Wings Put Pens on Brink

This is a day late, but I was traveling all day yesterday, so I didn’t have time to update the blog at all. Anyway, the Wings destroyed the Pens on Saturday night, and Fleury looked like a peewee goalie. Those were some extreme softies. As alarming as Fleury’s play was, it was just as alarming how much of an effect Datsyuk had on the Pens. He leveled Malkin, who had been red hot, and really set the tone for the game. He is such a complete two-way player. He did it all; two assists, drawing penalties, and shutting down the other half of the Crosby/Malkin combo.

The Pens are in trouble, but I still stand by my prediction earlier that the team that wins Game 6 wins the series. Fleury needs to make up for his awful performance on Saturday, and steal Game 6. It’s quite obvious that Crosby cannot solve Zetterberg, and it looks like Malkin won’t be able to solve Datsyuk, even though his line controlled a good portion of the first period.

And how about that Cindy Crosby and the vicious slash he took at Zetterberg? Considering how often Crosby whines to the refs, how about showing some restraint and professionalism and not take a cheap two-handed slash to someone who is clearly shutting you down? If you want the calls to go for you, then you can’t be giving cheap shots like that.

Game 6 on Tuesday will be a dogfight. If you haven’t been watching the series, you should tune in.