I got to watch the Pens-Flyers game last night on Vs., and it was a great one.

First off, Eric Godard took on Riley Cote early in the first period.

It was a pretty even bout until Godard landed a vicious haymaker at the very end.

You have to give Cote some credit. At least he fights fair, unlike a lot of his teammates. The Flyers became known league-wide last season for doing cowardly things like smashing opponents face-first into the boards from behind. Well, they were up to their usual tricks last night. At one point, there was a big scrum in front of the net. Somehow a linesman ended up on top of Ruslan Fedotenko, so Mike Richards jumped on top of the linesman and landed a sucker punch on Fedotenko, who was obviously completely defenseless.

And then, of course, he was in utter shock that he got sent to the box. Stupid Flyer.

Anyway, later in the game he found out what Hal Gill thought of him...

I noticed a couple of things during the game. First of all, Malkin is incredible. He kept making these ridiculous moves and creating chances for himself and his teammates. Nothing ever came of it, but I couldn't help but be impressed. And Rob Scuderi is an absolute defensive beast. I think the Flyers would have won this game 10-2 if it hadn't been for him. His backchecking is ferocious, and he even made two saves when Fleury was out of his net.

In any case, the game went into OT tied 2-2, and then Pascal Dupuis ended it with 11 seconds left.

(He looks oddly rapturous in that picture.)

The Penguins have played four games this season. Three of them have gone into overtime, which is kind of interesting. But what's really amazing is that Brooks Orpik & Rob Scuderi each have gotten a goal.

I'll end with a couple random shots of Sid the Kid.

For one thing, he's a pretty stout dude. This is what happens when you collide with him...