguins, hey, let's
go Pens.

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See you in the next one.