Pens Weekend Preview
The Pittsburgh Penguins hope to bounce back from a disappointing showing in their season opener in two exciting weekend match ups. They face the Carolina Hurricanes tonight and finally come back to Pittsburgh for their home opener against the Boston Bruins Saturday.
The Hurricanes are also trying to bounce back from an opening night loss to the defending champion, Tampa Bay Lightning. They are led by young centerman, Eric Staal, who picked up his first goal of the season on Wednesday night. The Hurricanes are also going to have to make up for the loss of Ray Whitney, who was just placed on injured reserve with a groin problem. The Penguins hope to get their power play on track against rookie goaltender Cam Ward, who came in for mop up duty Wednesday night, after starter Martin Gerber was injured. The flightless bird will be doing all it can to even their record up at 1-1, so as not to add additional pressure to the Saturday night home opener.
The Boston Bruins come into Pittsburgh Saturday night, having lost a heart breaker to Montreal on Wednesday. They had trouble beating goaltender Jose Theodore all night, and gave up the winning power play goal to Michael Ryder with :12 seconds remaining in regulation time. They are hoping that captain Joe Thornton, young gun Patrice Bergeron and goaltender Andrew Raycroft can turn their fortunes, and spoil Sidney Crosby's home debut!
The Penguins will have to cash in on their early chances in these games, something they were not able to do against the New Jersey Devils and Martin Brodeur on Wednesday night. Getting an early lead will do wonders for a team that began to press a little too hard as their game went on. They were overpassing the puck and looking for the "perfect shot" because they were unable to beat a very hot goaltender. Having a third or fourth liner score would also offer a great pick me up to a couple of the teams superstars that were held off the score sheet on opening night.
The Hurricanes are also trying to bounce back from an opening night loss to the defending champion, Tampa Bay Lightning. They are led by young centerman, Eric Staal, who picked up his first goal of the season on Wednesday night. The Hurricanes are also going to have to make up for the loss of Ray Whitney, who was just placed on injured reserve with a groin problem. The Penguins hope to get their power play on track against rookie goaltender Cam Ward, who came in for mop up duty Wednesday night, after starter Martin Gerber was injured. The flightless bird will be doing all it can to even their record up at 1-1, so as not to add additional pressure to the Saturday night home opener.
The Boston Bruins come into Pittsburgh Saturday night, having lost a heart breaker to Montreal on Wednesday. They had trouble beating goaltender Jose Theodore all night, and gave up the winning power play goal to Michael Ryder with :12 seconds remaining in regulation time. They are hoping that captain Joe Thornton, young gun Patrice Bergeron and goaltender Andrew Raycroft can turn their fortunes, and spoil Sidney Crosby's home debut!
The Penguins will have to cash in on their early chances in these games, something they were not able to do against the New Jersey Devils and Martin Brodeur on Wednesday night. Getting an early lead will do wonders for a team that began to press a little too hard as their game went on. They were overpassing the puck and looking for the "perfect shot" because they were unable to beat a very hot goaltender. Having a third or fourth liner score would also offer a great pick me up to a couple of the teams superstars that were held off the score sheet on opening night.
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