Marc-Andre Fleury rebounded from his horrible Game 5 performance to lead the Pittsburgh Penguins to a 2-1 victory over the Detroit Red Wings to even the series at 3. In the first period the Penguins came out on fire and established the pace early limiting the Wings to only 3 shots on goal. For the first time all series these 2 were tied at 0 at the end of the first. In the second it took Jordan Stahl only 51 seconds to break the tie when he and Tyler Kennedy had a 2-on-1 but Stahl kept it to himself, shot the puck, missed and put back his own rebound for a 1-0 Penguins lead. The rest of the period the 2 teams battled back and forth ending the period with the score 1-0 even though Henrik Zetterberg had a shot ricochet off the post and land underneath Fleury who prevented it from going in the net. In the third period MMMMMMMMRRRRRRRRRRRRR. Kennedy, Tyler Kennedy scored what turned out to be the game winner 5 minutes into the period for his 5th goal of the playoffs. Maxime Talbot and Ruslan Fedotenko kept the puck alive in the Wings zone and got the puck to Kennedy who tried a wrap around goal but missed and then he flicked his own rebound up and over Chris Osgood's glove for a 2-0 lead. After that the Red Wings woke up and tried furiously to get back into the game, and veteran Kris Draper provided exactly what they needed. Draper grabbed a Jonathon Ericcson rebound and got the puck past Fleury to cut the Pittsburgh lead in half 2-1. Daniel Cleary had a breakaway opportunity but he was stoned by Fleury with a kick save to keep the Pens in the lead. With 13.7 seconds left and an empty-net the Wings had their best scoring chance denied by Rob Scuderi who was acting like a goalie on this play. Johan Franzen crashed the net with puck and Scuderi was in the crease and block the shot with his stick, then blocked the rebound with his shin, then blocked the final rebound attempt with his skate before Fleury finally fell on it to secure the victory 2-1. Fleury stopped 25 shots while rebounding from his Game 5 performance, but his opposite Osgood played lights out making 29 saves while stopping several very strong scoring chances from Sidney Crosby, Bill Guerin, and Kennedy. If a lesser goalie was in the net for the Wings this series would be over now in favor of Pittsburgh, and last night would have been at least 4-1. For the first time all post-season the Pens 2 big stars were held without a point in a win. Game 7 will be awesome as long as the Pens play with the poise and patience they displayed in their last home game.Game 7 is Friday night back in Detroit.
SERIES TIED AT 3 BETWEEN THE PENGUINS AND RED WINGS
GO PENGUINS!
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