Likely Pittsburgh Penguins & New York Islanders Lines for Game Two

Posted by Rick on May 03, 2013 14:46.

Likely Pens lines from Penguins.NHL.com:

Kunitz - Crosby - Dupuis
Bennett - Malkin - Iginla
Morrow - Sutter - Cooke
Glass - Jokinen - Adams

Martin - Engelland
Murray - Niskanen
Eaton - Letang

Fleury

Likely Isles lines from Arthur Staple on Twitter and from Daily Faceoff:

Moulson - Tavares - Boyes
Bailey - Nielsen - Okposo
Ullstrom - Aucoin - Grabner
Martin - Cizikas - McDonald

Streit - Strait
Harmonic - MacDonald
Hickey - Visnovsky

Nabokov

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Sidney Crosby Returns Tonight

Posted by Rick on May 03, 2013 11:10.

Via @Penguins on Twitter.

SIDNEY CROSBY IS BACK!! Returns to lineup tonight for Game 2 vs Islanders!! #Pens #PITvsNYI
— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) May 3, 2013

EDIT from Rick: There was a Photoshop here before, but I totally stole the idea for it from Days of Y'Orr.

Their original post is here. I don't want to take credit for their creativity. We love them too much to do that. Sorry everyone. I just got excited.

Here's a video of cats jumping instead:

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LINK CITY: Concussions, locker rooms, and bathrooms

Posted by TPB Staff on May 03, 2013 08:14.

Scary situation in Montreal last night:

Eller sustained a concussion, plus dental and facial fractures. Everything got kicked up a notch when The Ottawa Sun decided to run this cover:

Reader Luiz wondered what a Trib cover what look like:

Well done.

We got more stuff...

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Martin on Crosby: "We're excited to have him back in."

Posted by TPB Staff on May 02, 2013 17:45.

Interesting quote from Paul Martin in this Rob Rossi article.

Defenseman Paul Martin opined that Crosby was “ready.” “We're excited to have him back in,” Martin said.

As was noted earlier Thursday, Crosby worked with the top power-play unit and practiced on a line with Dupuis and Kunitz.

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Crosby on a Regular Line. Neal Missing Practice

Posted by Rick on May 02, 2013 12:25.

Via the Pens:

The Pens are on the ice practicing. Only James Neal was absent. Paul Martin missed the early portion of practice (so he did not skate in rushes). Sidney Crosby skated with his former linesmates Chris Kunitz and Pascal Dupuis. Here were the rushes...

Kunitz-Crosby-Dupuis
Bennett-Malkin-Iginla
Morrow-Sutter-Cooke
Glass-Jokinen-Adams
Jeffrey-Vitale-Kennedy

Eaton-Letang
Murray-Niskanen
Orpik-Engelland
Despres-Bortuzzo

It looks like Crosby might be in for game two, but Neal is still hurt. Orpik is there too. No idea why Martin missed the beginning of practice.

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RECAP: GAME ONE. Opening Statement. PENS WIN.

Posted by TPB Staff on May 02, 2013 08:19.

3 more to go.

The Pens opened the playoffs in grand fashion. Probably the best opening statement since Mattew McConaughey in "A Time to Kill." The only thing missing was a video stream of this turd watching the game and crying.

The Penguins outplayed the Islanders in every facet of the game. It actually looked kind of scary. As good as the Isles can play, they're gonna need their best every night and hope the Pens don't bring their own best. It doesn't look like that's gonna happen. If the Isles win a game this series, though, it will be Game Two.