Pittsburgh Penguins’ Expectations Are High After Poor Finish
August 16th, 2010 by Laura Falcon Leave a reply »The Pittsburgh Penguins were down 3-0 in Game Seven against the Montreal Canadiens. Despite the score falling in the other team's favor, there was no need for concern.
This team dug themselves out of deeper holes in the past.
Things started to look up when Andrei Kostitsyn took a roughing penalty four minutes into the second period. While the power play wasn't very successful against the Canadiens, the Pens could always find a way to convert when they needed it, especially after tapping into a power play machine against the Ottawa Senators.
But things weren't clicking.
Just over a minute into the power play, Chris Kunitz dropped a sloppy pass back that was intercepted by penalty killer Travis Moen before it could reach Sergei Gonchar on the point.
The takeaway itself would have been harmless if Gonchar put a body or stick on Moen to disrupt the play.
Only he did neither.
Moen slipped right by him, getting a clear shot on net. Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury may have been too stunned to make a save.
The goal was the exclamation point at the end of the Pens' season.
It wa ...
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