Penguins improve to 3-2, 6 points, 98 trending points, would be in the playoffs playing like this. Phillip Hallander with his first NHL goal a shorty and a game winner.

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

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tonight with analysis of the
Pittsburgh Penguins win in LA.

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That's right, the Pittsburgh
Penguins win tonight 4/2 after

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kind of a slow start in LA.
I know probably half of you are

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still watching the Steeler game,
and of course I was too, but you

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know, that's like pulling double
duty.

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She got the Steelers, she got
the Penguins.

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One of those teams came out on
top tonight and it was the

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Pittsburgh Penguins.
The first boy man, the 1st 10

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minutes of that game.
Wow.

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No shots in the 1st 7 minutes.
LA goes up to nothing.

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It wasn't looking good early,
but the thing about this

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Pittsburgh Penguins team is you
can't count them out just

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because you don't know what's
going to happen with this team.

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I mean, they go down to nothing.
They went for 2:00 tonight.

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I mean, and honestly, they
didn't do it like all at once.

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It was just a lot of hard work
to get back into it.

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You know, Gino scores the power
play goal, make it 1-2 and then

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Connor Dewer a fourth line goal.
That's I mean, anytime you get a

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fourth line goal, I mean, you
got to be excited about that.

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And that tied it up.
And then Gino or I'm sorry, Sid

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goes into the penalty box.
I don't know.

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You know, some of these some of
these calls these refs were

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making, it seems so ticky tacky.
It's like he didn't cross check

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him into the board.
You just kind of ran into him

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and then he fell down.
I don't know, I'm getting a

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little pissed off about the
refereeing.

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It just seems like they're
trying to take over too much of

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the game.
Anyway, Sid goes into the the

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penalty box and it doesn't
matter because Phillip Hollander

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gets a Shorty at his first NHL
goal.

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I just love saying that.
First NHL goal.

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Got to say it three times
already this year.

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God, that feels so good to say.
And you know, he didn't he, he,

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it was just one of those goals
where he just kept poking at it,

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poking at it, poking at it and
it goes in.

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I mean, hey, if if the team's
going to give you 3 cracks at it

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right on the while you're
standing in the blue.

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He was off to the side of the
net a little bit.

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Take it.
I mean, take it that's what

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they're given.
I mean, so good for Phillip

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Hollander getting getting the
game-winning goal and it it was

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only sealed because Sidney
Crosby just he just left the

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dart from mid ice and he just
went boom right into the net.

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That is harder than the dude
than you think.

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I've never played hockey, you
know, I've never played hockey a

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lick my whole life, but I've
watched enough of it to know for

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somebody to do that the way he
did it, he felt so confident.

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Didn't even gain the red line,
you know, just shot it right in

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because he knew it was going to
go in.

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What I liked about that, as I
think Brunicki was the was the

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guy kind of leading the charge
there down the ice.

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Could have, could have been
Lizard.

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It could be wrong like that.
I think it was 40.

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I think it was 45, but it might
have been 46.

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Anyway, Pens win tonight.
What are the what are the things

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I want to talk about here?
Hey, special teams.

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Special teams matter to this
team a lot.

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Right now they're 4.
They're five on five plays.

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Been OK, but it's been pretty
neutral.

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So that means you're going to
get you're going to get the

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advantage either on the penalty
kill or in the power play.

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Tonight, it was the power play
and the penalty kill that both

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did it for the Pittsburgh
Penguins.

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I got to say something about our
Arthur's Sheilaf.

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I think he's the number one
goalie.

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I mean, yeah, he's not a great
goalie.

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He he he's not the savior for
this team.

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But I just feel so much
confident when he's in there.

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It seems like he can make the
big stops.

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He doesn't seem to be flopping
around as much.

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Make some big saves he made.
Kempe was coming down with the

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game tied 32 and the Pens were
on a power play.

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Made a nice goal to close his
legs.

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You know he's trying to go right
between his legs, closed it

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right up, stop the goal from
going in, stop the game from

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being tied.
That would have been with about

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2 1/2, three minutes left.
I just think he's a difference

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maker.
It'll be interesting to see who

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they play when they play in San
Jose on Saturday night.

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But if you're asking the hockey
Jesus, and I'm hoping that's why

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you're here, 'cause you like my
opinions about what's going on

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in the world of the Pittsburgh
Penguins.

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I think Arthur Shearloff is the
guy.

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What does this mean for the
Penguins moving forward?

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I don't know.
Here's the thing that I do know.

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They keep winning.
They keep losing.

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Right now, they're they keep
playing the way they are.

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They'll get 98 points.
They'll definitely be in a

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playoff position.
Can they keep this up?

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I don't know.
It seems like they're going to

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win one, lose 1, win one, lose
1.

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It's kind of a tough position to
be in because that means you

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might be there, you might not be
there when it comes down to the

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playoffs.
One thing I do know, this game

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was really boring in the first
half of the game and then it

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just took off.
And that's the thing about

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hockey, you never know when it's
going to get good.

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You might watch a boring game
for all 60 minutes and then a

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game might just come alive like
happened with this LA game, you

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know, second-half of the game if
you went to bed.

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That's why I'm here.
I'm here to give you the stats,

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give you what's going on.
But tonight, the Pittsburgh

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Penguins, their winners in LA
tonight, they're taking that

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flight up the San Jose.
Yeah, they probably fly up to

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San Jose.
I guess it's about an 8 hour bus

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drive.
They're definitely not taking

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the train.
So hey, if you happen to be up

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in the San Francisco area, you
like San Jose, wherever you are,

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go out and cheer your pens.
There were a lot of Penguin fans

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out there tonight in LA and it
was good for the Pittsburgh

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Penguins to get a win.
So Pittsburgh Penguins are

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winners tonight 4/2 in LA.
They don't play until Saturday.

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Another 1030 start, I think.
I don't know.

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It's somewhere between 10:00 and
10:30.

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Doesn't matter.
You'll probably be in bed, but

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I'll be here for you.
I'm your hockey, Jesus.

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I'm on the sports porch.
I'm here after every single

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Pittsburgh Penguins game.
Hit that subscribe button.

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And whether you're sleeping,
whether you go to bed, you can

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always just say, hey, what do
the hockey and Jesus have to

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say?
Boop.

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I'll be there for you, my fans.
This is my sermon.

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Hope you enjoyed it, if you did
I'll talk to you later.

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See you in the next one.