Predators - 3
Penguins - 0
Difference of two goalies here. Rinne was a brick wall (making up for his early performances I guess) and Fleury shit the bed. The second period made little sense. I spent much of it in the penalty box, and got outshot like 11-5, but I scored 2 goals. In the 3rd period, Brandon had to start taking more chances, and that allowed me to catch up in the shot totals. I ended up outshooting him 26-20...but the game felt pretty even to me, even if EA didn't want the final score to be.
I guess that's going to be the hardest thing about playing an 82 game season...remembering that a loss here and there really doesn't matter (nor does a win, really). I'm still blown away by the shots that the goalies let in vs the ones they save though. I had some really great chances in the 3rd period, on one timers and rebounds, and Fleury was just all over them. But on my 3rd goal, he let in a weak backhand shot off a deke on a 2 on 1. I'm just going to start explaining everything in this game by saying "Sometimes...dat what da puck do." GG, Brandon. You just rolled snake eyes in this one.