Pittsburgh Penguins extend their win streak to 4 games and move to 6-2 on the season. The 12 points in 8 games trend the Penguins to 123 points for the season, that's elite status.

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

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game analysis of the Pittsburgh
Penguins against the Florida

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Panthers.
Well, the Magic in Pittsburgh

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has not left the building yet,
as the Pittsburgh Penguins

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tonight beat the Florida
Panthers 5 to 3.

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And boy, I'll tell you what, off
the bat I'm looking at this

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game.
I'm seeing Babrowski, you know,

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pretty much undefeated against
us 5 and O in his last five bark

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offs out.
Kachuk's out, Kulakov's out.

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So you're thinking, does that
really matter?

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I mean, Florida is the defending
Stanley Cup champions, after

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all.
But the Pens have been hot, so,

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you know, you're not really sure
what's going to happen.

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And bam, bam, Pittsburgh's up to
nothing just like that.

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And you're like, the magic's
still there, baby, we got this

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game no problem.
And uh oh, suddenly it's 21,

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'cause they got a guy named Brad
Marshant and he is a Penguin's

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killer, Absolutely has been all
his life and looked like he was

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ready to sit, stick the dagger
in US again.

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But these Penguins, man, they
are resilient.

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SO31 we go up thanks to Connor
Dewar.

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Just a leaky goal.
Bob wasn't really on his game

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tonight.
Let's see, he only faced 16

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shots, let five goals in.
That's a terrible game for

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Bobrowski.
I'm sure the Florida Panther

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fans will scorch him for that
and probably should.

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But those, those they had a lot
of high danger shots.

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I'll, I'll be honest with you.
I mean, I think he was partially

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to blame for it, but I don't
know if you can blame him by

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himself anyways.
So up three one, no problem.

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Uh oh, back to 320.
My goodness, here we go again.

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You know, every time the
Pittsburgh Penguins in the past

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would would that momentum would
start to shift.

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They couldn't ever get it back.
But Sidney Crosby says we're

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going to get a goal.
He gets a power play goal, makes

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it 4-2, and then, uh, 043 again.
What does that mean?

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I don't know.
I don't know.

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Good old Brad Marchant again.
And here we go, 43 is the score.

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But Sidney Crosby with the power
play goal and the dagger, he

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gets the last 153.
Sidney Crosby with two goals.

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He's only two points away from
1700.

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Our captain, our savior, our
hero, he's Mr. Everything.

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I don't care.
I'm not even going to say how

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old he is because he looks like
just a young buck out there.

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The special teams were special
tonight.

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Two goals, I believe they were.
Are they 2 for two tonight on

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the power play?
Yes, they were Pens were two for

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two in the power play tonight.
Floor was 2 for three.

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So the you know, their their
power play was smoking hot too.

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But when you get 2 out of two
for the Penguins, that's doing

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something good.
Carl's got the first one.

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Sydney gets the second second
power play goal.

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I don't even know what to say
about Tristan Jarry.

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This guy is suddenly finding a
resurgence.

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Maybe it's the maybe it's the
goaltending, maybe it's the

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tandem.
Maybe it's the fact that he

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knows he doesn't have to be the
guy.

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He's just got to come in there
and play good for one night and

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he's out.
And, and I think maybe that

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might be a good thing.
Maybe it's just the way Muse is

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is, is coaching them and just
saying, hey, I just need you to

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go out tonight and be hot.
Jarry was hot tonight, 37 shots

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tonight, only gives up three
goals, two on two on the power

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play.
So you know, with only one five

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on five with 37 shots, that's
pretty damn good for any goalie.

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I didn't see the save
percentage, but definitely over

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900 for sure.
No doubt about that.

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Let's see what else secondary
scoring.

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Like I said, Connor Dewar gets a
goal.

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Ben Kendall got the goal to take
him up three one, you know, late

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in the second.
Well, about 5 minutes left in

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the second period.
They cannot send Ben Kindle

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down.
I don't see it happening.

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You know, they had him out there
taking draws with the empty net

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with, you know, about 3 1/2
minutes left.

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I think they have a lot of faith
in Kindle.

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Kindle.
I mean, he's only playing on the

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third line.
Like to see him play up, like to

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see him maybe play with some
younger guys, but I don't care

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that he looks like he belongs
for an 18 year old out there.

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Do you notice him being scared?
Do you notice him not being in

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the play?
I see him everywhere.

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I see him taking draws.
I see him getting the puck out

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of the zone.
I don't see him panicking.

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I'm telling you, this kid is is
something special.

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He's not a superstar, don't get
me wrong, but you know two goals

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already in his in his in his
short stint here with the Pens.

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I think I think there's no way
they can send him down.

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Brunick was a scratch tonight.
Not going to worry about that.

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I I really think by him being a
scratch he's he's learning the

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game from the press box, which
is just as good with a team like

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Florida.
It might have been worse for him

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to be in here.
They press so much.

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My goodness, they just are so
good at that four check.

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There's no team better and if
you panic, you know, I think it

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would have been a good test for
him.

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Honestly, I wish he was would
have been in there, but I'm not

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I'm not going to I'm not going
to think twice about the way the

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Pittsburgh Penguins are bringing
along Harrison Brunick.

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He's going he's going to be just
fine.

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I I have I have very little
doubt that they're going to send

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him down and probably only bad
news for tonight. 01 other thing

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I should mention you know Carl's
tonight didn't even notice him

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right.
That's a good thing.

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I thought Latang looked shaky
off at the at the beginning, did

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some boneheaded dropping of the
puck and when you know,

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Florida's checking like that and
coming down low, you just can't

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just drop the puck like he he
was doing.

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But he I'm worried about Latang
either.

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He does he does have gas, but he
makes up for it.

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Usually he's he's not played
great these first seven games,

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but I don't care.
He's still he's still he's still

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a player.
There's no way they're taking

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him out of the line up.
And I don't know.

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It's just something to look out
for, though.

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I would watch his play,
certainly.

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Lastly, Sidney Crosby two goals
away from 1700 and what can you

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say?
Oh, the the one bad thing,

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that's what I wanted to say.
The one bad thing about tonight

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was Caleb Jones went out with a
big ankle injury.

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I did not like that hit by by
Marshan.

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Anytime you're riding a guy when
he's skating hard into the

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boards like that and he kind of
got his skate on his other

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skate, there's no way he can
move out of the way.

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There's no way he can slow down
that skates going to go into the

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boards with full speed.
If you look at it, it didn't

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look good at first.
It looked like Caleb Jones.

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Jones was going to stay on the
bench.

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My guess is he probably broke
something that he's probably

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going to be out for a little
while.

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But hey, maybe that makes room
for somebody else who I've been

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talking about.
I've been wanting to come up for

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a little while now.
Maybe this gives gets Owen

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Pickering up here.
I'd be all for that 100%.

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I guess time will tell, but the
one thing you can tell about

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time that has already been
passed is that the Pittsburgh

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Penguins are red hot.
Hey, by the way, my name is the

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Hockey Jesus.
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So hit that subscribe button.
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Pittsburgh Penguins game.
I've been going live.

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I think I, I'm, I'm going to go
live no matter what.

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I know probably 0 people are
watching out, but I bet very,

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very soon you're going to be
catching on to my analysis for

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you the fans.
I'm a fan, that's why I'm doing

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it.
I love it.

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I watch every game and I hope
you're enjoying these Pittsburgh

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Penguins.
And if you do, you get to see

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him again Saturday night.
That's right.

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Who's in town?
Looks like Columbus is in town.

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You got the Hall of Farmers in
town.

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Should be a party on 5th Ave.
I hope to see you there.

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In the meanwhile, Pittsburgh
Penguins are red hot five and

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two on the season, trending for
over 120 points.

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If they get 120 points, they
might be President Cups winners.

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But it's a small sample.
Small sample.

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Let's keep out of pens and I'll
see you in the next one.