Streaks skid: WBS postgame

Well that was suboptimal for the visitors.

It had slipped my mind that the game before the Binghamton shutout was that Hershey game where Christopher Gibson gave up the goal after the first shot of the game hit him and fell behind him. So that was an extensive little shutout streak going early in the third, and I had just satisfied myself that my Base-60 math and missing-time-for-extra-attackers were correct, satisfied enough to tweet this

When Thomas Di Pauli slipped a backhander under Gibson.

I won’t take credit for it, though. Furman South waved it off. Colin Smith was clearly in the crease. Now, that no longer is enough to wave off a goal on its own. I didn’t catch contact. I assume South saw some.

The Pens were coming all period; I almost mentioned it, in fact, that they were taking a bunch of shots but weren’t actually getting a lot to Gibson. But it wasn’t long after that one eluded Gibson. It had looked like it went off a defender, but it has been changed to Stamford’s own Ryan Haggerty’s. The Pens kept coming and, with Ben Holmstrom off for roughing late, tied it. Then won it.

A Bridgeport regulation win, and the Sound Tigers would’ve been two points behind the Pens. They’re now five back.

Brent Thompson at least three times called it a playoff-style hockey game. These kinds of points could keep them from seeing actual playoff games.

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Not so much as a flurry on the way home, so I got that going for me.

Streaks that ended: The PK streak, at 33, a total of 61:24 short-handed without a goal, second-longest in team history both by time and by chances. Gibson’s shutout streak, at an apparent 165:46 on 56 saves, seven minutes longer than his streak early this season. A team shutout streak of 166:40, counting the 54 seconds Gibson was off for a delayed-penalty extra attacker, and both of those streaks may be second in team history to the Kevin Poulin streak(s). (Edit: Take that back. Team had three shutouts in a row in 2004 (with three different goalies.) A string of 13 consecutive periods allowing 10 or fewer shots, and eight in a row under 10. Three-game winning streak, yadda yadda yadda.

“I thought (Anthony) Beauvillier played well,” Thompson said. “A simple game. You can obviously see his skill set, see his hockey IQ. I see a lot of positives. I really think you’ll see progress. He’ll get better.”

Continuing: Seven consecutive games with a power-play goal. The power play scored very quickly, then struggled (though had a couple of shortened chances). “My unit didn’t really enter the zone a lot of times,” Travis St. Denis said. The other unit had its struggles, too, though a nifty little give-and-go at the blue line between Josh Ho-Sang and Casey Bailey led to some chances on one of their PPs.

They are off to Rochester tomorrow. We, obviously, are not. Liveblogs (or close to them, perhaps) Friday and Saturday

Isles draft pick Kieffer Bellows scored a couple Tuesday night for the junior national team. They’ll face Sweden in the semifinals on Thursday.

Worcester, flipping the AHL club script, tied it late but lost to Reading in OT. Woody Hudson has 11 goals and no assists.

Jonathan Marchessault gets $30 mil for six from Vegas, and good for him, another guy who scrapped his way up.

And welcome aboard, Jeff Jacobs and Paul Doyle.

Michael Fornabaio