Pens beat Blues 4-3 - Crosby strikes

Sidney Crosby is enjoying a good spell right now with two goals against the Blues last night, meaning he has now scored against all other 29 teams in the NHL. He scored a solo blast from the point in the first period after a give-away from Gunnarsson. Sid put so much power in the shot it is a surprise it didn't come out of the other side.

I think it would be fair to say that this was Sid's best game of the season, even if you take into account his three pointer against Florida earlier in the season. He was everywhere with the puck and a real problem. It was enjoyable to see him move on the power play, where he scored his second. The Penguins power play has been far too static so to see him moving around and get an open shot in the middle was great to see.

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The underlying stars of the game were the fourth line of Fehr, Cullen and Plotnikov who dominated the Blues top line which was weak defensively. All three had a CF% of over 65% which is ridiculous. Having a line like that which can take the pressure of the top players makes it a lot easier to control the play and force the opposition into mistakes. Cullen is also a much more refreshing player to have than Craig Adams, despite him being a year old than Adams.

Yet again Evgeni Malkin played a huge part by scoring the game winning goal in OT after a nice dish from Phil Kessel. Since criticising the team after the Devils game Malkin has had 7 points in 4 games. Phil Kessel is also riding a four game point streak which is his second of the season. I don't want to say it too much but the Penguins look to be getting to the level we expected of them offensively. If they could sort out the power play, they'd be deadly.

The Penguins have a break today for Thanksgiving before taking on the Columbus Blue Jackets on Friday and the Edmonton Oilers on Saturday. The Penguins should be looking to win both of those games before their Californian trip.