Pens beat Flyers 4-2; Lead Series 1-0
Jonathan Farzalo | Pittsburgh Penguins
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| Series: Penguins (1) – Flyers (0) |
| Summary |
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The Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers
opened their Conference Finals series with a wild first period. Both
teams seemed tense, sluggish, yet willing to hop all over turnovers
and mistakes. The Penguins struck first when Petr Sykora beat
Marty Biron with a nifty backhand deke after taking a nice cross ice
feed from Ryan Malone and Evgeni Malkin. The celebration didn’t
last long however, as Mike Richards scored a typical Flyer goal, by
taking a wraparound and throwing it on goal. The other Flyers
crashed the net and the puck slipped by Marc-Andre Fleury. Later
in the period Mike Richards scored his second goal, again a dirty
crashing the net type, to make it 2-1 Philly. |
| Three Stars | ||||
| # | Player | Team | Pos. | Stats |
| 1 | Evgeni Malkin | PIT | C | 2 Goals, 1 Assist |
| 2 | Mike Richards | PHI | C | 2 Goals |
| 3 | Sidney Crosby | PIT | C | 1 Goal |
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| Shots | Faceoffs | Power Plays | |||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Total | Won | Lost | Converted | Total | |
| Pittsburgh | 11 | 6 | 4 | - | 21 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| Philadelphia | 12 | 7 | 9 | - | 28 | 27 | 27 | 0 | 3 |
| Scoring Summary | |||||
| Per. | Time | Team | Goal | Assist | Assist |
| 1 | 06:19 08:30 12:50 14:11 19:53 |
PIT PHI PHI PIT PIT |
Petr Sykora Mike Richards Mike Richards Sidney Crosby Evgeni Malkin |
Malone Umberger Lupul Hossa Whitney |
Malkin Coburn Umberger |
| 2 | 04:50 | PIT | Evgeni Malkin | Gonchar | |
| 3 | - | - | - | ||
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Comments
Eric
May 10, 12:15 AM
After coming out fairly flat and MAF giving up two iffy goals that shouldn’t have been able to be scored. This team showed the character that they have done recently. Given that MAF gave up those two goals, but shutdown every other attempt – you have to like it.
I think that the Penguins can be satisfied with this win, as long as they don’t attempt to make these wins a form of habit.
Also, was there a more satisfying goal than Malkin’s 2nd? Getting hit into the boards, then slamming home a 15 footer. Kudos to Prospal on the whiff and Hossa and Gonchar working to get the puck back to Geno.
TIM
May 10, 01:55 AM
That second Malkin goal made me laugh out loud. It was almost like he had a flash back of his penalty shot and decided he was just going to destroy the puck. Biron had no chance.
Let’s Go Pens!
john
May 10, 04:12 AM
That second Malkin goal was a big “**** you” to the Flyers. I guess he should have done that on the penalty shot against Lundquist…
*Editor's Note: Please refrain from profane language. This is a forum for all ages.*DaBich
May 10, 09:59 AM
I’m with you guys on the penalty shot comments. I LOVED TAHT GOAL!
jon s
May 10, 03:44 PM
The second malkin goal, the way it went down was just crazy. Also I need to give more props to this site. The coverage here is really the best pens place out there. I read everyday and I will do the same even when the saeson is over.
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