2/26/13 "Is The Pen Mightier?" - Penguins VS Panthers

Panthers Rock · 02-26-2013, 05:26 PM

Tonight Your Defending Southeast Division Champion Florida Panthers take on the Pittsburgh Penguins! Game time at 7:30 EST live from BB&T Center!

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VS

Standings

Florida:

Conference Position	Wins	Losses	OTL/SOL	Total Points
13th	5	9	4	14

Pittsburgh:

Conference Position	Wins	Losses	OTL/SOL	Total Points
2nd	13	6	0	26

Injuries

Pittsburgh:

Player	Date Of Incident	Status	Injury
Evgeni Malkin	2013-02-23	on injured reserve	concussion

Florida:

Player	Date Of Incident	Status	Injury
Michael Caruso	2013-01-23	on injured reserve and is out indefinitely	broken wrist
Sean Bergenheim	2013-01-17	undisclosed	undisclosed
Ed Jovanovski	2013-01-31	on injured reserve	knee
Scottie Upshall	2013-02-01	on injured reserve	ankle
Kris Versteeg	2013-02-15	on injured reserve	upper body
Alex Kovalev	2013-02-26	healthy scratch	healthy scratch
Stephen Weiss	2013-02-26	healthy scratch	personal matter

Line Combinations (Subject To Change)

Pittsburgh:

LW C RW
Chris Kunitz Sidney Crosby James Neal
Matt Cooke Brandon Sutter Pascal Dupuis
Beau Bennett Dustin Jeffrey Tyler Kennedy
Tanner Glass Joe Vitale Craig Adams

LD RD
Brooks Orpik Paul Martin
Matt Niskanen Kris Letang
Simon Despres Deryk Engelland

Florida:

LW C RW
Jonathan Huberdeau Drew Shore Peter Mueller
Shawn Matthias Scott Timmins Tomas Kopecky
Tomas Fleischmann Marcel Goc Mike Santorelli
Jack Skille Jerred Smithson George Parros

LD RD
Brian Campbell Filip Kuba
Dmitry Kulikov Mike Weaver
Erik Gudbranson Tyson Strachan

Expected Starting Goaltenders (Subject To Change)

Pittsburgh:

Tomas Vokoun

GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO
7	3	3	0	2.87	.899	1

VS.

Florida:

Jose Theodore

GP	W	L	OTL	GAA	SV%	SO
12	4	6	2	3.37	.893	0

Team Leaders

Pittsburgh:

W	Marc-Andre Fleury	10
L	Tomas Vokoun	3
GAA	Marc-Andre Fleury	2.28
G	James Neal	12
A	Sidney Crosby	19
+/-	Chris Kunitz	9
PIM	Evgeni Malkin	30

Florida:

W	Jose Theodore	4
L	Jose Theodore	6
GAA	Jose Theodore	3.37
G	Jonathan Huberdeau	8
A	Drew Shore	7
+/-	Drew Shore	3
PIM	George Parros	24

Special Teams

Pittsburgh:

PP%	PP Rank	PK%	PK Rank
28.0%	3rd	82.2%	17th

Florida:

PP%	PP Rank	PK%	PK Rank
16.2%	21st(tied)	73.4%	29th

News And Notes

http://sports.yahoo.com/nhl/teams/fla
George Richards' Blog of the Miami Herald:Your Source For Reliable, Early Panthers Info!

Tonight...

LET'S GO PANTHERS!!!!!!!!!!

Beezer · 02-26-2013, 05:36 PM

Great GDT again P-Rock!

What personal matter is Weiss attending to? Anyone know?

**StrangeVision** · 02-26-2013, 05:38 PM

I don't know why, but I really like that picture of the arena.

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Great GDT again P-Rock!

What personal matter is Weiss attending to? Anyone know?

Grandmother's funeral, I believe.

Beezer · 02-26-2013, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by StrangeVision

I don't know why, but I really like that picture of the arena.

Grandmother's funeral, I believe.

Prayers go out to his family.

Has she been ill? I mean was it expected that she was going to pass? would explain why Weiss has been playing without any heart the last couple of weeks.

MillarWithASave · 02-26-2013, 06:02 PM

Prays go out to Weiss, and his family.

This might be the worst line-up the Panthers have ever skated?

freakstar · 02-26-2013, 06:04 PM

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Originally Posted by MillarWithASave

Prays go out to Weiss, and his family.

This might be the worst line-up the Panthers have ever skated?

Nah, we had that game against Boston where Guddy was playing as a forward

Far worse.

MillarWithASave · 02-26-2013, 06:05 PM

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Originally Posted by freakstar

Nah, we had that game against Boston where Guddy was playing as a forward

Far worse.

I don't remember that... where have I been?

FlaPnthrsPunk · 02-26-2013, 06:08 PM

My condolences go out to Weiss and his family. If she's been very sick since the season started, perhaps that could be why his play has been off.

I actually expect this game to be close, but I'd be shocked if we got the victory. I don't want to tank but certainly wouldn't be upset if we lost either

Benched · 02-26-2013, 06:11 PM

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Originally Posted by FlaPnthrsPunk

My condolences go out to Weiss and his family. If she's been very sick since the season started, perhaps that could be why his play has been off.

I actually expect this game to be close, but I'd be shocked if we got the victory. I don't want to tank but certainly wouldn't be upset if we lost either

So basically it's who cares either way. I'm with you.

FlaPnthrsPunk · 02-26-2013, 06:14 PM

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Originally Posted by Benched

So basically it's who cares either way. I'm with you.

The way I see it, I want our players to do well every game but in a great draft like we'll have this summer, I want them to get a high pick. Hopefully this is the last season in a long long time that we have to make these rational decisions.

Benched · 02-26-2013, 06:19 PM

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Originally Posted by FlaPnthrsPunk

The way I see it, I want our players to do well every game but in a great draft like we'll have this summer, I want them to get a high pick. Hopefully this is the last season in a long long time that we have to make these rational decisions.

Here's to irrationality.

Gordonx11 · 02-26-2013, 06:24 PM

Anyone know if Robak is playing. He had such a good game Sunday.

Kulikov Is King · 02-26-2013, 06:31 PM

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Originally Posted by Gordonx11

Anyone know if Robak is playing. He had such a good game Sunday.

Hopefully. Cant stand watching Kuba

Gordonx11 · 02-26-2013, 06:36 PM

Lol at Bill Lidnsey, Goldie" Well what do the Panthers have to do" Billy " They have to play like Kopecky" hahahahhaha that just made my night.

Shrimper · 02-26-2013, 06:38 PM

Here's hoping for a good game guys.

Benched · 02-26-2013, 06:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Shrimper

Here's hoping for a good game guys.

Thanks!

Howboutthempanthers · 02-26-2013, 06:41 PM

NEED to stay out of the penalty box.

Benched · 02-26-2013, 06:42 PM

Bad penalty to take. Especially against this PP.

Shrimper · 02-26-2013, 06:43 PM

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Originally Posted by Benched

Thanks!

I don't understand people that are blaming Gudbranson either for the Malkin concussion. Was a clean hit and just an unfortunate accident that Geno lost his balance.