Wings Storm Past Pens In Game 5
by motownchollis on Jun 7, 2009 4:16 AM CDT
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With both media and fans alike questioning the ability of the Red Wings to perform tonight, Hockeytown's finest stepped up and delivered a championship caliber performance, dropping the Pittsburgh Penguins 5-0 in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Finals.
Despite being outplayed early in the first period, the Wings would rally behind the some big saves from goaltender Chris Osgood and the return of Hart Trophy candidate Pavel Datsyuk. Dan Cleary would have the early answer, taking a Datsyuk pass and burying a wrist shot over the glove of Marc-Andre Fleury to give the Wings a 1-0 lead just over halfway through the first.
And then the flood gates opened.
It wouldn't take long for the Wings to strike again, as Valtteri Filppula connected on a semi-breakway to put the Wings up by two. Less than five minutes later the Wings would add to their lead when Niklas Kronwall stepped in front of the net with the puck and put home a power play goal above the shoulder of Fleury. It wouldn't take long for the Wings to strike again, as they headed to another power play and scored just over two minutes later on a Brian Rafalski blast from the point. As the Pens reeled, the Wings went for the kill, and Henrik Zetterberg was the man to end Fleury's night, beating him on the power play to give the Wings a 5-0 lead and send Fleury to the showers early.
Chris' Red Wing of the Game
Pavel Datsyuk
Pasha helped get the Wings on the board with an early assist on the Cleary goal, and he would add another in the second. His spark jump-started the Wings and the crowd alike, spurring the Wings on to a Game 5 win.
The Wings will now enjoy two days of rest before looking to wrap this series up in Game 6 in Pittsburgh on Tuesday night. The puck drops at 8:00 PM and the game can be seen on NBC and CBC.
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Didn't get to see some, but I enjoyed what I did see
Not sure if I’ll be here for game 6 either, but hopefully we can end it.
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by MrNFL on Jun 7, 2009 6:27 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
Datsyuk's feet
were a little slow but his stickwork was as fast and as good as ever.
by MrNorrisTrophy on Jun 7, 2009 9:24 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
i agree
he looked pretty damn good last night even if it was only about 75-80%
1 more win for back to back on the Pens and a repeat Go Wings!!!
by TuLoRocks2008 on Jun 7, 2009 9:33 AM CDT up reply actions 0 recs
That 80% beats the majority of the league anyways......
But they did seem to be a more relaxed team with him out there.
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by Captain Fubar on Jun 7, 2009 10:54 AM CDT reply actions 0 recs
The wings didn’t look as slow. I have not even tried to look don’t know the stats, but the wings connected on at least twice as many passes as in game 4. If the wings can figure out how to score in Flopidelphia then call it over in 6, otherwise…
On a different note, I haven’t seen many people comenting on NBC anouncers saying they thought that Pavel should have been pulled after they went up 5-0.
SHOOOOOOOT IT!!!! Anon
by burpchelischili on Jun 7, 2009 4:49 PM CDT reply actions 0 recs
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