Penguins 4 - 5 Maple Leafs

The Pens continued their away stretch with a 5-4 loss in regulation last night against the Toronto Maple Leafs. Unfortunately, since the game was airing on the NHL Network, it was blacked out on NHL.com's GameCenter (which I still don't get), so I listened to it via Mike Lange and Phil Borque. The Maple Leafs jumped out to a 3-1 lead over the Penguins through 2 periods, but the Penguins came surging back in the 3rd. Crosby struck right off the face-off and made it 3-2. Toronto answered a few minutes later, but not to be outdone, Evgeni Malkin made it 4-3 three minutes after the Toronto goal. Just a minute and a half later, Tyler Kennedy took a slapshot that caught Toskala by surprise and tied the game up at 4-4. Halfway through the period however, Jason Blake slipped one through back-up goaltender, Mathieu Garon (in his 1st start for the Penguins) and sealed the deal as the Maple Leafs walked away with a 5-4 win.

I wish I could have seen it, it sounded like the Penguins really came together in the 3rd and starting creating their magic. Unfortunately we came up short. Let's keep our heads up, because the 2 points in Montreal are possibly the biggest 2 points of the season. (We win, we move forward, we lose, we question).

STEELERS 17, Cardinals 7 Halftime

Go STEELERS!!! (Although I must admit the Cards are my 2nd favorite and always have been)