There's no shame in losing to the Tampa Bay Lightning

The last ~30 hours have gone impossibly well for the Penguins. They can tread water and reach the postseason from here I think.

It's been a while since I've watched a Hurricanes game and actually rooted for them

I love watching Jordan Staal being a huge net-front power forward in his late 30s

This was a fine couple of games for the Penguins to catch fire. Enormous 4 regulation points

Buffalo also just went up 3-2 on the Islanders with three minutes left

As great as the Penguins have looked for most of this game, possibly the craziest thing is how calm and smooth Ben Kindel looks with the puck.

Hold on, James van Riemsdyk is still in the NHL?! And I just now noticed he's playing in this game?!

It sure feels easy to forget that Stuart Skinner has won six playoff series in the past two years.

You know it's big when Grover doesn't even need to drop a huge historical stat about it

Meanwhile Anders Lee might have actually killed Sam Carrick in a hockey fight

Elmer Soderblom has really found a groove here. He seems really good at using his substantial reach to protect and cycle pucks. Even if he's not a crazy scoring threat, he's been useful.

I washed the dishes I've been ignoring for days, it took me five minutes, I will learn nothing from this

"fuck you in particular" -the hockey gods to Tommy Novak

I know Josh Yohe has been banging this drum but I'm becoming a believer in it too: the Penguins are as good as Kris Letang is. When he's rolling, the Pens dominate. When he struggles, they struggle.

Anyway, rooting for the Maple Leafs to do something stupid tonight

One thing that's nice about there only being like ten people who follow me on bsky is that I can just say things like "Matt Martin was a shit hockey player who only existed to ruin games" and there are no Islander fans who will ever read it or give a shit

Weird seeing the Islanders getting blown out and not having Matt Martin running around being a fuckstick every other shift.

Let's Go Pens chant on Long Island. Beautiful stuff.

It's insane to look at the mental turnaround the Penguins have had since Christmas. I feel like so many of us are still conditioned to throw in the towel early when they go down, but they just keep roaring back!

More good news for the Penguins btw

Blue Jackets also lost in regulation so that's something

Well, good news: San Jose just went up 3-2 on Columbus late in the 3rd

Something about this owl in this Hulu commercial just makes me happy

Actually watching Erik Karlsson every game now, it's criminal that his name isn't on the Stanley Cup

You can't give the Stars five power plays halfway through the game

Isn't it weird that the secret to unlocking Erik Karlsson's full power appears to be not having any star centers?

Ottawa has missed a lot of shots on goal tonight

Well Ullmark has earned his paycheck tonight

I'm not sure Letang is one of the D you want out there 3-on-3 at this point

Erik Karlsson shouldn't come off the ice in OT

I'm not sure either team wanted overtime here but I guess we'll take it

The Pens have benefitted from sneaking out with charity points a lot this season. Now it feels like giving one away is the best they can hope for

Conor Dewar plays like he doesn't have a fatigue meter

Sam Girard just definitively won a physical battle with Brady Tkachuk

Phil Bourque is getting a little bit unreasonably whiny

Maybe it was worth trying to challenge a goal that they really had no leg to stand on in the first place, since the ones they're right about get denied anyway. Just keep flipping that coin

Why would the Penguins even bother challenging this anymore

He won't come anywhere near winning it but I hope Ben Kindel gets a couple of 3rd place votes or something for the Calder

Ottawa retired Chris Neil's number lmao

If Villie Koivunen is ever going to do anything, tonight's game would be a fine time to start

If they challenge this for goalie interference they'll win

oh gosh three of the next four are against the teams breathing down the Pens' necks. Gotta start winning some games here.

The Penguins are dangerously close to falling out of the playoffs

Should've known Bob Grove would have the actual numbers

That angry dude in the third row with the Gonchar jersey is my spirit animal.

Like, at some point we have to take note that these challenges just automatically go against the Penguins, right? They could have challenged the Chinakhov goal for interference and they'd have taken it away.

The Avalanche should absolutely challenge this. Because the only rule that seems to matter for goalie interference is that the Penguins lose the review.

I think it's fair to finally admit the Penguins have a goaltending problem.

Well turnabout is fair play I guess