Great team win! Murr was a wall! Team D and lots of emotion

Massive win.

All the puck support almost brought a fn tear to my eye.

Solid.
- MattStrat

Absolutely. This game reminded me of how we won the 2nd cup. Really focused on the details.

I like the idea of having both Rust and Teddy in the lineup...those guys are energizer bunnies!!!

Great team win! Murr was a wall! Team D and lots of emotion
- iworkatinitech

Gub and JJ looked well... Still will get blasted in the next blog somehow though...

Pens played an excellent game. Possession wise it wasn’t great, but telling stats were scoring chances, quality of chances and how they kept CBJ to the perimeter.

Gub and JJ looked well... Still will get blasted in the next blog somehow though...
- hipcheck_goalie

Johnson has played like a capable defensive the past couple of weeks.

Johnson has played like a capable defensive the past couple of weeks.
- acdc1206

Ever since he moved to his natural side he's been pretty solid.

Gub and JJ looked well... Still will get blasted in the next blog somehow though...
- hipcheck_goalie

I seen Grudbranson with Dzingel trying to skate by him and it didnt work. I obviously havent seen near as much as him as others but he hasn't looked out of place to me.

Ever since he moved to his natural side he's been pretty solid.
- madmike71

Yeah, he actually has. He's not making the constant mistakes that we saw for most of the season. I've been pleasantly surprised with him lately. Hopefully this version of him will last for the stretch run into the playoffs.

Missed the second and third for a date night. Judging by the comments here and the scoreboard reading 3-0 I’d hazard to say we did well? How’d Gudbranson’s first real test go?

Missed the second and third for a date night. Judging by the comments here and the scoreboard reading 3-0 I’d hazard to say we did well? How’d Gudbranson’s first real test go?
- Victoro311

Gudbranson was impressive.

Pens had the best team-effort I've seen so far this year. Puck support like crazy, keeping CBJ to the perimeter, creating solid scoring chances and timely goaltending.

Gudbranson was impressive.

Pens had the best team-effort I've seen so far this year. Puck support like crazy, keeping CBJ to the perimeter, creating solid scoring chances and timely goaltending.
- Rinosaur

It really was a nice "team win". Pens definitely treated it as a playoff game. Blocked a bunch of shots......Crosby, Malkin and Schultz all blocked shots. Backchecked and like you say....kept them on the perimeter.

Cbus is in a really interesting place... They just don't look motivated at all. Spotty effort most of the night. It's almost like they expected the new guys to come in and light things up. You just didn't notice their top guys very often. Bread man who usually rips us up, has been largely mediocre these last two games. Duch made a handful of nice plays, but mostly not very noticeable. Jones....meh. Werensky.....meh. Atkinson....meh.

Missed the second and third for a date night. Judging by the comments here and the scoreboard reading 3-0 I’d hazard to say we did well? How’d Gudbranson’s first real test go?
- Victoro311

Pens played a pretty solid defensive game. Gudbranson was solid yet again. There are times when you can tell someone is going to skate around him but he seems to recognize this and limit the opportunity anyways. I like the physicality he brings to the game. Not talking about big open ice hits, but being able to pin guys behind the boards on dump-ins and puck battles against the boards in general. I feel like he's really helping when the forwards come in to get the puck.

JJ had another good game too. No one really mentions it, but I am curious to see how he does come playoff time. I know everyone is keen to have him benched, but I recall a few years ago he was a force for Columbus in our series against them. He had 7 pts. in 6 games that series and has 21 pts. in 23 playoff games. Small sample, but maybe he rises to the occasion with us?

Missed the second and third for a date night. Judging by the comments here and the scoreboard reading 3-0 I’d hazard to say we did well? How’d Gudbranson’s first real test go?
- Victoro311

Columbus played a good road game, they slowed the play down, kept the scoring chances to a minimum and got decent goaltending. The Pens reacted with patience and discipline, except when Hornqvist raked McQuaid with a high stick. Even that wasn’t all bad as the officials were looking for a reason to give Columbus a PP after giving the Pens a 5 on 3 earlier.

C-bus took too many penalties, of which I contribute to having Gudbranson. This game didn’t have nearly as much after whistle scrums or big running hits the earlier game had, yet Pittsburgh got six PP’s compared to two last time they played.

No love for Hornquist here? Those first two goals were all him. Only got one assist but neither of those goals happen without him crashing and banging in front of the net. Love that guy.

Amazing to think that sans Letang and Maata the Pens would be playing so we'll defensively. Glad to see some people giving JJ and Gudbransson some credit, they deserve it. I think the blogger lives to complain about these guys and they are doing a nice job of making him look stupid.

Gudbranson was impressive.

Pens had the best team-effort I've seen so far this year. Puck support like crazy, keeping CBJ to the perimeter, creating solid scoring chances and timely goaltending.
- Rinosaur

This is why it's so hard to judge the Pens D early in the season. When they actually try playing team D they look really good, but they usually don't start playing this way until the final stretch toward the playoffs. Murray with another nice game.

Should have got McQuaid at the Deadline too. Dudes faster than that bag of pucks Maatta.

Fantastic win! Great D and goaltending! Nice to see.

Gub and JJ looked well... Still will get blasted in the next blog somehow though...
- hipcheck_goalie

Low hanging grit balls... I can keep reposting my graph that is 100% RW's true thoughts.

Low hanging grit balls... I can keep reposting my graph that is 100% RW's true thoughts.
- Guile

Lol

https://www.nhl.com/pengu...son-d-pairing/c-305530454

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess this offends most of you.

https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/gudbranson-and-petterson-d-pairing/c-305530454

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess this offends most of you.
- Grinder47

Offended? more like ecstatic. Hopefully they can keep it up.

https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/gudbranson-and-petterson-d-pairing/c-305530454

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess this offends most of you.
- Grinder47

It's a real solid third pair, I've liked Gud he's been super solid. I've hated on JJ this year but he's been better on his natural side. Coaches should have gone away with that earlier this year.

https://www.nhl.com/penguins/news/gudbranson-and-petterson-d-pairing/c-305530454

I’m going to go out on a limb and guess this offends most of you.
- Grinder47

It offends me that the article suggests Pettersson is slow. He is not slow. Maatta, JJ and Goudabronzson is slow.

Offended? more like ecstatic. Hopefully they can keep it up.
- MattStrat

All we want are good hockey players that play well and make positive impacts on the ice. Gudbranson is currently playing well, and I think it’s important to give that credit since a lot of us, myself very much included, blasted the trade. I doubt it continues, and regardless of how well he plays I think its gonna cause cap problems moving forward, but for now, I can at least enjoy watching him play on the ice.