Red Wings Suffocate Penguins, Up 1-0
May 26th, 2008 • Fantasy • History • Injuries • Players • Playoffs • Rumors • Scores • Standings • Teams • Trades • Transactions • Uncategorized
Chris Osgood got the victory for the Detroit Red Wings in game one of the Stanley Cup Championship series stopping all 19 shots that he faced including a dandy of a glove save grab on an awkard shot that hit off Sidney Crosby and almost bounced in the net.
Going into the third period Detroit was winning one to zero when they stepped their game up and took care of business in the third period with Mikael Samuelsson scoring the first two goals of the game followed by a short-handed goal by Daniel Cleary and a power play goal by Henrik Zetterberg.
Detroit played physical hockey and their defense was able to win the game by seriously wounding the Penguins attack. Defensemen Brian Rafalski and Nicklas Lidstrom played 24 and 25 minutes while holding Pittsburgh to four shots in the second period and three shots in the third period. Detoit Defenseman Niklas Kronwall rocked the Penguins Ryan Malone and was plus-3 in the game. Kronwall is now plus-10 in the Stanley Cup Playoffs and has 16 penalty minutes and 12 assists.
Look for Pittsburgh Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury to bounce back in Game two after shaking off the jitters of his first Stanley Cup Championship game. In order for that to happen the Penguins are going to have to get Evgeni Malkin into the scoring and shoot more than just seven shots in the last two periods in order to take the pressure of Fleury and Defensemen Gonchar and Orpik.