Penguins sit stars Capital stay in hunt

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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 Washington

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Capitals.
Well, the Pittsburgh Penguins

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lose a game to the Washington
Capitals this afternoon and

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honestly, it was a great game
for Washington.

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Pittsburgh sat pretty much every
one of their stars didn't know

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what Dan Muse was going to do.
He said they called them his

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injuries and they were
day-to-day.

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Welcome to the NHL hockey play
offs where nobody knows who's

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injured and what's going on, but
I think we know what's going on.

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Clearly sitting Carlton, Crosby,
Rust, Kindle, Latang and Gino, I

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mean, the Pens just needed the
rest and that's what they got

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tonight.
You know, A little disappointing

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for the home fans, no doubt
about that.

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Wanting to see Sid and OV play
for their 100th time.

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Don't discount that they won't
play tomorrow.

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I mean, I don't I don't know
what's going to happen for sure.

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They don't have to play the the
next two games.

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Capitals, you know, are still in
this thing, believe it or not.

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They got 91 points.
They're only one point away from

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the Flyers.
He played later tonight.

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Big game for the Flyers With the
Islanders losing today, Red

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Wings really aren't in this
race.

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They're in another race for the
wild card.

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And you know, Boston at 96 and
Ottawa at 96 doesn't look like

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either any of the metro teams
are going to be looking at a

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wild card.
But Detroit could be they got

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three games left.
They got 91 points.

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They could get the 97.
So, you know, it's it's still a

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playoff race, even though it
didn't feel like it today for

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Pittsburgh Penguins fans is, you
know, they lose 63.

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Like I said, everybody SAT.
That means Kevin and Avery Hayes

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were in the line up Koven in
Graves Solova, the guy I can't

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name the defenseman Copen in and
Jack St.

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Ivany got a got a seat today.
But it you know, no big deal.

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I'm not really going to get too
excited about, you know, losing

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to them.
There are a couple things I do

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want to highlight with this game
for sure and let's get to it

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right now.
In the first period there was

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really a bunch of nothing, whole
bunch of nothing.

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In the second period.
This is where the game was won

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and lost for the Penguins.
It was lost.

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It's four goals for the Capitals
and three goals for the

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Penguins.
It was, you know what the thing

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about the Pittsburgh Penguins
is?

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If you've never watched
Pittsburgh Penguins game, you

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should be.
And if you are, you should stop

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by here because I'm your hockey
Jesus.

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I'm here after every single
Pittsburgh Penguins game.

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And the one thing I've learned
throughout all these games is

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the second period makes or
breaks.

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We never, we never do.
There's always something that

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happens in the second period
where the Pittsburgh Penguins

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just the, the game seems to go
absolutely haywire.

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And today was no exceptions, you
know, within the 1st 6 or 7

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minutes, not much, but then all
hell broke loose.

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Caps and Pens, excuse me, you
know, trade goals, 11 And then

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our old friend the goalie review
shows up again with Leonard's

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second goal.
You know, I don't know what to

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say about this, but I looked at
that play and there was no

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definitive view where you could
absolutely see the puck over

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that red line.
Now, it doesn't matter.

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OK, I get it.
This game doesn't matter.

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But if that's a playoff game,
you're looking at that goal

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right there and you're saying,
what?

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What the hell?
How did they how did they say

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that was a goal?
You can't see it, OK, You can

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see the the glove kind of the
whole glove was not behind the

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red line, OK, The whole glove
was is not behind a red line.

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And if you don't see the gold,
if you don't see the puck

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definitively, you can't overturn
what was already on the ice.

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I don't know, it drives me nuts.
That's just another that's just

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another dagger for the
Pittsburgh Penguins when it

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comes to, you know, referees
just being nonchalant about, you

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know, overturning things and and
giving it to the other team

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against the Penguins.
But I, you know, don't want to

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sound like a whiner.
I'm just pointing out the facts

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because that's what I do.
And then it goes 31.

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Gerard just absolutely showing
how weak he is in front of the

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net.
And, you know, Wilson's just a

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beast there and he just grabs
the rebound and pops it in.

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Hey, Acharya got one back and he
got it back against what Weeks

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was calling the massive line.
You know, protos and protos and

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and and Wilson definitely are
big guys and they are massive.

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But you know, massive guys can
be slow and Achary gets right in

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front of the net and gets a
goal.

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Massive guys should not let you
know somebody like Noel achary

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be right in front of the net
scoring a goal.

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But he did.
And then Hudson on the very next

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shift just skates right down
Broadway.

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You know, you got Graves and
solo you off in there.

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That's not going to happen
against our top defensive pairs,

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I can promise you that.
But it did happen today.

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And the rebound was by Leonard
that he, he got his second

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there.
I thought he was going to get a

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hat trick, but turns out Ovi
gets the empty netter in the

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third period.
Earlier in that period, another

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rebound goal for the, for the
Washington Capitals.

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I counted 4 rebound goals
tonight by Sheila.

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And you know what, that's,
that's why Sheila is really

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designated as your number 2
goalie because he just gives up

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so many rebounds.
His rebound control when he is

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off, it's just absolutely
terrible.

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It was awful tonight.
And plus, you know, you have 3

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new defenseman Graves was in
tonight and there's just no,

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there's no, nobody's keeping
people away from the net.

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Very leaky around the net and
Capitals took advantage of it.

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Good for them because they
needed to win and they did get

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the win today.
And you know, that's that's

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really how the game went.
As far as what's going to happen

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with the Pittsburgh Penguins
from here to the end of the

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season, I don't really know.
Honestly, it doesn't really

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matter.
I don't like them sitting the

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rest of the season.
I wouldn't like to see that.

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But you know, like I said
before, Dan Muse knows what he's

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doing with this team.
So if he decides to sit them

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tomorrow in Washington, or if he
decides to to suit up the whole

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team and make Washington
absolutely play for that last

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spot, they may.
Or maybe Pittsburgh wants to

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play Washington the first round.
Honestly, I would rather play

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Washington or Philadelphia in
the first round.

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No, that's not true.
I'd rather play Columbus because

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I think we'd beat Columbus the
most with the Islanders losing

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tonight.
Oh, man, that's that's tough

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news.
That's tough news for the

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Islanders.
They got two games left.

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They're tied with the Capitals
and regulation wins.

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They lose that that battle.
So right now, as of today, you

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know, the Capitals are jumping
over the Islanders for that

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third spot, which still can be
Columbus's.

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Yeah, it still can be Columbus
to win.

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If Columbus wins out, they're
in.

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That's not true.
If the Flyers win out, there in.

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If Columbus wins tonight and the
Flyers lose tonight, then that

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puts Columbus in the driver's
seat.

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So still a lot to be determined.
We have no idea who the

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Pittsburgh Penguins are going to
play.

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The one thing we do know is that
the Pittsburgh Penguins will be

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hosting a home playoff game.
And yours truly.

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That's right, I got tickets to
game one and game two.

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I cannot wait.
I'm so excited got him in the

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upper bowl right in the middle
of the ice so I can see all the

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action every single play both
games one and games 2.

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I don't care when they're play,
I'm going to be there.

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I hope you're there too.
If you don't, if you haven't, go

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get your playoff tickets now
they're on sale.

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There are not a lot left and I
can tell you the secondary

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market, they're expensive, so
get them now while you can

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they're still out there.
Go get your tickets and hey,

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Penguins play tomorrow.
OK, so Penguins play tomorrow

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and I stay.
Let's watch another game

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tomorrow.
Why not?

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What else we got to do?
You got something else to do?

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I don't.
And if you don't after the game,

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stop by here because I'm your
hockey Jesus.

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There's only two left.
No more home games.

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The home games are over for the
Pittsburgh Penguins until they

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get that arena ready for the big
playoff game sometime next week.

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Might be a week from tonight.
I think they might play on

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Saturday.
We don't know.

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We'll know.
We won't know till Tuesday or

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Wednesday.
So I got a couple games to be

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with you.
Until then, enjoy your hockey.

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I'll see you tomorrow afternoon.
See you then.