Staal Falls

photo credit: lolcats

SSDD. Or days, I should say. Serious lack of entertainment recently. The Pens' last California game was even worse than the two previous, leading to a 5-0 loss against the Sharks. We were optimistic that a return to the east coast would provide a much-needed boost...but we were wrong. So sadly wrong. Tuesday's game against Boston put the Penguins on the dark side of another shutout (3-0). Fleury left the ice with about 90 seconds remaining in the game so that the offensive line could gain an extra man. This turned out to be a great decision...for the Bruins. Assistant captain Patrice Bergeron shoveled the puck from in front of his goal to land in the empty net on the opposite side of the rink, scoring the final Bruins goal with less than 4 seconds remaining.

As if we needed another reminder, luck is not on the Penguins side at the moment. Tuesday's game added Brooks Orpik to the Disabled List, where he joins Max Talbot, Sergei Gonchar, Evgeni Malkin, Tyler Kennedy and Kris Letang. In short, everyone is broken. Apparently assistant manager Tom Fitzgerald suffered a serious foot injury over the summer, and Penguins' president David Morehouse even suffered a heart attack while preparing to leave California this week. Luckily he is being treated and is expected to recover. It's not really worth a recap today. Suffice to say, we wish them luck in tomorrow's game against New Jersey...they're going to need it.