Twitter reacts to the Penguins beating down the Predators in Game 5

The Penguins went up 6-0 in just two periods against the Predators in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final, and Twitter didn’t hold back on the beatdown.

The Pittsburgh Penguins didn’t look good through Games 3 and 4 of the Stanley Cup Final, and looked as if fatigue was finally catching up to them against the Nashville Predators.

However, with the series tied at two games apiece and Game 5 in their home arena, the Penguins came out strong, to say the least. They went up 3-0 through one period, and didn’t stop pouring it on as they went through the second. After two, the Penguins somehow found themselves up 6-0. In a Stanley Cup game. In a tied series.

There are plenty of clips you can find to summarize the beatdown the Penguins handed out in just one GIF, whether it’s Sidney Crosby slamming P.K. Subban’s head into the ice repeatedly, or the fact that Ron Hainsey scored the sixth goal in the game, even with 49 career goals through 907 games.

Either way, Game 5 will go down as one of the most painful games to watch of this year’s postseason, and possibly in Stanley Cup Final history. Twitter obviously was loaded during the game, and once the lead reached six goals, all hell broke loose.

Here are some of the best tweets from an otherwise lackluster game in Pittsburgh:

https://twitter.com/BroadcastingBri/status/872995678812860417

A big piece of the breakdown was the lack of goaltending consistency for the Predators in Game 5, as both of their goalies averaged three goals allowed in each of the first two periods of the game. If they have any chance of keeping the series alive back home, Pekka Rinne will need to figure something out, and fast.

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Hopefully we don’t have to witness another bad beatdown in Game 6, from either team, but at least we got some solid reactions on social media from the otherwise horrible game.