Penguins win again, series now 3-2 going back to Philly.

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Hey sports porchers.
Hey sports porchers, it's your

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hockey, Jesus said.
I'm back with analysis of Game

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5.
Oh, the Pittsburgh Penguins

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versus the Philadelphia fires
first round of the Stanley Cup

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playoffs and the Pittsburgh
Penguins are still alive.

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They managed to sneak out A32
win tonight at home, their first

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home win of the post season and
quite some time.

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And boy, this was almost
identical to Game 4.

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If you ask me.
Pittsburgh Penguins, you know,

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they just they're being
resilient right now.

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Let's talk about what the
changes happened.

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Philadelphia got to make the
changes this time.

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Andre was in for Jolson,
Mitchkoff getting the old hook

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and in comes Alex Bump the
rookie.

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Great move and solder Bloom
still in for Brazil.

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Pretty much the same for the
Pittsburgh Penguins.

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She lofting goal and the first 3
minutes was all Philadelphia.

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Philadelphia came out absolutely
flying on fire.

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They look like they were a team
possessed trying to get that

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first goal in the first in the
first period.

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They still don't have a goal in
the first period, which is

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pretty amazing.
Yeah.

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So they just come out flying.
They get a stoppage, a whistle

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stoppage.
And you know what?

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The Penguins, that third line
showed that they were not going

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to be denied tonight.
I think they were hearing all

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the Mantha hasn't scored in
whatever 17 playoff games he's

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been in in his career.
I think they were feeling it and

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they said we got to make a
statement tonight and Mantha did

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make a statement when we got
behind the goal, took a pass,

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gave it to Kendall.
Kendall missed it, but good old

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Elmer was there and Elmer just
buried it.

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If you look at the shot map
tonight, go back and look at it,

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the shot map tonight was exactly
what the Pittsburgh Penguins

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want.
Right up the middle, right in

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that high danger, mid danger
zone.

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That's where Elmer blew one
right past Ladar and it blew the

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roof off the PPG.
And it was, the game was about

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to get started.
And you know, that was really

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big for the Pittsburgh Penguins
because the home team in the

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home crowd really needed to be
into this game.

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Because if Flyers would take it
away from him, I don't know that

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they would get it back.
I was not at the game tonight.

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I've considered myself a jinx
from being at Pittsburgh

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Penguins home playoff games.
So my buddy Chuck was there.

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Chuck, you brought home a
winner.

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You're the man.
I thought it was the gold

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jerseys.
But the gold jerseys are also

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not a curse.
That's not true.

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The gold jerseys are not losers.
I guess it was me.

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I guess I can't go to another
playoff game.

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I will take it if the Pittsburgh
Penguins can win two more games.

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I promise you that.
OK, so Gerard did end up getting

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a dump penalty in the first
first in in the first period and

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that was a no big deal.
And then Penn score on some

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great right right in the 1st 5
minutes of the second period.

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That third line got to work
again, kept the puck in the zone

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for a very, very long time.
Flyers could not get it out.

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They made a change and it was
weird because there were some

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fourth line guys on and Sid was
jumping on.

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They were trying to get the
first line out, I think, but the

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fourth line jumped on and Dewer
right there just buried it.

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They didn't call it a goal right
away, but everybody celebrated

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and they stopped.
They stopped the game because it

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clearly went in the back of the
net off off Lidar's shoulder.

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You know, I almost got it.
And up into the back of the net

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2 nothing.
Pittsburgh Penguins and

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everybody was thinking let's
blow them out.

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But Alex Bump would have none of
that.

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The next face off he just takes
it right down the right wing and

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just flies it past flies about
Sheiloff honestly probably 1

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Sheila would like back.
But you know what he didn't get

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it.
He didn't get it.

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It turned out not to be a big
deal.

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It was a nice shot by bump.
Bump sure likes to shoot the

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puck.
He's he's much like Martone.

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They just get the puck and they
go.

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He did miss an opportunity
though.

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I think it was in later in the
second where he had just wide

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open space on the right wing
again and he just missed the

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net.
There was a lot of missing of

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the net tonight by the pits, by
the Philadelphia fires.

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They did have some chances.
They just were missing the net.

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And I, I, I, I equate that to
what the Penguins were doing in

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the first couple games.
They were getting chances, but

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when they're shooting it,
they're just missing the entire

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net.
You got to hit the net.

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Chinnikov still can't hit the
net, by the way.

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He didn't get a goal tonight,
but yeah, I thought that was a

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big difference, especially in
that second period.

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But that wasn't it.
That that wasn't all the Flyers

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we're going to get in the second
period.

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Sid got hit with the puck and he
went off the ice.

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And then once again, the Pens
had a really terrible shift.

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I think it was their fourth
line.

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It was all out there and they
got stuck, couldn't get it out

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two or three times.
And before you know what,

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Sandheim is shooting the puck
going off a Carl stick and right

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into the back of the net.
And that's what happens, You

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know, when you don't get it out
of your zone as quickly as you

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can, that's what happens.
And I know it was an ugly goal.

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So what, you shot the puck, it
went in the net.

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They don't ask how pretty.
They only ask how many.

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And that made a 22.
And at that point, you know,

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Pittsburgh is like, OK, well,
looks like we're going to be in

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the battle.
And then the tank just shoots a

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crazy shot into the.
I don't know if he was trying to

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shoot it towards the net or if
he was just trying to keep it

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in.
I, I really don't know what was

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going on there.
And look like Russ tried to tip

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it with his high stick and he
missed it.

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And boy, what a lucky bounce for
the Pittsburgh Penguins.

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And sometimes the puck bounces
your way and sometimes it

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doesn't.
I can't tell you how many times

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I've seen a puck like that go in
on Tristan Jar in the playoffs.

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6 or 7 times.
I swear to you, I've seen that

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play 100 times against the
Pittsburgh Penguins in the

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playoffs.
And tonight they got one back.

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Just a lucky goal, but already
know where it was.

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And I don't think he should know
where it was because it was just

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such a crazy bounce.
He was just to the left of the

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net, bounced off his leg, and
then when he went backwards, he

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just kind of pushed the puck
right in.

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If you're a Fires fan, you're
looking at that and you're just

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saying that can't be that can't
be the game winner, that can't

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be the game winner.
But it was.

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No, it wasn't.
Yes, it was.

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It was the winner in the third
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There were absolutely no goals
scored.

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I think that's the first time
the Pittsburgh Penguins haven't

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had a goal scored on them.
And quite sometimes I I didn't

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look it up.
It wasn't really worth looking

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up because they didn't give up a
goal and they didn't get a goal,

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although they did have three
empty net chances. 2 by Sid.

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Sid hit the side of the net and
he hit a post or an empty net,

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but it didn't go in.
There were actually lots of

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ozone time for the Pittsburgh
Penguins in that third period

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and midway through was 11/5
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So I thought they did a good job
of keeping the puck away from

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the Flyers in the third period.
Connect Me had a really good

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chance with about 8:15 left, but
once again, didn't hit the net.

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You got to hit the net and with
the goal empty, Philadelphia

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look like they had some good
chances but not really that.

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The Pens were doing a good job
of getting into the zone and

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then tracking down that puck.
They didn't get too many two or

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three chances at shooting it.
And that was a big difference

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for the Pittsburgh Penguins
tonight.

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And that made it 3 to 2 and the
buzzer blew and everybody got in

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a scrum, Of course, because
that's what happens at the end

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of games, especially games that
are close and when you know,

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you're you're trying to battle
for the puck against the against

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the boards.
OK, so let's talk a little bit

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about what happened tonight.
What, what positive things can

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the Flyers take from this?
I think having Alex bump in

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there is a positive for the
Philadelphia Flyers.

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And the other positive I think
they can take from it is

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Pittsburgh just got a lucky
bounce.

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They're not always going to get
a lucky bounce.

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And, you know, I think what the
Flyers going to have to do is

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they're going to have to muck it
up a little bit more tonight.

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The referees, it started that
way in the first period.

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And honestly, it wasn't it
wasn't a it wasn't a push either

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left or right for the Pittsburgh
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But I think the ref said enough,
enough of this.

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The next at post whistle, you're
going, and I'm only going to

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take the first guy.
So if you do it, you're gone.

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And there was no more after
that.

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And I think that actually truly
benefited the Pittsburgh

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Penguins because the Penguins
don't do well when they get into

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that sort of shenanigans post
whistle.

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They get caught up in that and
they're not focusing on the

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game.
You know, Gino at the beginning

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of the game, shooting that puck
into the fires, into the fires

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bench.
That's just dumb.

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I mean, you might think it's
funny, but it's not.

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It's dumb and it's could have
cost him a penalty and could

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have cost him 10 minutes
misconduct.

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How would you like it if you if
Malkin had to sit down for 10

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minutes because of that?
That's the kind of crap that

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Gino's got to stay away from and
you know, it kind of got into it

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on that.
You know, that big scrum.

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That was the last big scrum of
the game with connect me in

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there.
And you know, I think that I

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think that Gino's got to just
stay away from that.

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It's distracting him from
playing the damn game.

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And I think that's the that's
the that's would be what the

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Flyers would want to do when
they get to Philadelphia.

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Once again, the Pittsburgh
Penguins positives.

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They are doing a really nice job
of bringing the puck up into the

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zone and breaking that 113.
They just are going about it

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methodically slow.
They're not afraid to circle

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back.
They're not afraid to pass the

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puck.
You know it it is safe zone.

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They even one time, you know,
they did the the old, you know,

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standard center net or center
ice, if nobody's there, just

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shoot it to him and then tip it
towards the towards the back of

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the to the offensive zone.
That's not that's not a way to

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get goals, but it is a way to
break the 113.

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And I think the fire's going to
have to do something different

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with that because they're not
getting any rush off of that

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anymore.
They're not they're not stealing

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any passes.
They're not bringing it back the

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other way.
I think the Penguins in the last

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three games, this one included,
I think that they are doing a

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really good job of figuring that
out for the Fire.

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So the fighters going to have to
figure something out against the

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Penguins to make that work again
or do something different.

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Maybe just change it up, go to a
2-3 or just do the one chaser.

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If that's what the Penguins do,
they do more like more like a

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122 and that's really that's it.
So Pittsburgh Penguins and the

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Flyers will meet again
Wednesday.

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I didn't see a time, but I
assume it's going to be a 77730

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start somewhere around there and
it's Game 6.

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You know, the other thing.
And the last thing I want to

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leave you with, And if you're
still here, thank you for being

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here.
I'm hockey Jesus, I'm here after

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every Pittsburgh Penguins game.
That means I got at least one

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more game with Jens.
Guys, I love the Pittsburgh

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Penguins, but I love the game of
hockey more than anything.

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And I'm hope I'm being fair with
my analysis because if I'm not,

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leave me a comment.
Say you're just the yenser.

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You don't know what you're
talking about.

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Whatever you feel, that's why
I'm here.

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I'm here to try and bring the
game of hockey to more people.

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And I hope you're one of them.
If you are, smash that subscribe

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button for me.
Hit that bell.

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It really helps us out here on
the porch.

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So the last thing I want to
leave you with is tonight.

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Pittsburgh Penguins win 32, and
they did it for the first time

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ever.
They did it for the first time

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ever, winning 32.
They have not won a single game

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all season. 3 two until this
very night.

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That's incredible.
The only other time, the only

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other score they haven't won by
this year?

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1 Nothing.
So maybe, just maybe, it'll be

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an overtime score for Sidney
Crosby and Philadelphia in Game

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6 to bring us to a game seven.
That would be absolutely

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glorious if you're a Penguins
fan.

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But there's still a lot of work
to be done.

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Flyers are still Flyers still
have the upper hand here.

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I know things feel like you're
falling apart for the Flyers,

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but trust me, they still have
the upper hand.

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It's hard to win four in a row.
It's always hardest to win that

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last game in the series.
And hey, the Flyers know what to

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do.
They've they've come back from

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three nothing deficits in the
series, so maybe the Penguins

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can stick it to them.
I don't know.

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That's a lot to ask.
Let's just take it one game at a

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time.
I'll be back Wednesday.

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I hope to see you here.
Thanks for stopping by.

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See you Wednesday night.