It's going to be the Penguins and Flyers, the battle of pennsylvania. The Penguins scored a 2-0 lead in the second period but quickly lost that when the Rangers tallied two goals in the early third period. The Pens ultimately won in over time 3-2 to take the series 4-1.
I am actually surprised that the Penguins won this game. Although, i believe the Rangers were heavily outgunned in nearly all departments. The Rangers were playing more disciplined Hockey over the last two games. Infact, The Penguins played some of their worst Hockey over these last two games. Mounting 14 penalties in game 4. I credit Fluery for being the only reason why the score was left at only 2-0 in that game. This last game, today nearly gave me a god damned heart attack. I'm not sure if the Penguins were just overly anxious to move on, but the Pens performance was riddled with sloppy play of numerous missed shots, broken passes and flat out missed passes. It surprises me to know that the Penguins put 3 goals and 40 shots on the board with a few unecessary penalties and such sloppy play. I am not trying to take away from the Pens play, because i believe they are now the strongest team and the rangers had every opportunity to snuff the Pens or at least drag them out to 6 games.
As far as the Pens and the Flyers. Im sure that will be one physical series. A series that i believe the Penguins will take with their speed and aggression, but The flyers did upset the top seed Canadians in a most impressive series. This will be one exciting series for sure.
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Gotta say I'm a bit worried. The Red Wings look tight as hell, and even the Rangers probably deserved another win in that series. The Pens are talented and have some excellent games, but can be sloppy more than a lot of other teams.
Pens had about 10 times as many chances as the Rangers in the series, and especially in yesterday's game. That being said, I wouldn't have been surprised if the Rangers got an out-of-left-field goal (like their 2nd goal) in OT to win it after killing off the penalty to start the period. But it didn't happen, and adios to them.
that was an exciting game, both goalies made some great saves during the 4 overtime, but in the end, sharks just couldn't convert on that power-play, but stars did. That is a real shame.
thinking that flyers will have lots of surprises for pens and win in 6 games, while stars and wings might go to like 7 game series and stars taking it.
For the first time I'm not sure about the matchups. If I was to go with my gut feeling I would say that the Wings and Flyers would win, but other than that I can't say I have a strong opinion of either series.
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Yeah, they have to be favorites to win their next series. I just don't like how many penalties we took in the Rangers series. Undisciplined, and the competition will only get tougher. If we're playing 4-manned against the Wings as much as we did with the Rangers, they'll get their asses handed to them.
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