Penguins win 6-2 remain hot

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

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analysis of the Pittsburgh
Penguins versus the Chicago

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Blackhawks.
Well, tonight the Pittsburgh

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Penguins get back on, get back
on the ice after, you know, a

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little bit of a three day break
here and they have not missed a

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beat.
Tonight, they took care of

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business by beating Chicago
Blackhawks 6:00 to 2:00.

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Really.
This game was never in doubt.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins.
Well, I guess I shouldn't say

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that because Chicago did score
the first goal.

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But other than that, this game
was all Pittsburgh.

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Let's break it down for you,
huh?

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She lost losing gold tonight.
He has never lost the Chicago

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Blackhawks.
He didn't lose tonight.

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So he remains.
He remains undefeated against

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the Chicago Blackhawks, which is
kind of amazing.

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You know, the guy's a good
goalie, but to never lose to a

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team that's, that's really
something.

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Brazil got the move up to the
first line because Rusty serving

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his three-game suspension.
A little bit more on that later.

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And of course, it's a gold
jersey night.

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So that's always a lucky color
for the Penguins.

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This year we got to see for the
first time Ilya Solovyov.

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He was in on defense tonight
because of Saint Ivany.

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Looks like he's going to be out
for about 8 weeks and Graves

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still still injured, so he gets
to nod tonight.

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He looked fine tonight.
He had a nice check on the

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boards against one of Chicago's
big line guys, Frank Lazard.

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Other other than that, he
didn't, you know he wasn't.

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He was not noticeable, which is
good.

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You want a defenseman to be
solid and somebody you're not

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mentioning unless it's in the
statistics and not in the

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penalty category.
So he was fine tonight.

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The Kindle line was a little
weird tonight because it had it,

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it was it was it was different
from where it started.

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We'll get to that in a second.
Pittsburgh Penguins when they

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have three days off for one of
the better teams in the league.

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They're 8:00 and 4:00 and they
have 18 points in those 12

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games.
That's pretty amazing.

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Chicago comes in on a three-game
losing streak.

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Make that 4.
Sorry, Chicago.

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Their big line is Frank Lazard
and Bedard.

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They actually did get on the
board tonight and that's really

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it.
First period, really the 1st 5

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minutes was super choppy back
and forth, a lot of offsides, a

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little bit icing.
Just seemed like it it couldn't

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get started.
Pittsburgh Penguins had no shots

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in the 1st 10 minutes, which
seems like seems ridiculous.

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But yeah, they started off
really slow and Connor Murphy

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scored first.
I think Connor, I think Tommy

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Novak got caught looking on that
play.

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I went back and looked at it.
Tommy probably should have

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picked up Murphy coming down the
middle there, but they score

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first.
But that seemed to wake him up.

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You know, really right, almost
right after that fourth line

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magic back in action.
That fourth line is absolutely

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incredible and and tonight was
no exception.

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They just put in the hard work.
You know, they just go after the

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puck.
Lizotte is just a puck hound.

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He'll go after the puck no
matter where it is.

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Really love that kid.
He can just play great hockey.

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And the hard work paid off with
a goal by Connor Dewar, which is

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good because I thought Dewar had
some good opportunities last

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couple games and you didn't
quite bury them.

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Good to see Dewar get back on
the back on the goal scoring

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streak.
He actually has sent now all

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time all time career highs for
him with 12 goals actually ended

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up with a a second goal.
So that's thirteen goals in 21

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points is are his new career
highs.

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What game are we in?
Game 52?

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That's just incredible.
That's incredible for Connor

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Dewar to be doing that.
That's why I say that fourth

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line is just absolute magic.
They they were that they got the

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game started and it didn't
really didn't stop after that.

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After that, there was some there
was some penalties.

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Novak got a penalty.
Gino got a penalty, You know,

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was kind of erased because
Kaiser did do a nice dive job

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there.
I mean, the stick was between

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his legs, but you just can't
fall down like that.

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Kendall did pretty much the same
thing.

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He tucked on the guy and the guy
just actually collapsed.

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I don't know.
I, I'm not a big fan of that.

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I like to see guys, you know,
hustle, keep moving and not just

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fall down.
But it happens.

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It happens in hockey sometimes.
That's how you can pull a

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penalty.
I've got no problem with it, I

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guess cuz no, no, no harm was
really done.

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So they had two penalty kills in
the first period.

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The Pittsburgh Penguins did kill
them off both.

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And yeah, so basically you end
up, you end up in the first

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period 7 to 10 on shots.
They outshot us in the in the

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first period, which is
incredible.

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So you're looking at that first
period and you're like, you

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didn't feel bad about it, but it
wasn't a great first period.

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It looked like they kind of had
a rough time getting started.

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And then, you know, 1st 5
minutes of the second period is

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a little bit of back and forth,
goalies both playing really

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well.
And then Mantha moves to the

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Kindle line and magic happened.
I'm I'm just telling you when he

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moves to the to that line, it
just was incredible.

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He got he got a pass from from
Ben Kendall just was a sweet

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pass.
Made a 21 bantha right through

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the five hole.
Power play was pretty pretty.

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Penalty kill was good for
Chicago tonight.

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Probably their bright spot and
the penalty.

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They only had one power play
gold.

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Pittsburgh Penguins did look
good, but they didn't get it.

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Doesn't really matter because
right after that water spoon

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smashes the guide to blue line,
Gino steals the puck and

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Chinnikov, Oh my goodness, Igor
Chinnikov scores again.

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That's right.
Igor Chinnikov scored again.

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He he got the goal making 31 and
then once again, Kendall with

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the sweet dish, Samantha 4 to 1.
I should backtrack because on

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that on that, on that 2:00 to
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was not Mantha that scored that
goal.

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That was Kindle.
I got those backwards.

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So Kindle scores the the second
goal to go 21 on a sweet dish

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from Mantha.
Actually that whole line, that

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was when Mantha moved up to that
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Mantha and Mcgrory was playing
on that line tonight.

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They all touched the puck and
Ben Kendall was the guy who

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finished it.
That was the second goal.

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The the fourth goal was just the
sweet dish from Kendall.

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Samantha, so sorry, got that
backwards a little bit.

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And then third line goes to work
again and Shay gets a goal 5 to

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1.
The Kindle and Chinnikov goals

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were only 31 seconds apart.
It just absolutely exploded in

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the second period and really
after the got to be 51,

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Pittsburgh Penguins were out
shooting Chicago at that .31 to

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15 go back to seven to 10.
So 7 to 10.

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Do the math, 24 to 5 in that
period, just an absolute

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drubbing from the Pittsburgh
Penguins on Chicago.

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And Chicago look like they,
they, they had nothing.

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And you know, Chicago, he's not
a great team.

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Let's be honest, Chicago is
struggling right now.

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They've got some talent.
They just haven't been able to

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put it all together.
The goalie tonight was not very

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good, not that he was the
problem tonight.

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Just the Pittsburgh Penguins
overpowered the Chicago

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Blackhawks and the third period
the Penguins just kept coming.

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I love what they did in the
third period.

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They didn't back off.
They took good opportunities,

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but they always had two
defensemen back every time they

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they they were kept coming, kept
coming.

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And honestly, she left had some
pretty nice saves in the third

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period, too.
I like to see a goalie who

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doesn't lose his first focus in
the third period, even though

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the game's done, the game is
complete.

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But Dart did get a snipe.
Actually, Dewar got the sixth

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goal, should mention that one.
I did already mention that he

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got the goal, but he got the
sixth goal and Bedard got a goal

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right after that.
Just an absolute snipe coming

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down the middle.
Just hit the brakes and ripped

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one right past Sheila.
Really nice goal.

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Connor Bedard's a great player,
21 goals on the season for him.

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Bright future for that kid, no
doubt about it.

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I think Chicago will get it
together.

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They just didn't weren't able to
get it together this season for

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whatever reason.
Not a Chicago analyst.

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So you'll have to head over to
the Chicago stations to to to

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see what's going on with
Chicago.

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But yeah, she loves to stay
dialed in no matter what, even

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though he did give up that goal
look great.

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And the Pittsburgh Penguins are,
you know, they're just flying

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right now.
Things to note for tonight.

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You know, I talked about I
talked about the defense been

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coming in tonight.
Gosh, I got to get his name.

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Let's see if I can get this
right.

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Ilya Solovio.
That's his name.

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Ilya Soloviov.
OK, where's #7 look fine.

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I think he's he was a good pick
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That was that was the the guy
they traded for.

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I think it I think it was Koi
Vin and I think they traded Koi

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Vin and for him turns out they
need the death and that's good

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because he was he was he was
needed tonight and he came in

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and then the third line tonight
you had Mcgrory, Kendall and

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Mantha ended up being on that
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Hey, Pittsburgh Penguins are
rolling.

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Let's not worry about it.
There is one bit of caution I do

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have to bring to my fans.
Oh, and by the way, I'm your

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hockey Jesus.
I'm here after every single

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Pittsburgh Penguins game.
Me and my buddies, we do a show

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called the Sports Porch.
It's Monday nights at 7:00.

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If you want to stop by and see
the whole thing, I'm here for

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you after every single
Pittsburgh Penguins game.

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That will include Saturday's
afternoon matinee.

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I'll be at the game.
So I'm going to try.

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I'm definitely going to take my
phone.

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So I'm going to do a live, a
live, you know, microphone in

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the arena right after the game,
right before I go to lunch,

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going with my wife Susan.
So really looking forward to

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seeing the Penguins live.
But Mcgroarty looked good in his

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return.
And the one thing that I think

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we should note is that the first
line was pretty much invisible

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tonight.
And that's OK because they

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didn't need them tonight.
That's what happens when you

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play against when you play
against bad teams, you want to

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have the first line say, you
know what, let's.

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Take the night off.
It's OK if we take the night

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off.
There's all the other lines, of

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course, flying.
Let them do business when it

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comes to, you know, a blinder
game where we're playing the

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tough game and it's 21 and I
need my first line out there

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flying.
That's when they're going to,

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that's when they're going to
pull it off.

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Also, I have to mention, you
know, Chinikov's super hot.

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He's playing with Geno still.
He's not going to be losing that

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line 100%.
No way he's going to be losing

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that teammate right there.
But I'm kind of glad Chinikov

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didn't score in the third
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He had three great opportunities
and he didn't score because I'm

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starting to think that guy could
never miss.

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Good to see him actually miss,
to know that, you know, he is a

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little bit human.
I know he seems superhuman right

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now, but him and Geno got some
great chemistry going on.

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They got that Russian flowing
out there on the ice.

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Love it, Absolutely love it.
So the Pittsburgh Penguins win

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tonight six to two.
That makes them 27 and 25 on the

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season, 65 points.
Here's the word of caution.

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The last time the Pittsburgh
Penguins were two game over 500.

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That's right.
I'm not using a loser points.

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I'm throwing the points.
The loser points in with the

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losses.
I'm sorry if you don't like it,

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but I hate the 3rd digit.
I'm not saying the 3rd digit. 65

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points for the Pittsburgh
Penguins.

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Last time they were two games
over 500.

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That was against Tampa Bay on
December 4th.

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They were.
They were 14 and 12 and guess

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what happened?
They went on that Big Eight game

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losing streak.
So let's not do that this time.

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Let's just keep on the winning
streak.

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Let's get a win against the New
York Rangers Saturday afternoon.

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Pittsburgh Penguins play next.
New York Rangers 3:30 in the

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afternoon.
One final note, congratulations

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to Patty Kane, all time USA born
scorer in the NHL.

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He passed Mike Madonna tonight.
Congratulations to you, Patty

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Kane, and hey, I'll catch you in
the next one.

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I'll see you then.