As soon as the puck dropped at Mellon Arena, Colton Orr and Eric Godard engaged at center ice and threw wildly at eachother. After a few hits and misses, Godard delivered the knockout blow, catching Orr on the chin and dropping him to the ice. Sidney Crosby delivered the perverbial knockout blow to Henrik Lundqvist and the New York Rangers Wednesday night when he roofed a backhand shot from the right slot. Crosby intercepted a pass and quickly spun to his left and caught everyone, possibly even himself, by surprise. The result was a jaw dropping goal and a huge boost for the confidence of not only the Penguins, but for the fans as well.
Kris Letang broke out of his scoring slump and scored twice, once from a feed by Crosby, and his second was a great individual effort. Letang maneuvered the puck to center ice and just put on the after-burners. He flew by a Rangers' defensemen and was able to slap the puck through the five-hole of Lundqvist. Petr Sykora also had two goals.
Ryan Whitney and Jordan both picked up two points, two helpers for Ryan, and a goal and an assist for Jordan. Evgeni Malkin increased his point total to 71 but now only holds a 7 point lead over team-mate Sidney Crosby for the scoring title after Crosby's four-point performance.
It was a great game for the team overall. Fleury held strong in net, especially early, and the team exploded for 5 goals in the third. Well, it's Friday and it's 7:00pm which means the Penguins are about to take on the Devils. Let's go Pens!
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