Despite the Penguins losing this game I thought they played pretty well with the exception of Gogo and MAF. MAF looked completely lost out there tonight, he was off of his angle on both the 1st and 3rd goal and let a pedestrian slap shot go right through him for the 2nd goal. I have been defending MAF for the last couple weeks saying I know he is a good goalie and he will come out of this slump before the playoffs begin, but he has continued to get worse over the last couple of weeks. I am very concerned that he is going to cause the Penguins to have an early exit from the playoffs.
On the positive side of things Crosby continued to shine with a goal and 2 assists in this game, and Jordan Leopold is beginning to look like the player we expected when Shero traded a 2nd round pick away for him. Leopold has now had three goals in the last two games, and has ten on the season which is only two less than Gonchar has. I know Gonchar is great on the PP and I would love to see him stay, but with the Penguins salary cap situation Leopold may be a great replacement for Gonchar at half the cost. I was also very impressed with the way Letang played Ovechkin, Letang wasn't scared to step up on him and was able to stick with him the entire game.
What did everyone think about Bylsma pulling the goalie last night and allowing Ovechkin to score an empty net goal to tie Crosby for the goal scoring lead. Personally I agreed with him for pulling the goalie with about 2 minutes left while the Penguins were down by 2, but I wish he would have put the goalie back in when we there was a whistle with 8 seconds left and we were still down by two. does anybody know how many empty net goals Ovechkin has? He has to lead the league in them.
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