Coming into the game all favors were for Detroit, all teams had won at home and about 30years no game 7 home team had lost. And it was did Marian Hossa pick the right team. In the first period it was mostly Pittsburgh outshooting the Detroit Red Wings. In the second period Maxime Talbot scores with about 1minute in and about 10minute mark he scores again. In the third period the tides had turn to Detroit putting pressure on the Penguins by hitting the poles a couple of times but Ericsson scores to make it 2-1, and in the dying seconds of the period Marc-Andrei Fluery made a HUGH save on Nik Listrom to win the Stanley CUP! Pittsburgh Penguins is your 2009 NHL Stanely Cup Champions. Well it looks like Hossa didn’t pick the right team and Pittsburgh defied all odds to win it.
Other News: Malkin wins Conn Smythe Winner, while in the AHL the Hersey Bears win 4-1 and the Calder Cup.
Will the Pittsburgh Penguins do it again? And i mean by coming back from a 2-0 series lead and tie it. Back in round 2 they were down 2-0 against Washington and came home to win two straight and winning the next at Washington. The Pittsburgh got the first goal again, Malkin scoring early on a powerplay, but again the lead did not held as Helm scores to tie it. Early in the second period Stuart scores fast to make it 2-1, but Staal comes alive in a penalty kill as Talbot pass to Staal to score a shorthanded goal. And Crbosy scores to maek it 3-2, and set up Kennedy to make it 4-2. As Pittsburgh Penguins ties the series at 2 games a piece.
The Chicago came into game 5 looking to bounce back from a 6-1, both teams strong and they were score less untill the third when Clearly tipped a shot into the net behind Huet. And with 7:07 left Kane scores top shelf to tie the game. Going into Overtime Darren Helm scores a timely big goal to knock the Hawks out of the Playoffs. Setting a rematch of last years 2008 Stanley Cup Finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Detroit Redwings.
An early start to game 4 of the Red Wings and BlackHawks. Hawks coming off a big win against the Wings but the Wings score shorthanded courtesy of Hossa. and from that on it was all Red Wings, Frazen, Filppula, Hossa made it 4-1 then Zetterberg scores twice making it 6-1. Huet was pulled, but came back in the 3rd period while Osgood did not play the 3rd period due to dehydration. Havlat played but was not useful, Listrom, Draper, Datsyuk did not play.
The Hawks had one goal and was to come out hard, and they did just that but wit ha 3-0 lead in the second period and everything was lost when Detroit rally from a 3-0 deficit tying it 3-3 but Sharp scores in OT to win it.
The day where the 3rd round would be decided by two game sevens, and it was the Ducks and RedWings first off, and the Wings jumped of to a great start by scoring two, but later on the ducks would rally from a 3-1 to a 3-3 and RedWings would score late w/ around 3minutes left to win the series, 4-3.
Another two game day on the night, And we’ll start it off with the Penguins and the Capitals. Capitals need a win to force game 7 and they did jsut that as they roll pass the Penguins 5-4 in overtime dispite Crosby scoring late to tie the game.
