Moose141's Pittsburgh Penguins (NHL 12)

[bthomp05]

Nice win against yoru state rival..

[moose141]

Pittsburgh Penguins at Boston Bruins
Apr 3, 2012 1 2 3 F PIT (54-23-3) 0 2 0 2 BOS (42-30-8) 2 0 2 4 Three Stars Benoit Pouliot, BOS 1 G, 1 A, +2 Nathan Horton, BOS 1 G, 1 A, +2 Tim Thomas, BOS 30 Saves, .938 SV%	Team Stats Comparison PIT BOS Shots on Goal 32 30 Hits 20 26 Faceoffs Won-Lost 9 20 Penalty Minutes 2 8 Power Plays Converted 2 1 Power Play Opportunities 4 1 Time on Attack 5:21 4:08
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD BOS Marchand PP 10 (Corvo, Peverly) 2:34 BOS Campbell 5 (Unassisted) 19:57 SECOND PERIOD PIT Despres PP 2 (Martin, Dupuis) 6:27 PIT Dupuis PP 28 (Malkin) 11:19 THIRD PERIOD BOS Pouliot 15 (Horton, McQuaid) 3:00 BOS Horton 30 (Pouliot, Chara) 15:37
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Fleury 30 26 87% 4.00
Boston Bruins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Thomas 32 30 94% 2.00

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New York Rangers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Apr 5, 2012 1 2 3 OT F NYR (45-26-10) 2 4 1 1 8 PIT (54-23-4) 3 2 2 0 7 Three Stars Sidney Crosby, PIT 4 G, 2 A, 7 Shots, +3 Marian Gaborik, NYR 2 G, 2 A, 5 Shots Pascal Dupuis, PIT 2 G, 2 A, +3	Team Stats Comparison NYR PIT Shots on Goal 29 36 Hits 47 22 Faceoffs Won-Lost 14 22 Penalty Minutes 11 24 Power Plays Converted 3 2 Power Play Opportunities 5 3 Time on Attack 4:29 8:13
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD PIT Dupuis 29 (Gerbe, Crosby) 0:18 PIT Crosby 32 (Gerbe, Dupuis) 7:59 PIT Neal PP 39 (Malkin, Letang) 11:11 NYR Del Zotto 6 (Anisimov, Hagelin) 11:57 NYR Hagelin 3 (Christensen, Gaborik) 19:57 SECOND PERIOD NYR Gaborik 48 (Girardi, Wolski) 0:30 PIT Crosby PP 33 (Neal, Sullivan) 4:36 NYR Mitchell 9 (Boyle) 9:47 PIT Crosby 34 (Gerbe, Letang) 15:12 NYR Gaborik PP 49 (Del Zotto) 19:19 NYR Dubinsky PP 29 (Gaborik, McDonagh) 19:59 THIRD PERIOD PIT Dupuis 30 (Gerbe, Crosby) 8:10 NYR Staal 5 (McDonagh, Christensen) 15:54 PIT Crosby 35 (Dupuis) 16:43 OVERTIME NYR Eminger PP 6 (Unassisted) 4:23
New York Rangers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Lundqvist 36 29 81% 6.60
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Johnson 29 21 72% 7.46

[bthomp05]

Bit of a slide eh?

[moose141]

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

Bit of a slide eh?

Yep, I attribute it to some tougher sliders that I've come up with, really made the game a lot more fun again.

[moose141]

Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins
Apr 7, 2012 1 2 3 OT F PHI (42-29-11) 1 0 0 0 1 PIT (55-23-4) 0 1 0 1 2 Three Stars Marc-Andre Fleury, PIT 29 Saves, .967 SV% Ilya Bryzgalov, PHI 30 Saves, .938 SV% James Neal, PIT GWG, 7 Shots	Team Stats Comparison PHI PIT Shots on Goal 30 32 Hits 28 24 Faceoffs Won-Lost 10 22 Penalty Minutes 11 19 Power Plays Converted 1 1 Power Play Opportunities 7 3 Time on Attack 4:35 6:21
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD PHI Giroux PP 31 (Meszaros, Briere) 6:36 SECOND PERIOD PIT Letang PP 11 (Unassisted) 0:31 OVERTIME PIT Neal 40 (Crosby, Orpik) 4:49
Penalty Summary FIRST PERIOD PIT Kennedy (High Sticking) 5:24 PHI Van Riemsdyk (Slashing) 18:50 SECOND PERIOD PHI Briere (Slashing) 0:19 PIT Gerbe (Goaltender Interference) 0:55 PIT Niskanen (Slashing) 5:46 PIT Niskanen (Fighting) 5:46 PHI Read (Fighting) 5:46 PIT Michalek (Tripping) 7:09 THIRD PERIOD PIT Letang (Hooking) 3:00 PIT Crosby (Elbowing) 5:49 PHI Van Riemsdyk (Slashing) 7:37 PIT Orpik (Slashing) 18:59
Philadelphia Flyers - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Bryzgalov 32 30 94% 1.86
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Fleury 30 29 97% 0.93

[bthomp05]

Philly has nothing on you.

[moose141]

Quote: Originally Posted by bthomp05

Philly has nothing on you.

Let's hope the first round stays that way.

[moose141]

Keystone State Heats Up NHL First Round
Pens Will Meet Flyers in East Quarterfinals

PITTSBURGH -- In arguably the National Hockey League's most bitter rivalry, even more blood will be spilt.

The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers will renew the "Battle of Pennsylvania" for the third time in five seasons, facing off in an Eastern Conference quarterfinal series.

The President's Trophy winning Penguins will face the red hot Flyers, whose only two losses in their last ten games have come at the hands of their rivals.

"It'll be great television I'm sure," Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma said. "When these two teams get together it's certainly an explosive mix."

The Penguins owned the season series crown with five wins in six tries over their rivals, and also have the league's scoring champion Evgeni Malkin and even a player superior in captain Sidney Crosby.

The Penguins hold the recent historical edge in their favor as well, winning the previous two postseason meetings between the squads in 2008 and 2009, both of which led them to the Stanley Cup Finals, winning in 2009.

"Those stats are nice to look at, but certainly these are two very different teams and very different years from those in the past," Bylsma said. "You can't afford to look at the past, you can only look at what is presented to you now."

The Flyers hold a 3-2 postseason series edge overall, winning in 1989, 1997 and 2000.

However, the top seeded Penguins seem to look significantly superior in this iteration of the rivalry. They have a plethora of top scorers, with Malkin, Crosby, and James Neal all scoring more than the Flyers' co-leading scorers, Claude Giroux and Jakub Voracek.

Marc-Andre Fleury is also a battle tested netminder with a 41-28 career postseason mark and a Stanley Cup on his resume, while Flyers tender Ilya Bryzgalov's playoff totals are much less gaudy. He's won just 12 playoff games, but did win a Cup while a backup for Anaheim in 2007.

"I think both goaltenders have had great seasons, but we trust Marc-Andre significantly," Bylsma said. "He's done it when it counts in the past, and this year has been his best season yet and we expect that to continue."

The special teams play continues to lean Pittsburgh's way, with a significantly stronger powerplay and a penalty kill just a touch better than Philadelphia's.

They say that's why they play the games, but looking at past matchups this year and as long as stats don't lie, the "March of the Penguins" should continue into the second round.

FOR ALL FINAL STANDINGS, STATS, AND PLAYOFF MATCHUPS GO TO: http://www.dynastynation.net/clubhou...e141&sport=nhl

[bthomp05]

Like the new layout, very nice.