Pretty nutty how that works, huh? See, the goaltender who's allowed to do this makes a few saves early.

Elevates his game a little bit. The rest of the team feeds off it, kind of punches the reset button, and proceeds to a really, really nice overall victory.

Good morning to you. Good Friday morning from Detroit. I'm Dan Kovachievich of D.K. Pittsburgh Sports,

and this is Daily Shot of Penguins. It comes your way bright and early every weekday. If you're into football and or baseball,

I also offer daily shots of Steelers and Pirates in the same place that you found this. Penguin 6,

Red Wings 3, and by the time it was done, what the penguins were doing to the home team was

so thorough, so all over the ice, and so involving everyone that you almost forgot, almost, that the first period, especially the first like 10 to 12 minutes, were nothing more than a continuation of the grotesque

home opener against the Rangers with one exception. See the goal tending position is frequently

referred to as the most important in hockey.

And that's for the simple and clear reason that it is.

No one player can control the outcome quite like the goaltender, and that can work for better

or worse.

On Wednesday night, back home, Tristan Jari was just a guy.

The first period gave up a couple of goals.

Maybe he wouldn't have wanted to.

Gave up another on a deflection.

Those almost always get forgiven.

And by the time that first period was done, so were the penguins.

And they were all brought down.

You could see it.

You could see it.

They were all brought down.

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