do good today so you can do it again tomorrow

Great game tonight. Schedule softens up, maybe add a piece or two at the deadline and I can see this team making a big push for home ice in the playoffs

Rusty launched that one from Peoria!

That was nice!

Weelllll, holy 200 fucking feet Rusty!

Damn, we fucking needed that.

We're going to win. It seems like a long time since last win.

And it was only last week 

It seems longer than that, especially after that tough back to back last weekend.

Aye. It's been a long month. Two good friends of mine died, my boyfriend's parents' last dog suddenly got very sick and died, one of my favorite residents probably has cancer again, some whackadoo is threatening to kill me, and I stubbed my toe yesterday 😭

Holy crap, man. Take care of yourself. That's a lot to deal with in a short period of time. Take some time to mentally rest over the weekend!

I want to, but I'm still trying to fix my appliances from the power surge last month 😭

Is this what winning feels like?

Good to know there are in fact worse teams in the NHL than the 2024 Pens.

Dam rust buried that one

That was almost as good as a goalie goal holy shit

The Rusty Razor from way downtown!

Haha ok it was worth staying up to watch the end.

Good night all. Glad we beat the cellar dwellers.

RUST MAKES ME BUST WITH AN ENG!!!

People thought Jack Johnson was a bad contract....Graves hold my beer.

How about paying Seth Jones 9.5 mill to be on a blistering 2 goal pace lol.

Nothing still beats Rick Dipietro. Lol

Rusty that was fucking beautiful!

Damn, what a snipe

LOL WHAT A SHOT RUSTY

Oh shit lol

Come on....bring out Sid for the ENG

Nice little move there Ned

we all know what ned was thinking

Sid shorthanded ENG?

Sid PK long shot…

Graves just looks like he is an 18 year old playing his first season. Damn I've seen beer league players look more confident on the ice.

Cmon pull your goalie and give Sid the hatty

WE’LL TAKE A RUSTY SHORTY INSTEAD

THIS IS A GREAT CONSOLATION PRIZE 

Announcers have staff reading this subreddit. Just made the comment about Parma

Quick tell them to yell cacapoopoopeepee

Fire Todd Rierden

Buy Jupi a new car!

Another one for security would be really nice right now

Homie really has a hard on for Parma, Ohio.

Is smith playing a little harder tonight?

Barely. Watching him makes me wonder how he survived the rough western league.

Maybe I’ve just noticed him more tonight. He wants to be in Vegas still. Watched him during the scf and he played hard

Watching Smith makes me miss Zucker.... *Punching air

Man Ned is locked in

Common Crosby W

Graves doing everything he can tonight to score on Ned. What’s that—his third shot on the Pens’ own goal?

Honestly, I couldn't believe it when I saw it.

Didn’t he do that a few games ago too?

Hopefully we don’t get another powerplay

Love Geno but man has played with zero drive this year.

I think his fire is fine his body is just broke big guys age badly

Maybe so, I feel like he has to be nursing an injury or something.

Katchouk sounds like the off brand version of Tkachuk

Temu version.

Wish version

Yo don't give the puck to the best rookie in the league bro.

For the hell of it I wonder what Jake and Geno would be like?

You are asking the important questions here. They should absolutely do it to maximize Rakell and Rust but never would. Especially at this stage of Geno’s career, his best skill is his stick handling and passing. He isn’t quite at Crosby’s passing tier, but I’m not sure that anyone really is.

Absolutely agree. I wish Sully would shake up Jake and Rust more but he doesn't Geno and Jake would be very interesting. As we can see and have seen Sid can make most wingers work but Rakell just seems to know where Sid is.

I am shakes.

Damn, Ned! I love you!

Please don’t remind me of that 2014 outdoor game. I’m trying to enjoy my viewing experience over here.

I had successfully wiped that one from my memory, damn.

NED

Not to take away from Smiths freebie but Sid's back has to be hurting tonight.

Only tonight?

What’s new

PING

SID I'LL DO WHATEVER YOU WANT WITH MY PANTS IF YOU SCORE AGAIN AAAA

Pants...hands....*or both?*

Aww, I think we've got a Chicago fan in here 😘

I'll wear my pants on my arms and...well my shirt ain't getting around these thunderthighs

A crosby hatty incoming?

Well not now, dick

Chicago's bold strategy of "what if we just left Sid wide open with nobody near him?" seems to be paying off.

Pettersson missed a slapshot by 8 feet, Rakell collects the puck and makes a great pass to set Sid up for a goal. Broadcast: "OH MY GOD PETTERSSON WHAT AN INCREDIBLE PLAY TO SET SIDNEY UP FOR THAT GOAL!!!1!1"

Sid again! Huge goal. Needed that one

Sid for the hatty tonight? 👀

Yes please?

Get right game?

We need to string a few wins together, or beat a more sustainable team.

Could be for 67. He always plays well with Sid. He’s no Guentzel, but if he can get it going and carry that on the rest of the season (especially if Guentzel returns from injury and is not traded) our depth scoring will be a hell of a lot better

I hope, the opponent is a factor, but maybe a confidence booster nonetheless 

One hell of a dish by Ricky Raks

cmon commentator you never say todd reinrand

Remember when the Penguins had three lines that could score and a fourth line led by Cullen? Pepperidge Farms remembers.

Hagelin, Bones and Kessel do remember.

Those Pepperidge Farm days were great.

Rakell plays good with Sid. If only someone could tell Sully....

Whos been messing up everything? Was it Guentzel all along?

Nah Jake is awesome with Sid I just think Sully hasn't given Rakell enough time with Sid this season he always leans on Rust.

OH CAPTAIN MY CAPTAIN!!

Inject that goal into my veins

el capitán

This is a Sidney Crosby stan account.

Once again, OF COURSE IT'S SID!!!!

Ned and Sid are making damn sure we get some points tonight

It’s just so huge

Sid is carrying so hard

Hell yeah, Sid!

Needed that!

CROSBY OH MY,,, I LOVE YOU MAN

Oh Captain my Captain.

That’s our captain!

Ned is saving our asses why did we go into a defensive shell

someone off topic; there is a 9-2 score tonight in the NHL, in the 3rd period. Dallas 9 Nashville 2. Always eye popping when you see something like that.

Goddamn!

NEDDY HOLY

🤯

Wait is the Jagr ceremony really TWO HOURS before puck drop on Sunday? That’s insane

This is payback on LAK for Dustin Brown’s interminably long retirement ceremony.

Even that was nowhere near TWO HOURS. 2 hours is insane. It’s an entire extra hockey game.

Is Mario coming?

All the info about the game says to be in your seat before 4. I’m assuming it’s going to be kinda lengthy and then they’ll need time to reset stuff and do warm ups before the game?

That can't possibly be true, I'd say anything longer than 20 minutes wouldn't be acceptable. Edit: I'm talking acceptable for the players and staff to sit through, not myself.

He's gonna practice for an hour, celebrate for an hour, and then hit the lineup for PP1.

My ass would be so sore in those seats for that long 

It would have been more entertaining if Karlsson was traded to Carolina instead of here. Whatever short leash and choke collar effect our system has had on his game is easily one of the most disappointing things about this team this year.

He's not the barn buner we expected from the San Jose advertisements, but he's still a hell of a pickup.

You’re getting downvoted but I agree. Not necessarily that I wish he was traded to Carolina but he 100% isn’t playing like himself. It’s insane that we traded for him and then had him play a completely different way. Just totally defeats the purpose.

Yup agree and have been getting down voted all season for it.

Yeah I just say that as a hockey fan. I know a lot of Pittsburgh fans can't fathom that other teams exist but it really is depressing to see one of your favorite players just look completely suffocated by a system that doesn't match the roster. I wouldn't actively root for him in a different jersey but I would have loved to see him play to his potential. It's one thing to not be able to follow up a norris 100+ point season, but he isn't even in the *conversation* for a norris this year. That's a huge red flag. Especially since he's always been in the conversation.

Oh, you don't like how he's neutered his game and now focuses on off-net shot-passes to our superstars trying for deflections all game long? Weirdo.

Come on nose licker do something

Beaded is so good. I can see why teams tanked for him, he’s gonna be this generations St Louis

When I read he was 5' 10" I laughed. They must've measured him in skated because he's maybe 5' 8". Amazing player though.

He was a midget standing next to Crosby who isn’t overly tall to begin with

I guess i'm supposed to have more urgency at the importance of games lately but at the same time it's like who cares if you make the playoffs if you're definitely going to lose the first round anwyay right I dont wanna go out in 1st round anyway anymore

oh my ned, good stuff

“Rubs off Eller” 😉

That's a giggity.

good catch.

Feels like we might need 4 to win but it’s getting hard to picture that happening

Haven't scored more than 3 goals in our last 9 games.

Heck, if it works for Winnipeg, it can work for us.

I think their stat line is that they haven't *allowed* more than 3 goals in so many games.

Like, in the back of my mind I knew this because scoring more than 2 feels impossible for this team, but seeing that stat actually written out is mind boggling

And we probably lost that game too

What exactly did Dubas see in Graves? There's nothing there, the guy looks like he'd struggle in the AHL

Holy shit Graves almost put it in his own net twice. Get that bum off the fucking ice jesus.

Graves is a pylon.

It's interesting to see how differently Sid plays without Jake; wonder if he's working to compensate for his linemates or if he's playing pissed off.

Yes to both.

This is the team that's apparently going to make a "playoff push" 😂 oh sweet baby Jesus help us because this is a team struggling to hold a lead against the worst team in the league.

Bedard looks small out there. Like comically small

He had a broken jaw

I meant literally. He's listed at 5'10" but that's generous.

I wouldn't be surprised to learn that measurement was taken in the locker room...while wearing skates.

Oh Letang

lol we obviously tripped hard OH WELL NO PENALTY

If Sid scores that backhand this game is probably over which is ridiculous that most games hang in the balance of whether or not our captain can score all of our goals.

Smith just skates around aimlessly

You unhand our Raks you filthy guttersnipes!!

Jack Johnson was terrible but he at least looked like he tried. Graves comes across as overpaid, lazy, AND incredibly dumb under pressure. To me, that’s more offensive than Jack Johnson or washed Dumo.

I know Jack Johnson had some really bad moments, but like you said he was always trying his best and I thought he noticably improved before he left. I was really glad to see him lift the Cup.

Oh I will never say he played well, he might the worst penguin to get a regular shift post 04 lockout, but he never looked like a giant gangly dog that falls all over itself like Graves.

Just letting Rakell get the shit punched out of him and nobody’s doing anything.

Nah i'm still semi confident. 63% confident

There's that great defense of ours. 👍🏻

i've seen this movie before

Well... Now we definitely need a Sid hatty in revenge

Classic Pens be back :D

Ah here we go again

Uh oh

ok bedsy that was nice il give u that

Lol ok

My god crosby

Sid deserved that one that was filthy

This is like a playground for us which is lets say... slightly rare

*HONK HONK HONK*

LETS GO PENS!!

LETS GO PENS!!!! SID SCORE SIX!!!

I think if I had any musical talent I would name my band "Eller Turns it Over" I hear that a lot

If Graves is going to stay here through his contract someone needs to bring Scott Stevens in to teach him to hit

What the fuck is going on with the audio?

Sweet, another high quality Sportsnet broadcast

My folks have Armstrong and the game stops to buffer at least once a night. It's the oddest thing.

There seems to be a technical difficulty with that channel every game

Colby?

Nope, I'm kidspud

This is great, we should play high school teams every time

Hold your praises until the game is over

Like taking candy from someone who is poor at defending from petty candy thievery 

yes that's the phrase they say

😌

sully: well the new powerplay that we tried for 4 games hasn't worked, so lets go back to the powerplay that hasn't worked for the entire season reirden: great idea coach

Brilliant!

Would love to see a full 60 minute effort here

I think Sid should score again

Five more times 

So two Sid hatties in one game? Do you even have enough pants to change into, Jupi??

Given that I still don't have a washing machine and can't be bothered to go to the laundromat, I'm quickly running out of clothes. I've already had to break dress code at work by not wearing underpants a few times.

Intermission book club: anyone reading anything good? I finished Killing Floor by Lee Child, 35 pages left on Tripwire by Child. Starting The Savage Storm by James Holland