Pick-a-Pen: Game #82 -- PENGUINS at BJ's 4/13/23

[Orlando Penguin]

Barring something really crazy, it's a 2-horse race between @Gaucho and @RonnieFranchise for the regular season title and RF is going to need a big night from a big multiplier or a Kapanen-like game from his pick.

Official Rules:
-Pick a player and score points based on his points scored in that game. Accrue more points than anyone else over the course of the season and you win. Players' points are weighted, so check the table and choose wisely. Point modifiers will be updated every 10 games.
-Picks must be submitted by puck drop. The official NHL score sheet will list the game start time. A pick made at the same time as puck drop will count.
-No conditional picks - Part of playing the game is knowing who is playing the game. If you want to change your pick, you can edit your original post up until puck drop. Any edits after faceoff will disqualify you for that game.

-Game-Winning Goals:
Regulation -- an additional 1 point (i.e. If Letang has a multiplier of 2 and scores the game winner, it's worth 3 points).
Shootout -- Only the deciding goal in the shootout will count. That player will receive 1 point, no multiplier involved.

-Hat Tricks + – If the player you choose scores a hat trick in a game, you will get 10 additional points. Any additional goal after that in a game will be 10 points each. That is good for just the goal scorer, not any who assist on it (example – Crosby at x1 scores 4 goals, if you have him, you’ll get 24 points – 4 x 1 + 10 +10).

-If you select a goaltender to get a shutout and he gets an assist, you'll get 10 points. If he scores a goal, that’s 50 points. Good only for if you choose the shutout option. If you get the shutout and the goal/assist, well done.

New for this year:

-Power Play Goals:
Any PPG will be a DOUBLE multiplier for the goal scorer ONLY (So a Crosby or Malkin goal would be worth 2 points instead of the 1 and a Dumoulin PPG would be worth 14)

-Shorthanded Goals:
Any SHG will be worth TRIPLE their multiplier. In addition, an assist on a SHG will be worth DOUBLE the multiplier (So O' Connor from Bonino and Rutta would be a 15 from a 8 and a 14)

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1x Crosby, Guentzel, Malkin
2x Rust, Rakell, Letang
3x Zucker, Petry
4x Granlund, Bonino
5x Joseph, O'Connor, Nylander, Pettersson
6x Archibald, Poehling, Heinen, Carter
7x, Dumoulin, Rutta, Kulikov, Caggiula
8x Friedman, Ruhwedel, Fedun
10x WBS late call-up (any player from minors who comes up after this lineup is posted)
25x Jarry Shutout
35x Desmith Shutout
40x Tokarski Shutout

[MR25]

Zucker

[Gaucho]

Dumoulin

[shoeshine boy]

Jarry SO

because that's the way things go.

[RonnieFranchise]

Hail Mary full of grace the Lord is with thee

Jarry SO

[pens_ct]

Jarry SO

[mikey]

Jarry So

[Orlando Penguin]

SCORING

Letang (2) from Crosby (1) & Rakell (2) -- PPG
Guentzel (1) from Letang (2) & Crosby (1) -- PPG

Wait...2 PPG's in a single game???

NO WINNERS


FINAL STANDINGS

Gaucho -- 201 (32)
RonnieFranchise -- 181 (25)
pens_ct -- 163 (29)
mikey -- 151 (28)
Orlando Penguin -- 149 (31)
MR25 -- 149 (28)
MWW -- 138 (17)
King Colby -- 125 (27)
robbiestoupe -- 121 (20)
shoeshine boy -- 114 (24)
Morkle -- 77 (23)
willeyeam -- 75 (13)
Joegap -- 61 (14)
Lemon Berry Lobster -- 52 (10)
dodint -- 36 (11)
Troy Loney -- 29 (4)
Faftorial -- 12 (2)
Gabe -- 4 (2)

@Gaucho wins the regular season for the 2nd straight year. He can send a fruit basket to Kapanen for his 'once in 1000 years' hat trick.

[King Colby]

That 41 point kapanen game basically sunk half the field

[Gaucho]

That was a fun game.