Sunday, May 31, 2009

Game 1: Red Wings 3 Penguins 1

Well, I'm definitely pumped that we were able to take Game 1 of the series, but I'm a little skeptical as to how Game 2 is gonna go. Ozzie was brilliant, but he had to be a little too brilliant at times. Pittsburgh looked like they were taking it to the Wings for a great deal of the second period.

I don't buy the "bounce of the boards being lucky" business, however. Everyone knows that the Joe has some active boards, and Fleury was way to slow to react on the first two goals. He definitely got outplayed by Ozzie tonight. Pittsburgh let that first goal happen by failing to clear the puck out of the zone twice in a few seconds, then the Wings capitalized.

How about Abdelkader stepping up and making a big play in the third! The depth continues to amaze me. It will have to keep shining if we are going to let Pittsburgh get 30 shots on us. We'll see how tomorrow goes on a back to back night. Should be interesting.

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