SLAP SHOTS

     Happy Pucks & Bucs Day! Buy Sam a drink and get his dog one, too; it's a hockey night in Pittsburgh! Our Pittsburgh Penguins faceoff against the Washington Capitals tonight at PPG Paints Arena with a 2 games to 1 lead in their 2nd round playoff series. These are your keys for tonight's game. 1)By now Mrs. Black-N-Gold is sure that you've heard that Pens C Sidney Crosby is out for tonight's game with a concussion following the hit from Caps D Matt Niskanen in Monday's 3-2 overtime loss. We're also without F Conor Sheary who suffered a concussion, as well. They keep knocking us down but we keep getting back up. No way we stand for this. It's time to show these jagoffs what winners do when faced with adversity. We need to beat the crap out of the Caps. And win I say "beat" I mean win the damn game. Next man up! 2)Speaking of "next man up" it's time for C Evgeni Malkin to take control. Typically, Geno is content to sit back and do his thing while Sid is the Best Player in Hockey. But it's times like these that #71 proves why he wears the "A" on his sweater. Go, Go, Geno! 3)We don't want to go back to DC on Saturday with a 2-2 series tie. Wouldn't it be cool to go down there and take this series and rub it in their smug little faces? Fire up the Goals, Goals, Goals! Let's Go Pens!!!!