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Unbelievable!
Game Five: Third Period
Talbot pounded in the game tying goal with 34.3 seconds remaining in the third! He keeps the Penguins very dim playoff hopes alive with the game tied at three going into overtime.
The fans at the Joe were silenced by the goal.
The Wing’s were trailing 2-1 going into the third period. Pavel Datsyuk finally got one past Fleury, but he was denied by the cross bar. Fans were jumping, but were disappointed to learn that the puck bounced off the under side of the cross bar.
Datsyuk finally put one in the net to tie the game at three on a power play goal.
Rafalski earned the go-ahead goal when he drove the puck past Fleury. The Penguins were looking lackluster in the middle of the third. The fans were pumped at the Joe because the score finally reflected the shot count. Until Talbot ruined their victory, at least for a little while longer that is.
It’s do or die for the Penguins now. Nothing beats Stanley Cup-sudden death OT!
(Both Gonchar and Malone were returned to the ice for period three).
Add comment June 3, 2008
The Cup Changes Everything — The Final Round
Is anyone really surprised to see the Wings and the Penguins in the finals?
The Story in Pittsburgh: With the help of Marc-Andre Fleury the young Penguins were able to overcome the Flyers for the first time in the teams’ past four post-season meetings. Center Max Talbot said to the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “I think it’s about time the Penguins won a series against the Flyers. It’s been a long time.”
The Story in Detroit: Dallas proved to be a pesky foe in the last games of the Western Conference final coming back to win two games, but Detroit was finally able to put them away 4-1 in game six. According to Bob Wojnowski of the Detroit News Pavel Datsyuk, Henrik Zetterberg, Nicklas Lidstrom and Chris Osgood were key in the victory as were the the third-line and fourth-line guys. So, an overall team effort from the Wings.
It looks like the teams are evenly matched and both are hungry for the cup, so it should be a great competition! Game one starts on Saturday at 8:00 in Detroit.
1 comment May 21, 2008
