This was a hard one to watch as a Penguins fan, the Penguins dominated the entire game and still lost. I thought the Penguins played really well, and did a good job of keeping the puck in the offensive zone. However they really didn't get many quality scoring opportunities for as much time as they spent in the offensive zone. Halak has continued to play great while MAF looked shaky and was mostly responsible for the Penguins loss. The other thing I have noticed in this series is Crosby has went back to his old ways where he is looking to pass first rather than shooting. I know he is doing this for two reasons, one because Halak has proven he is hard to beat without getting him moving from side to side, second the Habs are floating a lot of coverage his way leaving other players wide open. This strategy is fine when Malkin is on your wing, but when its Kunitz your setting up I would rather take my chances with the 51 goal scorer Crosby trying to beat Halak straight up.
If the Penguins want to win this series they need to start crashing the net harder. Players like Cooke, Staal, Geurin, and Rupp need to get to the net and spray some snow in Halak's face. Lets see how well he stops the puck with them distracting them. We also need MAF, Crosby, and Malkin to play better. We all made fun of Ovechkin and Greene for being unable to produce in the playoffs, now its our superstars who are being shut down.
LETS GO PENS!!!
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