Post Game Thread: Pittsburgh Penguins at New Jersey Devils – 21 Dec 2024

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1. 12 saves, but 3-4 of them were grade A chances. Nico doing captain shit, Noes gunning for a Rocket Richard.

2. Starting to feel like we have all the pieces to win the cup.

3. Noesen is a demon in front of the net. What a perfect complement to the rest of the roster.

4. They should keep giving up less than 20 shots, seems like a recipe for success.

5. Hockey good.

6. Lot of defense, lot of teeth, wooo!

7. What. A. Game. That’s old school Devils hockey.

8. That cut from the EN goal to Siegs and Bunting going at it was beautiful

9. Paul Cotter is in a goal slump but that man is a dawg. Still impacts the game with good defensive plays, physical play and pure hustle. That’s the difference between him and Holtz

10. Nice to see the team dominate on ice and the scoreboard without the 1st line managing points. Huge.

11. In our last 8 games we have given up more than 20 shots once. That’s ridiculous.

12. So I’ve worn my Markstrom jersey twice this year. He’s gotten the shut out both times!

13. Checking in from China! After leaving Friday evening at 6:30pm finally arrived at 5am Sunday in Beijing, and happy to report I can watch games on my phone. Was able to catch bits of the game while meeting my gf’s family for the first time for breakfast. Love the defensive team effort and holding the Pens to 12 shots! Alright I haven’t slept in I don’t even know how long and finally was able to check into my hotel so going to catch a nap before heading to my gf’s sister’s place this evening. LFG!

14. Let’s go devils! Amazing defense this year. 8 straight games allowing LESS than 20 shots! That’s crazy

15. THE SUPER HUGHES BROS SOCKS AND DEVILS VS THE WORLD SHIRT COMBO EQUALS SHUTOUT

    *WOOOOOO*

16. You see? That Columbus game was all they needed to get back on track

17. Among the great stuff that stands out to me is Noesen being a pit bull and Marky saving the game with that Crosby save.

    Looking forward to starting the holidays Monday afternoon!

18. 10-2-0 when Noesen scores a goal……. fuck lol

19. This is the first win I’ve seen at home in 5 years!!! Five years of coming home from school/work for the holidays to only get disappointed. But not today!

20. Another game where Nico and friends shutdown the other top line. This years Selke might be very very close.

21. Nico Hischier has honor, grace. I know he’s not technically nobility but he is European. I think the captain is turning me into a Monarchist.

22. Fitz needs rescue Jack Quinn from Buffalo and get him on to the Devils. The meme energy alone playing with Jack and Luke will power Quinn up to a whole nother level ^((and he’ll also be a much needed addition to bottom 6))

23. We can beat anyone! Nice win boys!

24. Marky new mask is undefeated n fire

25. Love to see the pressure they put on Bunting at the end. Made him look like a little kid.

26. guys i adopted a rescue boxer 2 days ago and named him nico. nico gets a goal. coincidence???

27. Me? Happy! Rabbit? FEASTING. Boys? On absolute fucking fire I LOVE this team. The way they’ve done a full 180 on the defence has been pure MAGIC huge kudos to both fitz and keefe there. Also noesen better STAY on that timo Nico like it is ELECTRIC and he compliments their style of play so much by being netfront and ready to finish those greasy plays for them. Just love love love what we have right now !! LGDDD

28. I really can’t appreciate enough how amazing our defense has been this season. And we still have Casey, Nemec, Silayev, Hatakka and Vilen in the minors. We’re sitting on a moutain of treasure it feels.

29. Knew we’d have good luck after I went to dinner at the Hamilton tonight

30. Penguins had 3 shots in the 3rd period 🤣

31. A Nico goal, a Marky shutout, and the coolest goalie mask yet. Great solstice game tonight

32. This is as good as I’ve felt about the state of this team in the regular season since 08-09.

33. TWO POINTS FOR THE GOOD GUYS:
    * that was not a good start but we held on and found our engine and won it!
    * not only did we win it but we got a shutout for Marky
    * Marky was CLUTCH in net tonight CLUTCH
    * thank you Chief Keefe for putting Noesy back on the Nico – Timo line
    * three point night for our Captain!
    * shutting down Sidney Crosby and co and delivering offense what can’t Nico Hischier do!
    * penalty kill another KILLER night
    * let’s not speak of our PP
    * ANOTHER HOME WIN
    * turning around the narrative that we aren’t a home winning team
    * Pens were honestly one of the hottest teams in the league coming into this matchup and we shut them down. Took us a bit to get our act together but when we did we killed it.
    * every new addition is my favorite new addition. We are in the middle of a Noesy renaissance! A reNOESsance even.

    One more home game and it’s a massive one before the three day holiday break. Gotta beat the Rags and beat them good!

    P.S. the Devils are 5-1-2 when I go to a game this season. And they’re 1-0-0 when my mother goes to a game this season.

34. Jack trying to take away the Selke from Nico. Dude was all over the ice on defense tonight causing havoc on top of having a 3 point night

35. 12 saves has me feeling like it’s the year 2000. I could cry. Me and Dano are drinking in East Rutherford tonight.

36. The Rock was rockin’ tonight!

    LGD!

    

37. I’m genuinely speechless. When they were scrambling so hard in the first – and tbh most of the second – I thought for sure this was the sort of game to slip away from us. And then we buckled down even more, and it didn’t. If we still look like this after the holidays I might start becoming wildly, blindly optimistic about this team. Crazy times!! LGD!

38. Now let’s get another shutout on Monday!

39. 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

40. Had to watch the game after the fact cause I was watching my sisters christmas puppy. I LOVED how they gave Bunting no real estate in front of the net at the end of the game. Just enough pushing and shoving to get him off set without taking a penalty. Good win, let’s beat the fuck out of the Rangers on Monday.

    Edit: They only gave up 12 SOG total?! That’s insane, our defense has been unreal this month. I guess we’ll see how the playoffs shake out, but I am IN on Chief Keefe right now. Putting Noesen back on the Hischier Timo line was the right move. 2 more points!!

    DOUBLE EDIT: Are they currently 15-0-1 when they have a lead to start the 3rd period? That’s another bonkos stat. So hyped right now.

41. Holy fuck man that was fun. I really need to come back again. Really enjoyed the Tom’s River too.

42. everyone knew how stacked the offense was, but the defense is ridiculous, and markstrom is having a very good year.

    the eastern conference is pretty open this year. i dare to dream.

43. Does anyone know what the whole team’s beef was with bunting? I saw he and Dougie got tangled up early, but then it seemed like every defenseman spent the rest of the game beating on him

44. Did anyone else keep hearing “Butt King” instead of “Bunting”?

    Not that there’s anything wrong with being a butt king.

45. Someone else said it but if we can figure out Carolina I like us against everyone else in the East come springtime.

46. 12 fucking shots against. I love this team.

47. We all knew last year was a fluke with injuries and goaltending. But this team feels a lot better than 22/23. Feels like it’ll be way more sustainable in the playoffs. 22/23 was more run n gun outscore our problems. This team plays great defense, has better goaltending, can score gritty goals

48. Great win. Onto NY and that slimy fuck Rempe will be suspended so we don’t have to worry about our boys getting head hunted by a bottom feeder teams goon.

49. Anyone got the video of Marky’s save on Crosby?