Pens in five, but I'd love to see Ottawa take it in seven.
The Pens have already beaten (demolished Columbus, actually) two teams who are better than the Sens.
Underrated aspect of this series is stylistically, it's a much easier matchup for Pittsburgh. Columbus and Washington tried to pound Pittsburgh into submission. This will just be a skating series. That helps a team that has some great skaters, but not many big bodies.
Pens in five, but I'd love to see Ottawa take it in seven.
The Pens have already beaten (demolished Columbus, actually) two teams who are better than the Sens.
The Sens were something like 24-5-1 vs the Metro this year... seems like a really unexpected & odd record for a team that comes in with the worst regular season goal differential
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Actually, Columbus demolished the Penguins and Fleury won that series on his own. The Penguins have been outplayed for the majority of their series' thus far.
15-5-3 I think I remember reading and goes as proof of my earlier posts that the Sens play better against skilled teams due to their structure and system.
Sens in 6.
12 Team H2H Keeper
4C~4LW~4RW~6D~2G~4 Reserves
3 FA adds per week
8 Keepers~10 minors
IR
10 Minors = Skaters <83 GP & Goalies <51 GP
Categories: G~A~P~PPP~SOG~FOW~+/-~Hits~Blk~W~Svs~S%~GAA
C-Barkov~Zibanejad
C/RW- Reinhart
LW-B.Tkachuk~Kaprizov~E.Kane~Pacioretty
RW-P. Kane
LW/RW-Svechnikov~Fiala
D-Makar~Fox~Dahlin~Bouchard-Hamilton
G-Hellebuyck~Shesterkin~Ingram
MINORS:
Forwards-Rossi~Pelletier~Holloway~Marchenko
DMen-B.Clarke~Nemec~Nikishin
Goalies-Wallstedt~Wolf~Dostal
Goaltending is a big part of the game, as Anderson has so amply demonstrated. Other than game 5, where the Jackets played like the wounded animals they were, I don't think the Pens were outplayed. And their PP is lethal. Anyway, we shall see soon enough.
Corsi #s bro.
I watched long stretches of every game except for Game 2 I think it was. If Bobrovsky is even average and the Penguins powerplay wasn't something like 33% all series, Columbus wins that series fairly easily in my opinion. They controlled the play and looked dominant from what I saw.
I did not watch every second of every game. I haven't even looked at Corsi numbers as someone suggested for proof and never really have. I just watched what I could.
Pittsburgh won. End of story. I just see another favourable matchup for Ottawa this upcoming round. The Sens couldn't have wished for 3 better opponents in the first 3 rounds. Boston, then New York and now Pittsburgh is a dream for Sens fans who know their system and stylistic matchups.
I am eagerly awaiting this next series.
12 Team H2H Keeper
4C~4LW~4RW~6D~2G~4 Reserves
3 FA adds per week
8 Keepers~10 minors
IR
10 Minors = Skaters <83 GP & Goalies <51 GP
Categories: G~A~P~PPP~SOG~FOW~+/-~Hits~Blk~W~Svs~S%~GAA
C-Barkov~Zibanejad
C/RW- Reinhart
LW-B.Tkachuk~Kaprizov~E.Kane~Pacioretty
RW-P. Kane
LW/RW-Svechnikov~Fiala
D-Makar~Fox~Dahlin~Bouchard-Hamilton
G-Hellebuyck~Shesterkin~Ingram
MINORS:
Forwards-Rossi~Pelletier~Holloway~Marchenko
DMen-B.Clarke~Nemec~Nikishin
Goalies-Wallstedt~Wolf~Dostal
12 Team H2H Keeper
4C~4LW~4RW~6D~2G~4 Reserves
3 FA adds per week
8 Keepers~10 minors
IR
10 Minors = Skaters <83 GP & Goalies <51 GP
Categories: G~A~P~PPP~SOG~FOW~+/-~Hits~Blk~W~Svs~S%~GAA
C-Barkov~Zibanejad
C/RW- Reinhart
LW-B.Tkachuk~Kaprizov~E.Kane~Pacioretty
RW-P. Kane
LW/RW-Svechnikov~Fiala
D-Makar~Fox~Dahlin~Bouchard-Hamilton
G-Hellebuyck~Shesterkin~Ingram
MINORS:
Forwards-Rossi~Pelletier~Holloway~Marchenko
DMen-B.Clarke~Nemec~Nikishin
Goalies-Wallstedt~Wolf~Dostal
got the pens in 5 games.
12 Team H2H Keeper
4C~4LW~4RW~6D~2G~4 Reserves
3 FA adds per week
8 Keepers~10 minors
IR
10 Minors = Skaters <83 GP & Goalies <51 GP
Categories: G~A~P~PPP~SOG~FOW~+/-~Hits~Blk~W~Svs~S%~GAA
C-Barkov~Zibanejad
C/RW- Reinhart
LW-B.Tkachuk~Kaprizov~E.Kane~Pacioretty
RW-P. Kane
LW/RW-Svechnikov~Fiala
D-Makar~Fox~Dahlin~Bouchard-Hamilton
G-Hellebuyck~Shesterkin~Ingram
MINORS:
Forwards-Rossi~Pelletier~Holloway~Marchenko
DMen-B.Clarke~Nemec~Nikishin
Goalies-Wallstedt~Wolf~Dostal