Penguins-Wild: What Was Pittsburgh Doing in That Shootout?

Last night the Pittsburgh Penguins went up against a tough Minnesota Wild hockey team.  Both teams played a hard-fought game, and the game ended up in a shootout. But I have no idea what the Penguins coaches, or the players who were taking the shots, were thinking. Coach Therrien chose Petr Sykora, Alex Goligoski, and Sidney Crosby.  I would not have chose any of those three if the decision was up to me.  If I had to choose, I would have went with Miroslav Satan, Evgeni Malkin, and Jordan Staal. I know that Goligoski got the game-winner the other night—but hey, people do get lucky. No offense to him, but that goal was a lucky one that just somehow slipped under the goaltender's leg. I will allow for Sykora to be on the shootout lineup last night.  He is a good goal-scorer—however, his moves are very predictable.  He comes in, goes back and forth a little bit, and the majority of the time ends up on his backhand. You have to be able to keep goaltenders ... (link)