Montreal @ Pittsburgh Game 1 CSF

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Game 1 CSF Montreal @ Pittsburgh Game 1

Some pre-match thoughts... Gill vs. his old team, Montreal can no just go after crosby because they have Staal, Malkin, Talbot and more.

1st Period
1-0 PK Subban (unassisted)
1-1 PPG- Sergei Gonchar! (1) (Kris Letang (1), Evgeni Malkin (5)
1-2 PPG- Jordan Staal! (2) (Alexei Ponikarovsky (3), Alex Goligoski (3)

2nd Period
1-3 PPG- Kris Letang! (3) (Sidney Crosby (10)
2-3 Michael Cammalleri (S.Gomez, B.Gionta)
2-4 Craig Adams! (2) (Pascal Dupuis (4), Matt Cooke (2)

3rd Period
2-5 PPG- Alex Goligoski! (2) (Sidney Crosby (11), Bill Guerin (5)
3-5 PPG- Brian Gionta (M.Bergeron, S.Gomez)
3-6 EN- Bill Guerin! (3) (Chris Kunitz (5), Brooks Orpik (1).

Marc-Andre Fleury 28-31 Saves
J.Halak 15-20 Saves = BAD!
C. Price 3-3 Saves


Start of 1st Period

5min in to the first period, letang trys to get the puck out of his zone but it comes to Subban and he shoots and scores.... 1-0 Montreal.

Powerplay for pittsburgh coming up. Great passing by the Penguins, Malkin to Letang to Gonchar to letang to malkin to letang to Gonchar He shoots and SCOREEEEEEEEEEEEEES!!! 1-1 Penguins Tie it!

12min in to the first period Cooke with a great clean hit on Markov and injures Markov, then a "Fight" Breakes loose between Eaton and Moen.

14min in to the 1st period Staal gets it in on the powerplay, passes it to Poni, Poni passes it back to Staal and Staal let's it rip! GOAL!!!!! 2-1 PITTSBURGH!. Crosby with a great tackle on Gorges.

End of 1st peripd

Start of 2nd Period
3min in to the 2nd Period, Penguin on the Powerplay, Crosby takes the puck, passes it to Letang, Waits and Shoots...GOAL!!!! 3-1 Penguins!

5min in to the 2nd period, we get some stats on Halak. in the games 5-7 Halak let in 3 goals on 134 shots. Tonight 3 goals on 8 shots. Crapitals Suck?

8min in to the 2nd period, Crosby gets a highstick by a Montreal Player and Bleeds. No Penalty WTF?, Then Fleury with a great save!

13min in to the 2nd period, Fleury with an AWESOME save on Gomez!

16min in to the 2nd period, Gionta gets the puck to Gomez and finds Cammalleri by the net, passes and Cammalleri scores... 2-3 Montreal.

18min in to the 2nd period, Cooke gets the puck to Dupuis and finds Adams wide open and Adams Scores!!!! 4-2 Pittsburgh!!!. Great Goal a must see!

End of 2nd Period

Start of 3rd Period

3min in to the 3rd Period, Penguins on the Powerplay, Gonchar gives it to Goligoski and he shoots it to the net, it comes out to Crosby, Crosby gives it back to Goligoski and SCORES!! 5-2 Penguins!!! 4th Powerplay Goal of the night!! YEAH!

5min in to the 3rd period, Letang gives it to Talbot has a great chance but a good save by halak, just a few seconds after Montreal Changes Goalie. "nananana, nananana, Hey hey hey, Goodbye!!,nananana, nananana, Hey hey hey, Goodbye!!"

7min in to the 3rd period, Talbot gets a breakaway by a good pass from Orpik, Shoots but misses..

9min in to the 3rd period, a great pass by Gonchar to Malkin, Malkin on a breakaway shoots and misses by inches..

10min in to the 3rd period, a great Scrum with Rupp and Adams vs. Montreal

13min in to the 3rd period, Gomez to Bergeron to Gionta and Scores.. 3-5 Montreal

19min in to the 3rd period, Montreal with an extra skater, Orpik punches it out to Kunitz and has Guerin Wide open, Passes it an Guerin Scores!!!! 6-3 Pittsburgh!!!!

End of 3rd Period! Woohoo!!!!

Some Notes, Staal Got injured in the match... and will miss the next game... We will miss him! <3 height="385" width="480">

3 Stars
1. Defenders of Pittsburgh/ Fleury.
2. Crosby
3. Talbot/Adams/Staal.

Do It
LGP!!!!<3<3<3<3