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Drive to the Net

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Drive to the Net: A special start en route to a special performance

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 3:45 AM June 9, 2017

Led by a transcendent, inspired Sidney Crosby, the Penguins swarmed the Predators in the opening period of Game 5, laying the foundation for a rout.
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Drive to the Net: Does ‘simple bunch’ of D-men have much left?

By Matt Gajtka

in Nashville, Tenn.

POSTED: 1:45 AM June 6, 2017

As individuals, the Penguins' blue-line crew are all great stories. As a group, they've been quite remarkable, too.
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Drive to the Net: Rust’s ‘pass off pads’ to Guentzel flips script

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 3:50 AM June 1, 2017

The Predators couldn't have had too many complaints going into the third period of Wednesday's Game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final, except for the score.
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Drive to the Net: Predators’ tenacity snatches Penguins’ starch

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 1:40 AM May 30, 2017

In a Final that has been rightfully billed as a matchup between two hard-skating, quick-moving teams, only one squad lived up to that billing.
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Drive to the Net: P.K., Predators aren’t always predatory in their approach

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 2:35 AM May 29, 2017

The imminent stylistic change for the Stanley Cup Final sounds good in theory, but perhaps it shouldn't matter much to the Penguins.
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Drive to the Net: Conference-clinching goal was in the making all night

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 4:52 AM May 26, 2017

Along the serpentine course of a four-hour thriller, Sidney Crosby, Chris Kunitz and Conor Sheary made their coach look pretty smart.
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Drive to the Net: Critical mistakes can spoil outstanding performance

By Matt Gajtka

in Ottawa

POSTED: 1:26 AM May 24, 2017

Let's be frank. The better team didn't win Tuesday night at Canadian Tire Center.
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Drive to the Net: The epic shift(s) that shifted the East final

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 10:37 PM May 21, 2017

Eighty-four seconds isn’t much in the context of a playoff series, or even a single game. On the other hand, what the Penguins did over an 84-second span late in...
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Drive to the Net: Dishing out some love to a dominant, decisive penalty kill

By Matt Gajtka

in Ottawa

POSTED: 2:56 AM May 20, 2017

Let's chat about the unit that has held Ottawa completely off the board in 11 power-play opportunities in this series.
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Drive to the Net: Missed coverages, misfortune put champs in jeopardy

By Matt Gajtka

in Ottawa

POSTED: 1:41 AM May 18, 2017

What can you do about some old-fashioned bad luck? Let's start in the first minute, which was a sign of things to come.
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Drive to the Net: On tight night, winning rush a culmination of sweat, toil … and patience

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 2:47 AM May 16, 2017

With 25 seconds gone in the second period of Monday's Game 2 of the Eastern Conference final, the Penguins got their lone odd-man rush of the night.
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Drive to the Net: Cute won’t cut it against stay-at-home Senators

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 2:55 AM May 14, 2017

Following a 2-1 overtime loss Saturday night, Mike Sullivan didn't much care for the Penguins' self-styled image over most of the 65 minutes.
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Drive to the Net: Karlsson imposing, but beating Senators means breaking their 1-3-1

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 10:55 AM May 13, 2017

When looking for the Senators' defining team characteristic, don't bother with the stat sheet.
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Drive to the Net: It took more than one change to win the seventh

By Matt Gajtka

in Washington

POSTED: 2:57 AM May 11, 2017

Game 7 was different for the Penguins, and that was evident rather quickly.
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Drive to the Net: Letang’s absence glaring, but current group can do better than this

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 2:31 AM May 9, 2017

Is there any wonder the Penguins are having major issues escaping their zone with control?
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Drive to the Net: Big breakout mistake spoils solid night of decision-making

By Matt Gajtka

in Washington

POSTED: 2:04 AM May 7, 2017

The Penguins were locked in a tie, but they were anything but treading water.
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Drive to the Net: Winning ugly becoming a springtime art form

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 2:35 AM May 4, 2017

One of Mike Sullivan's favorite sayings is 'finding ways to win.'
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Drive to the Net: Inspired Kunitz pulls Penguins out of their pall

By Matt Gajtka

at PPG Paints Arena

POSTED: 2:55 AM May 2, 2017

It didn’t feel much like a hockey night in Pittsburgh, let alone a playoff game against a disliked divisional foe, when Sidney Crosby slowly glided off the ice in the first...

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