Pens Win Game 2

This was a competitive game for 2 periods then it became obvious that the Penguins are way to much for the Hurricanes to handle. There is no question the Hurricanes are a good team, you have to be to make it to the conference finals. However you look at the two teams they played to get here, the Devils and Bruins who are to very good teams but they are both vulnerable to the Hurricanes game. The Devils and Bruins are both built on Defense and goal tending and have no star power on the offensive end the Canes exploited them by playing wide open hockey, taking chances, throwing lots of pucks to the net, and for checking hard. They were able to do this because there competition was unable to counter attack and finish on the odd man breaks the Hurricanes give up due to there style of play.

Now they are playing the Penguins who are tailor made to play against a system like the Hurricanes. They are able to weather the Hurricanes attacks and then quickly turn the Canes pressure into odd man breaks going the other way. When you give super star players like Malkin and Crosby odd man breaks more often than not they are going to land up in the back of the net. It became vary obvious in game 2 that Crosby and Malkin are way to much for the Canes to handle.

Malkins Game 2:
This was a career game for Geno, 3 goals and one assist. Not only did he have 4 points but the third goal he scored was ridiculous other than his teammate Crosby i am not sure if there is another player in the league that can make that play. Aside from all the points Malkin racked up last night he was creating turnovers, moving the puck up the ice, and making great passes all day long. The Canes had no answer for Malkin's line last night. The scary thing for Canes fans is they had no answer for the Crosby line either, usually teams are able to load up and at least stop one of the two lines. This is great news for the Penguins and tragic news for the Canes.

Crosbys Game 2:
Crosby had a huge game 2, if you didn't watch the game and just looked at the score sheet you would never know how great of a game he played last night. Sure he had a goal and an assist, which by all accounts is a pretty good game but he seemed to have the puck the entire game. Every time he was on the ice he was buzzing around the net with the puck despite being hacked constantly by the Canes defense. If Crosby and Malkin can keep this pace up we will stand a very good chance of beating Detroit in the finals.

Something i thought i would never see:
1.Miro Satan dropped the gloves and was throwing hay makers at the end of the game. This is a guy throughout the regular season who avoided contact at all costs and it almost cost him his NHL career. Since he has been recalled from the baby pens he has played great and become a cult hero here in Pittsburgh. Hopefully his good play throughout the playoffs will help him get a good contract somewhere next year (just not here in Pittsburgh).

2. Kunitz scored a goal, this was his first playoff goal in 21 games and it was a game changer. Talk about a deflating goal for the Canes, 7 seconds left in the period you think you are going to the locker room tied and Kunitz of all people walks out of the corner and rips a lazer over the blocker of Ward.

Lets remember as i said when the Caps took a 2 - 0 series lead over the Penguins, all we have done so far is hold serve by winning our two home games. We need to go to Carolina and win at least one to put a strangle hold on this series. However with the way the Penguins are playing right now i think this series is over the Penguins are going to finish them in 4 or 5 games.