By Brian Cazeneuve, SI.com
1. Evgeni Malkin, Penguins: The Pittsburgh vice-superstar scored twice, including a defining breakaway slap shot that put the exclamation point on the Penguins' victory. He also checked, hit and gave a lengthy facewash to bruising Flyers defenseman Derian Hatcher during a late-game scrum.
2. Marian Hossa, Penguins: The Pittsburgh forward, unheralded in the company of sniper teammates Malkin and Sidney Crosby, made one super defensive play after another. When coach Michel Therrien put out the word after the first period that the Penguin forwards needed to do a better job blocking the passing lanes in front of goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury, Hossa put up a fishnet in front of the slot.
3. Mike Richards, Flyers: The Flyers forward scored both of his team's goals in the first period and created what few chances Philly surmounted late in the game once the Penguins started to assume territorial control.
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Wow this had to be scary for Flyers fans. They did exactly what they needed to do, that is not take penalties and be physical, but the Penguins still just dominated basically the last 45 minutes of the game. The entire second and third it seemed as though the Penguins were controlling the puck in the Philly zone, even though the Flyers actually outshot the 'Guins for the game.
It's funny how much shi_t you Philly folks talk before the fact, and the fact is that the Penguins just kicked your assss-sss!!!
Kudos to Richards though, he's pretty, pretty, pretty goood.
fleckpsu06
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The Flyers did everything except have stellar goaltending. That was the only difference.
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Marcy , NY
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FleckPSU06- Did you ever has a history course while at the state university? Pens took game 1 in 2000, and that served them well. Quit chirping after 1 game, most Pens fans are good fans, but you are making them all look like fools with your message board muscles.
Mike1981
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what comes around goes around!!!!
GO PENS!!!!!
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Brandon, FL
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Yea Mike I did take history courses, but unlike wherever you went to school we learned about actual government history and that type of thing, not the 2000 NHL playoffs you moron.
That fact probably means a lot, because you know because something happened once before eight years ago it absolutely means it'll happen again. I don't know how I'm making pens fans look foolish. All I said was that they Flyers played the way they needed and still got beat.
And I don't know if you've been around these message boards for the last six days, but all I've seen are Flyers fans giving us all of the reasons they would win, such as be physical on Malkin and Crosby and getting them off their game. Ask #71 how that strategy worked out.
I even gave Mike Richards credit, which is something nobody in Philly would do for any of our players.
As far as I'm concerned, you're the one casting a foolish light on your teams' fans. But then again, it is Philly, so you're only making the light even brighter than usual.
Oh, and thanks for noticing my muscles, I've been working out.
fleckpsu06
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