I personally have never been in a hurricane, let alone a tropical storm, but you see on TV the devastating rain, the tremendous wind, and sometimes debris in the air. After last night’s hockey game where it was furious action up and down, a total of 77 shots on goal by both teams, and a total of 9 goals by both teams, needless to say it was a whirlwind of a game.
The Penguins were victorious over the Detroit Red Wings 6-3, with the stand out player last night being Phil Kessel who scored twice. Again, I won't bore you with a game summary, so I will let you know my takes on the game.
Again, I was very impressed by the Penguins being able to transition out of the defensive zone and into the attacking zone. While under other head coaches, they would dump and chase the puck, it would seem constantly. Now under Mike Sullivan, the Pens are able to utilize their speed in the neutral zone and carry the puck into the attacking zone instead of just dumping it in and going after it.
It was nice to see Phil Kessel get on the board twice. We have to give Mike Sullivan a lot of credit mixing up the lines, allowing Sidney Crosby to be the playmaker that he is, and Kessel the finisher. Furthermore, it was nice to see Scott Wilson get his first career NHL goal. The line of Wilson-Porter-Sheary have been doing a tremendous job generating scoring chances, and it was nice to see it finally pay off with a goal.
Last, I think that Fleury's performance last night went somewhat unnoticed. I feel like he had a spectacular game, stopping 35 out of 38 shots put on net. The save he made in the second period with him inside his own net and stopping the Red Wings from scoring with the paddle of his stick was astounding. I know the goal would have been disallowed if it did go in because of goaltender interference. None the less, Fleury shut the door on that opportunity. I didn't feel like our defense played that well and let Fleury out to dry on numerous occasions. Detroit would of definitely scored more goals had it not been for Fleury's play last night.
All in all, I'm glad the Pens took two points out of this feverishly paced game against Detroit. Hopefully they enjoyed the eye of the hurricane today, because a storm of the Tampa Bay Lightning is ready to strike tomorrow at Consol Energy Center!
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