Sunday, May 31, 2009

Stanley Cup Finals, Game 2- Penguins @ Detroit Red Wings

The Penguins showed some signs of life in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals, but they fell victim to a few bad breaks and bounces as the Detroit Red Wings took Game 1 in a rematch of last year's final series. The series is not quite over if the Penguins lose tonight, but it's extremely unlikely that the Red Wings would lose four out of five games. That means there has to be a sense of urgency.

The Pens need to be crisper on their passes and avoid making stupid decisions with the puck. Marc-Andre Fleury has to stay closer to the net to avoid again being tortured by the active boards at Joe Louis Arena.

Pavel Datsyuk is out again. Kris Draper will also be in the press box .

In the playoffs, every road team's goal is to earn a split in the other team's building. That can still happen.



Penguins-
Kunitz-Crosby-Guerin
Fedotenko-Malkin-Talbot
Cooke-Staal-Kennedy
Adams-Satan

Orpik-Gonchar
Eaton-Letang
Gill-Scuderi
Boucher

Fleury

Red Wings-
Franzen-Zetterberg-Cleary
Holmstrom-Filppula-Hossa
Hudler-Helm-Samuelsson
Leino-Abdelkader-Maltby

Lidstrom-Rafalski
Kronwall-Stuart
Ericsson-Lebda

Osgood

GO PENS!

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