What a great series this has turned out to be. This was one of the best hockey games i have ever had the privilege of watching in person. The Penguins completely dominated this game from start to finish. If it wasn't for the stellar play of the Capitals goalie the Penguins would have won this game 6 - 2. This win was huge and has put the Penguins back in this series. If the Penguins continue to play the way they did last night they will still win this series in 6.
HIGHLIGHTS:
1. Malkin finally coming to life and scoring a goal, i especially liked the celebration which i am guessing was intended to mock Ovechkin.
2. Orpik, Kunitz, and Feds handing out the free candy. These guys all had some monster hits but Orpik destroying Ovechkin when Ovechkin tried to take a run at him from 40' away was great. You could tell when Ovechkin started at Orpik from the bench he thought he was going to catch Orpik off guard and crush him, no such like.
3. The third line was actually getting shots on net, and Staal did a great job of playing physical and neutralizing Ovechkin.
4. The Crosby line, this line looked great last night. I am not a huge Guerin fan, but last night he passed well and went to the net hard. As stated above Kunitz handed out the free candy and Crosby continued to be spectacular while collecting two points on the night.
5. Kris Letang had six shots and won the game in OT, not only was that a huge goal but we have seen Letang score goals in the regular season that seem to lift his spirits and send him on a hot streak where he scores goals in bunch's, this could be one of those goals.
6. Dan Bylsma making the right move be scratching Sykora and moving Talbot up on Malkins line.
7. Finally, Sykora should never see the ice again if Satan plays the way he did last night. We saw him make good passes, have a couple of good shots, and hold your breath we even saw him play pretty physical on the fourth line which i was pretty sure he was incapable of based on what we saw of him in the regular season.
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I agree with the Malkin statement...He was unbelievable last night from his own end of the ice to the offensive end of the rink, just amazing.
ReplyDelete-The third line still has to create more offense though...Its great to get a few shoots on goal but need to see results from them, and still not a big fan of Staal(TRADE HIM THIS SUMMER)
-Letang had a great OT winner but the Caps are designing their PK to have Letang be the shoot taker instead of Malkin and Crosby...Letang must put a PP goal away and force the Caps to pay attention to him.
-Keep the line up the same for atleast Game 4 and see how it goes from there..Also Bylsma should continue to increase minutes as we did last night Max and Dupois to use their speed to get through the neutral zone.
-Winning Game 4 is A Must!
I agree with trading Staal only because we have a lack of scoring wingers and he is a big cap hit. That being said i still think he will be a great two way player in the near future. Unfortunatly by the time he hits his prime his contract will probaly be up. If we do trade Staal in the summer we better get a whole lot more than we got for Whitney.
ReplyDeleteI also agree that the Caps are trying to force Letang to take the shots on the PP, but i really don't think that is a problem. If he gets hot they will be very sorry they gave him that opertunity. He has a rocket shot and very accurate wrist shot that he should be using more.