{"id":764911,"date":"2017-11-03T00:57:38","date_gmt":"2017-11-03T04:57:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/?p=764911"},"modified":"2017-11-03T00:57:38","modified_gmt":"2017-11-03T04:57:38","slug":"saddle-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thesportsdaily.com\/news\/saddle-up\/","title":{"rendered":"Saddle Up!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Tristan Jarry wasn’t making his NHL debut contrary to what some people seemed to think… No, that honor went to the regular season finale game last year (Remember this?<\/a>). But for all intents and purposes that was a Wilkes-Barre\/Scranton game so tonight was his real first game. He did it in a place he was comfortable too as the former Edmonton Oil King played annually at the Flames’ Scotiabank Saddledome in his WHL career. Archibald was out and Hagelin, who Sullivan said was “dealing with something,” was back in. Otherwise, the line-up was the same. Cue watching the opening face-off through your fingers.<\/p>\n

First period<\/strong>
\nThis was probably the best first period this team has played, maybe all season. They insulated the young goalie well by driving play away from him and he looked good when called upon. They pressured. They cycled. They moved the puck well and kept their gaps tight on the Flames. I even saw something that told me the defense was really feeling itself:<\/p>\n

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You know the Pens have come to play when they're using the Murphy Dump.<\/p>\n

— Leah (@SeeyaLeah) November 3, 2017<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n