No Sid No Problem

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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 New Jersey

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Devils.
Well, the Penguins are back in

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action.
Hope you caught my pregame.

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I kind of brought us up to speed
as to where I think the Penguins

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are going to go in tonight.
They did it 41 no Sid, no

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problems.
The Penguins just came out and

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then, you know, it took them a
little while to get started.

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As expected.
You know, first period, they did

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get a goal at the end of the end
of the end of the end of the

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period.
But, and it took them a little

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bit of time to get going.
But hey, I love those bright

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gold uniforms.
They could wear them every night

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as far as I'm concerned.
They seem to like them, too,

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because they got a winning
record with those things on.

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That's anecdotal.
Doesn't really matter.

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What matters is tonight they
played great at home, shaking

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off that rust, beating the New
Jersey Devils.

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Jack Hughes gets a standing
ovation, of course, as well as

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he should.
I was surprised to see Sheila in

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gold tonight.
I really thought I'd see we'd

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see Skinner in gold, but
nonetheless, they didn't.

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I, I have to tell you that first
period, some of the sloppiest,

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some of the sloppiest hockey
I've seen all season.

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And you know what?
You're going to expect that just

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because you know, you take 3
weeks off, you're not, you're

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not going to be clicking on all
cylinders.

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And they definitely weren't.
Both teams weren't, to be

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honest.
It was just sloppy.

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And then, you know, Penguins get
a power play near the end of the

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period and they absolutely
contributed a goal right into

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the back of that.
Tommy Novak, you know, he's

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mine.
One of my favorite guys, love

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Tommy Novak.
You know, just tipping A puck.

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It's all he's doing with Tang
slapping it and he's tipping it

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and it's going to the back of
the net.

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And that's how they needed to
score on Markstrom because

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Markstrom was really good
tonight and so was Sheila, to be

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honest.
But one less thing going into

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the second period, and I don't
know what those boys did in

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between periods.
I think there were a total of

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like 6 power plays.
Four and two is if I think I got

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that right.
Yeah.

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So it was crazy.
Just crazy, crazy, crazy second

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period.
I guess instead of skating, they

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decided to pull everybody down.
It all started with Gino taking

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a stick, getting it all up a
little too high into the visor.

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No problem.
That was a good good kill.

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And actually Dewar had a
breakaway one of his two

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breakaways on short handed
didn't get any of them

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unfortunately, but you know,
power penalty killed 2.

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Hischier Herschier Hischier.
I don't know what how do you

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spell say his name?
I, I know you like to make fun

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of me for, you know, not being
able to do that.

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So I guess I deserve it.
Anyway, he hits the post, but

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that's it.
Couldn't get it in.

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And actually Chinikoff missed a
missed a opportunity there at

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the 12 minute mark too.
I thought Chinikoff was passing

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the puck a little too much in
the first first couple periods.

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Near the second, it looked like
he started realizing, hey, I'm a

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shooter, I'm not a passer.
And I think that's what ended up

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happening later in the period.
But Sheiloff just making great

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saves.
He made a great one on Brat when

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Brat, Oh my God, that move that
he put on Witherspoon.

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Did you see that?
That's Spinarama move, I think.

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I think Witherspoon is not like
in that highlight reel for Brat,

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but he didn't score and that's
probably the most important

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thing.
But Oh my goodness, that was an

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incredible move by Brat, but a
better saved by Sheila.

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That was in the second period.
And you know what?

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I didn't like what what Muse did
on the on on the on the goal

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that was scored.
I would never have challenged

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that.
That was just too ticky tacky.

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You know, anytime it comes to
goalie interference, the goalie,

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the goalie, just it's got to be
obvious.

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And that was certainly wasn't
obvious.

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Sheila came out to play the
puck.

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The guy was right there.
He wasn't even in the crease.

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And yeah, Carter was was was the
devil that was right there bad.

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That was a bad replay.
If Muses got to do anything, and

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he doesn't have to do much, he's
doing pretty good.

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I think he's got to do something
about, you know, on those goalie

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interference penalties, you just
can't just just leave them

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alone.
If it's if it's close, just

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leave it alone.
Somebody's got to get in his ear

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and say no, don't do it, don't
do it.

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It's not it's not clear.
They're not going to overturn

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it.
It's got to be really clear.

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Even on the ones that I think
are clear, most of the time if

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they call it a goal, they're not
going to call it back.

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So they put them on a power play
again.

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But that didn't matter.
The Pittsburgh Penguins penalty

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kill is just spot on.
It was good tonight and you

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know, 4 power plays for for the
Devils in the second period.

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Honestly, I think Penguins had
better opportunities on those

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power plays than the New Jersey
Devils did.

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So Pittsburgh get it on a power
play near the end of the second

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period.
And once again, Buxtat looked

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like he had the the better
opportunity there.

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But Sheila was good.
He needed when he was good, he

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was on and that's all he really
took, you know, and then you go

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into the third period tied up,
good goalie play, Markstrom

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versus Sheila.
You know, anytime it's a 5050

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game, you're just kind of
watching it to see what happens.

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And I thought New Jersey came
out better to be honest with you

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in the third period.
And Gino looked like he was

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trying to do too many things on
his own.

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Gino, you played better when you
played with the team.

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Honestly, dude, like just past
the puck he did later.

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And it definitely was a a great
thing he did.

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And Chinnikov started shooting
the puck.

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They started to turn it around.
I think there was a shift by Rex

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Hayes and Avery.
They kind of just turned the

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tide there in the third period.
And right off of that, you know,

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Shay clangs it off the post.
Actually it was a crossbar.

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And somehow Connor Clifton goes
and gets to get it basically

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jumped right to him and he just
slapped it in.

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And that ends up being being the
winner 21.

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But I tell you what that that
shift right there by those three

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guys and they didn't play great
tonight.

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But I think by the time the
third period around it look like

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Rex and Avery, we're starting to
get some get starting to get

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some chemistry going there.
It's just going to take a little

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bit of time.
We we can't expect it to be

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right off the jump perfect,
especially after three weeks

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off.
And it wasn't perfect tonight.

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But once they got going, that
was great.

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And then, of course, 50 seconds
later, Gina with the sweet dish

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to Chinikov and Chinikov.
Hey, wasn't one of his patented

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slam O, you know, slap shots?
This was a pretty neat move to

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the other side and he powered it
in pass mark off and that was

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really all they needed three
one.

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I like what they did.
You know, Penguins have had

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problems before with two goal
leads in the third period and I

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like what they did tonight.
They they they definitely

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attacked the offensive zone.
OK, but they didn't do it in a

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dangerous way.
They they just kept coming,

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dumped it when they needed to,
made a rush when they could.

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And I thought that made the
period go much faster.

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And you know, by the anytime, my
rule of thumb is, and by the

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I digress.
But what happened was in after

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that, the Penguins just kept
coming, kept coming.

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And the rule of thumb is with
the two goal lead, you got to

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get to the five minute mark, OK,
got to get to the five minute

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mark with that two goal lead,
It's still not a guarantee

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you're going to win, but that
really helps enhances things.

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When Clifton shot it over the
over the glass 3 1/2 minutes

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left.
It still makes you worry a

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little bit, but nonetheless, we
didn't have to.

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Pittsburgh Penguins get another
short handed empty net goal.

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They did that in Buffalo,
actually at home versus Buffalo

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to ice the Game 2.
That was Lizotte Lizzo's on the

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board.
SO41.

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That's your final.
That's your final score.

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And guess who's your number one
star of the game.

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Who did you say?
Gino?

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No, no, no, not Gino Sheilaf.
Sheilaf was the second, second

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star.
Connor Clifton gets the first

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goal of the game.
And that's how you're going to,

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that's how you're going to win
without Sid.

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You're going to have guys like
Connor Clifton chipping in.

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You got Chinnikov and Gino with
some energy.

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Avery didn't score tonight, but
I'm telling you, that first line

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started to get some chemistry
near the end of the game.

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And I think that's really,
that's really the most important

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thing when it comes to the
Pittsburgh Penguins that they

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get everybody rolling the fourth
line as always, the fourth line

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as always does great.
I love that fourth line.

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There's no doubt that just keep
rolling the lines.

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It it worked tonight.
You know, New Jersey might have

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been a little tired from playing
last night, maybe, but the

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Pittsburgh Penguins win tonight,
41 coming back from the break.

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That's two wins in a row.
If you go back to the last one

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in Buffalo, they're solidly in
that spot for a playoff.

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They're they're over.
They're trending towards over

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100 points now.
That's what we want to see.

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That's where we'd like to keep
it at a minimum, keep it above

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95 boys.
If you play like that, I think

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good things are going to happen.
So tonight the boys get it done.

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Tomorrow they got an off night,
but then they're playing two in

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a row Saturday and Sunday.
That's right, New Jersey.

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I'm sorry, New York Rangers,
they got to go there and then

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they got to come back to
Pittsburgh for another game on

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Sunday.
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So until then, hey, enjoy your
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