Crosby & Malkin Power Penguins Past Red Wings, Tie Series!
Game 4 of the Stanley Cup finals saw the Pittsburgh Penguins roar past the Detroit Red Wings 4-2 scoring 3 unanswered goals in less than 6 minutes in the 2nd period to seal the game. The Penguins were lead once again by their two young superstars Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin, each had a goal and an assist. Malkin is enjoying the best postseason scoring run since Wayne Gretzky’s in 1993. He has 35 points to lead all scorers in the postseason and is trying to become the first player since the Penguins’ Mario Lemieux in 1992 to lead the NHL in regular season and playoff scoring. They also both recorded their 12th multi-point game this postseason, two shy of the NHL record of 14 held by Mario Lemieux (1991) and Wayne Gretzky (1988). Pittsburgh goalie Marc Andre-Fluery played another solid game turning aside 37 of 39 shots.
The Red Wings Darren Helm and Brad Stuart scored less than 3 minutes apart to end the first and start the second. With a 2-1 lead the Wings were feeling really confident until Pittsburgh got going. The Penguins are showing their youth by out playing Detroit with their endless up tempo energy. I bet the Wings were saying to themselves after the game that Pittsburgh’s youth and vitality is breaking them. For the fourth straight game Detroit’s regular season points leader Pavel Datsyuk was scratched from the line-up. He came out for the pre-game warm up skate but after taking a few laps around in his own end, he left the ice and returned to the dressing room. It was then announced that he would miss the game. One thing is for sure, the Red Wings sorely miss his presence on the ice and are hoping with some more treatment he can be ready for game 5.
With the win the Penguins tied the series at 2-2 and assured themselves a return trip home for 1 more game at the Mellon Arena. Game 5 is Saturday night in Detroit, with Game 6 in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night after the series’ first two-day break. Game 7 would be June 12 in Detroit.
Jun 5th, 2009 at 5:43 am
Last nights game between Detroit and Pittsburgh in Pittsburgh showed what youth can bring to the rink. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin led an inspired team to victory with a fast pace ,high energy game. The Penguins clicked on all cylinders scoring on the power play as well as when they were killing of a penalty.
Marc-Andre Fleury was very steady in goal and at times super. It sure looked as if the Wings were tired as well as disorganized that when the Penguins went up by a score of 3-2 ,Detroit coach Mike Babcock called a time out for his players to catch their breath and try to calm down and reorganize their play. If one believes in momentum the the Penguins will take the next game in Detroit over a very tiring Red Wing team.