Pens defeat Sens 4-3 in the shoot out

Enough of the shoot outs already!!! Seriously, this is just ridiculous now.

The Pens gained another point on the Sens tonight in their fight for fourth place with a win in the shootout. Jarkko Ruutu was the only person to score in the shootout, with both Crosby and Christensen failing on their attempts.

Crosby had a goal and an assist to gain more ground on the scoring race, especially since LeCavalier registered no points today. Ryan Whitney and Maxim talbot also added goals. Talbots came on a set of three nice passes between him, Gonchar and Armstrong right after a penalty had expired. Whitney also had ana ssist, Gonchar two and Malkin one.

It was quite annoying that after the first two goals the Sens scored within a thirty second period to compltely shift the momentum. That should never happen to you, let alone twice in a game. The third goal was inevitable with the penalties and shoddy defensive play. The Pens should be glad they got a point, not the otehr way around.

Fleury had a good game, making a lot of close saves in front of the net as Josef Melichar continued to stand and watch as the Sens stood in the crease and hammer at rebounds. Make no mistake, this guy will cost us in the playoffs.

For the past few days, there has been a lot of rumblings about how Ouellet isnt as bad as people make him out to be. This comes after Ouellet has had one decent, and one good game. Understand this: two decent games does NOT make up for 60 bad games! People say he is a good forchekcer, he is decent at best, and you never see him putting pressure towards teh net on teh forcheck. They say his speed has improved, if it has that is sad because he is still outskated by Laraque on a regular basis. They say he can add some goals here and there, well Talbot has 11 goals with not powerplay or top line time. 3 less goals in a defensive role. PAthetic on Ouellets part.

I'm sorry, but the Ouellet apologists need to stop. This guy does not have the skills for the top line, and his game is not suited for the bottom lines. And yet Therrien shows unrelenting favoritism towards him. Every other player who has not played well finds themselves scratched or demoted, but not Ouellet. Do you honestly not see something wrong here?

With luck SHero will do the right thing and let both Ouellet and Melichar walk, as I can say with all honestly: Therrien should not win Jack Adams if for no other reason than constantly playing his two worst players in every situation when there are better options. Great coaches do not do that.

Three Stars:
1) Crosby
2) Whitney
3) Gonchar