From: lli+@cs.cmu.edu (Lori Iannamico)
Subject: Pens weekend summary
Organization: School of Computer Science, Carnegie Mellon
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1993 19:34:44 GMT

The box scores will be in a separate post.
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The Pens lost 2-1 to Edmonton on Friday, and rebounded against Calgary 
Saturday night winning 4-3.

Ron Tugnutt was the difference in Friday's game, stopping 33 of 34 shots.
He played a fantastic game.  And when he did have problems(only 2), luck
was on his side.

The Pens were unable to capitalize on the 2 mistakes that Tugnutt did make.
At one point in the game, Tugnutt came too far out of the net to clear a
puck, and was trapped near the blue line.  The net was wide open, and 
Jagr took a shot.  The shot bounced off a skate of the Oiler defender
and went wide.

Later in the game, when Tugnutt was again caught out of position, with
Kevin Stevens bearing in on goal.  But Stevens' shot went above the
net.  I couldn't tell if the defender got piece of the puck to help 
deflect it.

The game was scoreless until 10:53 of the second , when the Pens gave
up their 15th short handed goal of the season (They lead the league in this
dept.) Mike Stapleton lost the puck to Esa Tikkanen.  Tikkanen got the
puck to Werenka, who beat Kenny Wregget between the pads.

The Pens were able to tie the game at 13:58.  Joey Mullen was able to
dish the puck off to Shawn McEachern just before he (Mullen) got crunched
along the boards.  McEachern threw the puck across the ice to Mike 
Stapleton, who ended up shooting the puck from his on his knees and at
a weird angle.  The puck bounced off Tugnutt's head and into the net.
That was a flukey goal.

Craig McTavish got the gamewinner at 9:22 in the third.  I can't remember
how.  No, I wasn't drunk.  For some reason this goal just draws a blank.
I saw it happen, but I just don't remember what it looked like.

Tugnutt stood tall the entire game, and was a brick wall when the Pens 
pulled Wregget for the 6th attacker.  He put on a show.

Scratches: Mario Lemieux (Hodgkin's disease), Tom Barrasso (chicken pox),
Peter Ahola, Martin Straka.

Saturday night, the Pens were in another close game, and this time they
won 4-3.  Ken Wregget came up big, stopping a Nieuwendyk penalty shot.  
Wregget, I (grudgingly) must admit, has played well in Barrasso's absence.
He can't move the puck like Tommy can, and he's good for at least one soft
goal per game.  But he hasn't fallen apart back there, and he has made some
big saves when needed.  I'm just wondering how long it will last.

The Flames struck early in the first.  At 1:12 Robert Reichel fired a shot
past Wregget from the edge of the crease(Fleury).  While this was happening,
he was being high-sticked in the face by Bob Errey.  He was cut, and Errey
received a 5 minute major (which he deserved).  But the Pens killed the 
penalty, and kept the Flames from doing any more damage in the first.

The second period was all Pittsburgh.  Just 31 seconds into the second,
Larry Murphy put a shot from the right faceoff circle past Vernon and into
the upper corner of the net.(Tocchet, Paek).

The game remained tied until 12:00 of the second.  After some ducking and
dancing, Jaromir Jagr came from behind the net and put a wide wraparound
under Vernon and into the net.(McEachern, Stanton)At 14:37 Jagr stripped
a Flame of the puck, and he and Shawn McEachern broke into Calgary's end.
Vernon was slightly turned towards Jagr.  So almost immediately after 
crossing the blue line, Jagr passed to McEachern, who fired a slapshot 
down the slot and past a surprised Vernon.

The scored remained the same until 2:46 of the third.  Gary Leeman got
credit for a goal that was kicked past Wregget by Larry Murphy (Fleury,
Reichel).

But that big scoring machine :-), Kjell Samuelsson, put the Pens ahead 
for good.  Kjell just cranked up and fired a shot from the blueline that
went through heavy traffic and past a screened Vernon.(Needham, Loney 4:25).

The Flames made it interesting, or should I say Wregget made it interesting,
at 9:53.  Sergei Makarov was credited with this goal.  He took the original
shot, which Wregget stopped.  The rebound bounced high in the air and hit 
either Loney or Nieuwendyk.  It fell back towards the net, and Wregget took
a swipe at it with his stick.  He knocked it across the goal line, back out,
and back across again.

But Wregget made up for this by stopping Joe Nieuwendyk on the penalty
shot at 14:50.  Nieuwendyk had broken in on Wregget, and was just about
to shoot when he was pulled down from behind by Kevin Stevens.  So he was
awarded the penalty shot.  He skated in on Wregget, and made the first move.
He went to the backhand, and Wregget was ready.  He (to my surprise) stopped
the shot.  The Pens were then able to hang on for the win.

Scratches: Mario Lemieux, Tom Barrasso, Peter Ahola, Martin Straka.

Lori
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