Oh crap!!
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This series is going back to Pittsburgh and Petr Sykora is why.
His goal 9:57 into OT gave the Pens a 4-3 win and a ticket back to Pittsburgh in an attempt to force a Game 7.
The power play tally came just 36 seconds after Rob Scuderi was high sticked by Jiri Hudler. Clearly this was a call that had to be made and it had to be a 4:00 double minor. Another big thing from that goal was a sighting from Evgeni Malkin who got the primary assist on Sykora’s game winner. Considering that Malkin looked like he was dogging it most of the overtime, it was a bit unexpected. Detroit outshot 58-32 and really was the better team throughout.
However, Pittsburgh jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first before Detroit got it in gear. When Adam Hall scored another surprising goal (his 2nd unassisted goal), the crowd in Joe Louis went DEAD! The hunger in Pittsburgh faded when Sergei Gonchar went out with an injury. Other players were already banged up but most thought he would not return even the TV folks. Detroit took advantage scoring three unanswered…from Helm, Datsyuk, and Rafalski. Rafalski appeared to be the hero when Pittsburgh pulled the goalie with less than a minute left. Then a bad clearing attempt led to Crosby keeping the play alive….the puck went over to Hossa and then to Max Talbot of all people who tied the game at 3 and kept the season and the Pens’ heart alive.
From there…the OT’s seemed to blend into each other. Every opportunity that Detroit had seemed to become more magnified. Datsyuk and Zetterberg were amazing tonight but in the end, Fleury foiled every Detroit attempt at a cup clincher. Marc-Andre Fleury was the star here even if Petr Sykora called his shot and delivered. So why is this series going 6….look no further than Fleury, who has a bright and amazing future in this league….a future far better than it looked early last year….that is a given!
Pittsburgh did take his share of knocks in this game. Gonchar still looked gimpy even in that one shift when the Pens scored. The whole team looked fatigued. I just wonder kind of aloud…do they have anything left in the tank for Wednesday? Maybe the adrenaline of the home crowd will help them or will the anger of Detroit’s disappointment be the deciding factor? We’ll find out Wednesday.
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