Pens Lose 3-0, Series @ 3-1

Jonathan Farzalo | Pittsburgh Penguins

May 1, 10:57 PM | Hype this story!
1 2 3 Tot.
0 0 0 0
 
Tot. 1 2 3
3 0 1 2
 
Series: Penguins (3) – Rangers (1)
 
Summary

The Pittsburgh Penguins couldn’t close out their series against the New York Rangers tonight, losing 3-0.  Henrik Lundqvist was tremendous in goal, stopping Ryan Malone on a shorthanded breakaway and Evgeni Malkin on a penalty shot, to post the shutout.

The Penguins were guilty of taking too many penalties throughout the night, and their penalty killers just couldn’t keep up the same pace as they have in the playoffs.  The game was face paced, but a low scoring affair that was not made any easier by the Penguins lack of conversion on the powerplay, going 0-4 tonight.

The Rangers, playing for the lives in the playoffs, held strong after getting the lead, never really showing signs of worry or tire.  Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin were surprisingly absent from impact tonight, and even took themselves out of a powerplay, that’s right, both of them, when they couldn’t hold their tempers in the 3rd period.  On the opposite side of the rink, the Rangers got solid play from Jaromir Jagr, who has shown a desire unlike many have seen of him in recent years figuring in on all 3 of the Rangers goals.

 
Three Stars
# Player Team Pos. Stats
1 Henrik Lundqvist NYR G 29 Save, Shutout
2 Jaromir Jagr NYR W 2 Goals, 1 Assist
3 Brandon Dubinsky NYR C 1 Goal, 1 Assist
 
Stat Line
  Shots Faceoffs Power Plays
  1 2 3 OT Total Won Lost Converted Total
Pittsburgh 8 9 12 - 29 30 27 0 4
NY Rags 6 11 17 - 34 27 30 2 7
 
Scoring Summary
Per. Time Team Goal Assist Assist
1 -
2 12:45 NYR Jaromir Jagr Dubinsky Tyutin
3 00:44
19:46		 NYR
NYR		 Brandon Dubinsky
Jaromir Jagr		 Straka
Shanahan		 Jagr
Drury
 
Penalty Summary
Per.
Team Penalty Time Player
1
 NY Rangers interfer with goalie – 2 min 1:53, M. Staal
 Pittsburgh holding – 2 min 6:32, M. Hossa
 NY Rangers slashing – 2 min 11:20, M. Staal
2
 Pittsburgh holding – 2 min 5:18, K. Letang
 Pittsburgh holding – 2 min 15:08, J. Ruutu
 Pittsburgh hooking – 2 min 19:14, P. Sykora
3
 Pittsburgh cross check – 2 min 8:20, S. Gonchar
 Pittsburgh roughing – 2 min 13:32, S. Crosby
 Pittsburgh roughing – 2 min 13:32, E. Malkin
 NY Rangers roughing – 2 min 13:32, D. Girardi
 NY Rangers high sticking – 2 min 15:50, S. Gomez
 Pittsburgh high sticking – 2 min 18:46, P. Dupuis
 NY Rangers misconduct – 10 min 19:46, P. Mara
 Pittsburgh misconduct – 10 min 19:46, E. Malkin

Comments

  1. Michael

    May 2, 12:18 AM

    Everyone said Lundqvist would steal a game in this series— looks like this was it.

    However, I found the officiating terrible— the Rangers got away with a ton as the Pens penalty box apparently had a revolving door on it.

    Malkin’s breakaway— the puck sure looked to me like it was in the net before the net came off. 1-1 there would have made it a totally different game.

    But when we started the series I didn’t expect us to sweep, so this one wasn’t a huge surprise.

  2. Matt Bodenschatz

    May 2, 10:41 AM

    Michael, I agree on all accounts, though I suppose I can understand how they didn’t give Malkin the goal — it supposed to be conclusive evidence to contradict what the officials said on the ice, and while it definitely looked to be in, I’m not sure it was 100% conclusive due to the fuzziness of the pictures.

    But, as you said, they were bound to lose at some point, and I’d rather see them lose for the first time in the playoffs when they’re up 3-0 than in a more meaningful game.

  3. DaBich

    May 2, 10:56 AM

    I agree with both of you guys. Now, let’s see our guys bounce back. I’m waiting for it!

  4. Ben Schmidt

    May 2, 12:52 PM

    The issue with the Malkin no-goal call wasn’t whether it went in the net – it was whether it went in the net before the net came off the moorings. I can’t honestly say that there was conclusive evidence that the puck crossed the line before the net came off.

    I don’t think the calls were too bad, overall, to be honest. Let’s not be like Rangers fans and whine about the officiating. The Pens simply didn’t look like they came to play playoff hockey last night. I suspect getting asked about going 16-0 by reporters after Tuesday’s game put it in their heads that they simply wouldn’t lose. Now, hopefully, they’ll get back to playing playoff hockey, like they had for the previous 7 games.

  5. Michael

    May 2, 02:08 PM

    Hello .. ADMIN: the “Michael” who posted above in this thread, is NOT me .. and so he needs to change his screen name for this message board .. (ok ..? .. thank-you, in-advance).

    I.e. .. I’m the Michael here on this board. Just needed to point it out. Thanks.

    — Michael (the original on this Board)

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