This is my playthrough of Game 01 of the Pittsburgh Penguins 2016-17 season, on the road against the Washington Capitals, in a modified version of NHL ’94 for the Sega Genesis (using the Kega Fusion emulator).

The Penguins (I) lost to the Capitals 2-1. Conor Sheary was credited for the lone Penguins goal (which redirected into the Capitals goal off a pass from Braden Holtby), while Marcus Johansson and Justin Williams scored for the Capitals.

(Some notes: I would consider myself an intermediate NHL ’94 player. I don’t know most of the advanced skills many NHL ’94 players have, so I hope you’ll cut me some slack. That being said, this wasn’t my best game, but then as you’d see at the beginning of the video the Penguins are without Sidney Crosby to start the season, so I wasn’t as deadly as I could have been.

Also, this ROM is the most recent edit for NHL ’94, which was made in time for the playoffs last season, so many players (notably Brian Dumoulin) aren’t rated quite as well as they would be in a newer ROM. I’m looking forward to that ROM so any future videos will be as “accurate” as possible.)

Thanks for watching! See you for Game 02!

The Pens went into Columbus and played as solid of a game as you can ask for by the roster put together. Sullivan’s influence is present on the forecheck by every line. The defenders know when to pinch and when to stay. This team is showing a cohesiveness that was sorely missed in the first few months of last season. Jarry was excellent last night between the pipes, especially during a full 2 minutes 5 on 3 penalty kill. When Matt Murray returns he will be the other half of the tandem with Fleury, but man… how nice is it knowing there is depth at that position?

We will get into some thoughts after, but first, here is a breakdown of the periods.

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And would you expect anything more?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jdg5_rXSiLA

Technically this isn’t “harassment”, at least not until the state of New York enacts their own “Sean Avery rule”