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Thursday, April 17, 2008

Sweep!! Pens win 3-1 move on to next round

Malkin started the scoring for the pens with his 2ND goal of the playoffs at 1:40 of the 2ND period assisted by Crosby and Gonchar to make it 1-0 pens.
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Later in the 2ND period the senators got a goal from Cory Stillman at 10:31 assisted by Redden and Volchenkov. With the score tied at 1 the pens got a goal from an unlikely source as Jarkko Ruutu scored a highlight goal by spinning as he was on a partial breakaway. Tyler Kennedy got the assist at 15:28.
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Then with Ottawa attacking hard Fleury was able to make some great saves down the stretch which lead to an empty net goal by Sidney Crosby to make it 3-1. His second goal of the playoffs came at 19:52 and was unassisted.
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Here are my awards for round one of the playoffs

Penguins MVP:
The MVP has to be Marc-andre Fleury.


  • He gave up a total of 5 goals in four games
  • Fleury posted a goals against average of just 1.26
  • He finished with a save percentage of .955

Penguins X-FACTOR:
Jarkko Ruutu was by far the most underrated player in this series.


  • He drew a huge penalty late in game 2 which lead to Ryan Malone's game winning goal with just over a minute left
  • He did not take one penalty during the entire series, something that he did a lot of in the regular season
  • His amazing goal that he scored last night proved to be the game winner

Best Offensive Player:

Tie Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin

  • Sidney Crosby leads all players in playoff scoring with 8 points (2 goals and 6 assists)
  • Evgeni Malkin is tied for second with 7 points (2 goals and 5 assists)
  • Both players shined at times

Best Defensive Player:

Everyone on defense has stepped but I think Rob Scuderi played the best.

  • He was tied for second on the team with a +3
  • He took only one penalty
  • Scuderi just really did everything a defense men is supposed to do.

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