I have a feeling the superdelegates are going to step in tonight.
***Update***
The Pens win West Virginia score first! There’s no stopping us now.
***Update 2***
And Kentucky! In fairness, the Pens had to play damn good hockey even to set up that own goal.
***Update 3***
Ugh. Tied up and Detroit won’t stop shooting on our goal. Unless the rules committee invalidates those first two games this isn’t going anywhere good.
***Update 4***
And the Pens win Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio and PUERTO RICO!!
…maybe we should play without a goalie more often?
***Update 5***
Gadzooks. The Pens know that Detroit is a better team. They know that barring some miracle they won’t hold the cup this year. But for some reason they won’t give up and this game will go on forever. WHY WON’T THE PENS GIVE UP?
***Update 6***
GAME 5, PENS! We’re taking this thing to the convention.
The Grand Panjandrum
I didn’t realize they were skaters. You know it might be entertaining to watch Lanny Davis duke it out with Barbara Brazile. Jesus I’d watch it on pay-per-view.
mitch
Go Detroit!
Thelonius
The Rules & Bylaws Committee should have taken away four goals from (Detroit) Michigan as well. That might make this a series.
dr. bloor
Can they forecheck?
Mary
Yeah, but none of you Americans will even notice unless they surround each SD with a blue glow.
Harley
Brazile and Davis? Lanny would never get his gloves off.
HumboldtBlue
Why are the seal snacks still in the race?
Rick Taylor
Why tonight? They’ve waited this long, why not wait until the last primary is over? Certainly they shouldn’t wait a day longer than that.
Tim F.
No shit. Donna Brazile would crosscheck a whiny little putz like Davis into the upper deck.
Notorious P.A.T.
&@%^$! What are you doing, Detroit? Get in the game! Is Rasheed Wallace in the crowd?
VC71
Okay! Remember Obama came to Michigan today! Don Cherry is wearing another grand outfit! Oh my! We could count like Hillary and say that Detroit is ahead with the shots on goal stat…
Notorious P.A.T.
Goal Detroit! God damn the Democra–uh, Red Wings! ! !
Otto Man
Hell of a save there by Fleury on the 2-on-1.
And Gonchar! Way to use your head.
rawshark
Save Fleury! Sweet.
Tim F.
Solid hit on the ref.
rawshark
Ouch! I bet he returns in the third.
Kathy
Totally solid hit on the ref! That was the best cheer the Pens got all night. I actually feel bad for Malone, bad enough getting hit in the face with a puck but when it was shot by your team mate, and it might have been a goal for your team if your face wasn’t in the way, that beyond sucks.
1/2 bottle of a phenomenal Aussie Shiraz tonight. Wake me if anything good happens for Detroit :)
Notorious P.A.T.
Intermission activity: go to a pro-Hillary website and see if you can find a thread that doesn’t negatively reference the Muslim religion of Barack Obama’s father, or call Obama a closet Marxist, or terrorist plant, or something along those lines. Man oh man, there’s all kinds of crazy in the Clintonite camp.
bad dad
w00t!
VC71
Com’on Detroit! Let’s go Wings! Bring the Cup home to the Motor City!
Elvis Elvisberg
I’ve got a bad feeling about this.
Tim F.
An important part of the Pens winning this game will be making some shots on Detroit’s goal.
Elvis Elvisberg
Well, there’s some vindication.
bad dad
Tim —
Is that because the team that scores the most goals is going to win this hockey game?
Kathy
Whoo Hoo! GOAL. Detroit up 3-2. Of course my hubby is saying that the Detroit goal are caucuses so they don’t count.
bad dad
Never mind. Read it wrong.
bad dad
TEAM SVIERGE!
VC71
Hold on to your seats! Let’s go Wings and bring Stanley back to DEEEEEtroit City!
bad dad
Nice pressure Pens. Overtime!
The Commander Guy
And I was ready to throw in the towel.
But it is overtime with a goal 34 seconds.
bad dad
To ensure that the game ends in the first two minutes of overtime, I decided to start some laundry.
Thelonius
Unfair! The superdelegates awarded that goal to Pittsburgh. Is pulling the goalkeeper the equivalent of appealing to the credentials committee?
Third Eye Open
Mark Granato was re-hired as Avs head coach…
I’m sorry is there something more important going on than the Avalanche off-season?
Kevin
Tony Granato
John Cole
These guys can barely stand, let alone a power play.
Detroit is just better.
Kevin
Do you think this trip to the finals will help with the new arena in Pittsburgh?
Third Eye Open
Kevin,
Yeah, him too
bad dad
Let’s play pick an overtime scorer!
I’ll start: Samuelsson
Incertus
So what are you now, John, +5, +6?
Hell of a game, by the way.
Notorious P.A.T.
Gosh I’m glad this game started at 8 instead of 7 or 7:30.
Just Some Fuckhead
I agree but it’s pretty fucking awesome watching the Pens throw the kitchen sink at ’em..
bad dad
I think I just saw a baby buy some stock and then puke on himself. I must be getting tired.
J. Michael Neal
Both teams have played really well, though I think Detroit has played better. Paul Devorski, on the other hand, has had one of the worst games in history. I am pretty sure that the Red Wings have committed some penalties, but not any of the three times he called one.
Kevin
Super Bowl flashbacks.
John Cole
I am sober, but I did break 1700 sustained dps on Teron Gorefiend tonight.
J. Michael Neal
Paul Devorski’s night just got worse.
Just Some Fuckhead
Oh shit. Pens got a power play. This is when Detroit really shines.
J. Michael Neal
The Penguins had better not breathe on Osgood.
bad dad
Kevin —
What is this “Super Bowl” of which you speak? Remember, we’re in Detroit here.
John Cole
Is it just me, or is this some of the best goaltending in a long time? Osgodd is just sick, and our guy ain’t so shabby.
Otto Man
So close. That goalpost is clearly misogynist.
Luke
This game’s going all the way to the convention!
zoe from pittsburgh
This is the game that never ends…
I’m not a huge hockey fan. (Or watching sports on tv in general.) In fact, this is the most hockey I’ve watched in my life EVER– I just started watching when the Pens made it into the championship. I have to admit that hockey is starting to grow on me.
Since moving to Pittburgh it seems like it’s practically the law that I care about the Pens– so I’m making an effort. OK, maybe not a law, although I think there actually might be a law requiring that I care about the Steelers.
Jess
Is this some complicated political allegory that I’m not quite getting?
Kevin
Foot-Ball
A sport played with an oblong ball that looks vaguely like a Gaelic Football or Rugby ball, where you don’t use your “foot” to play the game.
Kevin
This reminds me a bit of that 3-OT game the Sharks had in the playoffs, except that I don’t have the emotional involvement in this game.
bad dad
Ah, yes I think the colleges around here play the game. Nothing professional though.
Just Some Fuckhead
Hard to care about the Steelers when they ship off Russ Grimm and give the HC job to that.. inadequate young black man.
Elvis Elvisberg
What is this âSuper Bowlâ of which you speak? Remember, weâre in Detroit here.
It’s sort of like the NBA Finals that the Celtics will be playing in starting in a couple days, only for a different sport.
Just Some Fuckhead
Gulp.
J. Michael Neal
About damned time.
J. Michael Neal
Why did the horn sound with 2 seconds left in the period?
Elvis Elvisberg
Screw you guys, I’m going to bed.
Tim F.
Eat it, troit.
Morfydd
The primary analogy is even more amusing now… both sides are exhausted and just want it to be over, but one side can afford to lose this as they’re still so far ahead…
Morfydd
Of course, if the Pens pull this out and then manage to win the Cup, I’ll no longer be amused…
4jkb4ia
This “Super Bowl” was the reason for the large party held in Detroit two years ago. It should be distinguished from the “Final Four” which will take place next year.
Also I hold you personally responsible for letting Mike Martz go to San Francisco where he will embarrass the Lambs for 16 games.
rawshark
Bucky Dent
Aaron Boone
Petr Klima
I hate you all. Thanks for bringing it up Milbury.
bad dad
The game passed up Martz about 3 years ago, just in time for the Lions to hire him. It’s all about his system. It doesn’t matter if he doesn’t have the personnel to execute it. He won’t adapt the system to the skills (or lack thereof) of his players or to the new . He just plods ahead with the system.
I do give Martz credit for actually finding work after Detroit. This is where coaches go to die, figuratively and literally (see Don McCafferty).
bad dad
delete ‘or to the new’
4jkb4ia
Trying to be less rude, in St. Louis we have a proud heritage of football. IIRC several St. Louisans played on the US team which upset England in the 1950 World Cup.
bad dad
And no, I didn’t start more laundry. Let’s get this over.
rawshark
Ask the Giants.
4jkb4ia
6 players
IMHO the 49ers are desperate for anything to give their offense any life. Alex Smith is smart enough to learn the Martz system and Frank Gore will get his yards under any system. The receivers are the problem.
J. Michael Neal
Look, if you aren’t going to call check from behind by Pittsburgh, you can’t call that.
Just Some Fuckhead
Alright.. calling it for the Pens on this power play.
J. Michael Neal
Fuck Paul Devorski. Fuck him hard.
Just Some Fuckhead
What’d I tell ya?! Boom!
Just Some Fuckhead
Fleury deserves the medal of honor or something.
J. Michael Neal
He should give it to Devorski. He called four phantom penalties on the Red Wings tonight.
bad dad
Great game. Good night. I’ll be productive at work tomorrow.
BARRASSO
SYKKOOOOOOOOORRRAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
Fleury may be a better Pens lifetime goalie than my screename! That split toe save was the prettiest thing I ever saw.
Just Some Fuckhead
Oh yeah, all you wingbots that have tried to push out of this series before all the goals were counted, you are the reason we continue to fight on. I know you can’t understand that because of your arrogance but you need to stand down if you want to wrap this up.
Big E
nice of the Refs to adjudicate the game on the Pens behalf….
OK, last penalty was a no-brainer BUT >>>>>>>
the 2 goalie interference calls…. PAHLESE…
There could have been 20 penalties called on either side, whatever happened to the rules…… must be Clintonites from Saskatchawan
it was a great game to watch !!
cd6
Fuckin Right Boys.
Fluery is Jesus but better.
Bring on game six.
Thursday
My word. The last two months have really been a coming-out party for Fleury. Should the Pens win game six, he’s winning the Conn Smythe, guaranteed. Even if they lose the next game, he’s a strong contender.
If that was goalie interference by Dan Cleary, I’m Marie of M.F. Romania.
Awesome third period.
mikethedealer
Teron Gorefiend is annoying, but once you figure out the mini game he’s just a straight burndown, enjoy Bloodboil and RoS, they are hell.
J. Michael Neal
If it were just one call, I wouldn’t be bothered so much, but Devorski called four penalties on the Red Wings tonight: Datsyuk for tripping in the first; Maltby for interference in the second; Zetterberg for goalie interference in the fourth, and Cleary for goalie interference in the fifth. He got every single one of them wrong. Fortunately, the high sticking on Hudler was a good call; it was made by the other ref. The tripping on Datsyuk was particularly bad, because it came right after a missed interference call on Hal Gill. The Wings should have had about a minute and a half of 5-on-3, not a 4-on-4.
With the egregious level of the stuff let go in the last fifteen minutes of Game 3, as well as Gary Roberts rabbit punching Franzen in Game 2, the officiating tonight was hard to swallow. If Gill can bodyslam Holmstrom into the net like that with the game on the line, there shouldn’t have been any calls for goalie interference, or even the high sticking on Hudler. Either let stuff go, or call it, but be fucking consistent.
Shabbazz
Jesus, he could have gone the classy route and made a joke about “Summer Teeth”…
And, BTW, GO PENS!
Ranger3
The Red Wings are sexist pigs. The Penguins have been confronted with breathtaking misogyny in this series.
Paul Weimer
I’m not a hockey fan, I don’t have a dog in the fight, but I appreciate an underdog. So the Penguins not rolling over for the Red Wings is, to me, a good thing.
Barbara
I turned it on expecting to watch only the last few minutes, and got sucked into the first two overtimes, but I couldn’t stay up to watch the end. I saw some of the questionable calls. I think one of the interference calls was okay, but the other was not. I hate it when calls make the difference, but I don’t think they really did.
Love seeing the Penguins, it brings back good memories of going to see Penguins games with my father, who was a hockey nut (actually, an all-purpose sports nut). Nothing is more cathartic than screaming your lungs out at a good hockey game.
MNPundit
Can someone explain why the NHL even exists? I am from Minnesota and I STILL don’t get why it matters.
b. hussein canuckistani
Fleury was fuckin awesome last night. It would be pretty sweet to see Detroit upset here. Now, isn’t this better than football? Do you see how the players keep moving, instead of 5 second burst of action every couple of minutes? And they have weapons! How could life get any better, unless it was the invention of the in-home beer and donut dispenser?
rob
I’m a Pen fan, but is Hal Gill the worst hockey player in the NHL? I will give that he stays at home and does not get burned by pinching in too much. But I know middle schoolers that can skate faster.
Big E
Devorski called such a lopsided game
he probably thought he was ref’in a Flyers game
Graeme
Gotta hand it to the Pens – they wanted to stay alive more than the Wings wanted to win. Or they channeled the desire more effectively, anyway… The Wings came out tentative again, and that’s why they got stung early. They settled down and started playing their game. Only to lose, because they didn’t seem to have a clue as to how to get another goal in OT. They brought pressure, but no bounces went their way.
I hate to whine about the refs, but I think they’ve been outrageously bad this playoffs. Not just when the Wings are on TV. NHL penalties always have an arbitrary feel, but this playoff season has been awful.
"Fair and Balanced" Dave
Malkin got an assist on the winning goal which brings his total points for the Stanley Cup finals to….1. He was impressive in the series against Ottawa, New York, and Philadelphia but he’s been abysmal against the Red Wings.
OTOH, Sidney Crosby has been absolutely stellar–particularly in the last 3 games.
DMD
Shorter Detroit fans: WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHh, we’re up 3-2, have game 7 at home, and were 34 seconds from winning the Cup. LIFE’S NOT FAIR!