Giveaway After Giveaway After Giveaway-Pens 6, Habs 1

Ugly, very ugly. That is the only word I can think of to describe the Pens 6-1 hammering of the Habs. The Canadiens committed many, many turnovers...and when you play the Pens and you turn the puck over it usually ends up in the back of the net. Some former Habs fan scored three times for the Pens, making us dream of what could have been if the Canadiens would have won that dumb lottery (although I still think he is a whiner, and we don't mind our consolation prize Price). Tomas Plekanec scored the lone Habs goal on a 5 on 3 and Marc-Andre Fleury was perfect in the Pens net on the other 23 shots. Halak stopped 19 of 23 before being lifted to start the 3rd by Price, who stopped 12 of 14. The Canadiens started well for the first half of the game, despite trailing 2-0, but the second half of the game was a disaster. After Pleks goal, the Pens piled on 2 more PP goals to toss a little salt in the wound. Some other observations:

>The top line couldn't solve Fleury when they had chances but struggled most of the game. To be honest so did every line.

>The defence and the forwards both gave the puck up in all zones. It's tough enough to keep the Pens stars in check, even harder when you are serving pucks up on a silver platter.

>The PP had 3 chances and other than the 5 on 3 goal, didn't do much. The PK gave up 2 goals on 5 Pens chances, both of those coming in the 3rd. The final goal was when Hamrlik and Spacek both decided to pinch, leaving 2 Pens to waltz in on Price.

>No jam in the 3rd which hurt. When you are down by a bunch, at least throw some hits, maybe even drop the gloves. The Habs gave up, or appeared to give up.

Best after a game like this to just forget about it and move on. The Pens are a very good team, probably the best in the league. Hopefully they learned something and will be ready for Friday against another high flying team, the Blackhawks. As for the Silver Wolf Whiskey Hab of the Game, that was a tough one. I could use some analogies about what it was like, but I may offend some. So my pick tonight goes to Travis Moen. He was among the best of the worst tonight. Chips and Dags got consideration as well.