Daniel Briere drew first blood, but it was a river of orange blood that flowed for the remainder of the game. The Penguins (3-3) scored five unanswered goals on their way to a convincing 5-1 win Saturday night over the rival Philadelphia Flyers (2-2-1). The win avenged last week’s win in Pittsburgh by Philadelphia.
The Penguin power play continued to struggle early on with an 0-for-4 start. As the game progressed, the Penguins started taking more shots on goal on the power play and finally showed signs of waking up from hibernation with two power play goals by Sidney Crosby.
Mark Letestu continued his strong 2011 campaign, scoring his third goal of the season. He battled hard in front of the net, before getting his stick free just enough to poke the puck past goaltender Sergei Bobrovsky. Bobrovsky, who had looked stellar in last week’s win over Pittsburgh, seemed to come back to earth a bit in this one.
What can you say about Penguin backup goaltender Brent Johnson? He continued to make some huge saves early in the game to keep it tied at one, and then in the third period he continued t ...
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