SCF GAME 5 GDT: Penguins 0 at Red Wings 5

[eva unit zero 271]

Wonder what Hoss was thinking when he leveled Garon.

He was thinking "s***, the goalie beat me to the puck! I better not hit him or I'll get a penalty."

[chrisdetroit 189]

Nah finish it off in 6.

I want to see Hossa skate around Mellon Arena with the Cup

Priceless

[Barrie 900]

I want to see Hossa skate around Mellon Arena with the Cup

Priceless

Me too!

[WingsFan_in_the_St8_of_Hockey 0]

I want to see Hossa skate around Mellon Arena with the Cup

Priceless

Agreed. It would also show the world how classless the Pens fans are since they would litter the ice with everything they can get their hands on, including their paper mache Cup replicas and a kitchen sink or two.

[#18 the _Hoss_ 2]

Gary does not like this.

Great team performance !

[Redspath 0]

awesome game! great to see Dats back! and to see Crosby and Malkin upset! woooooooooo! go Redwings!

[Doc Holiday 0]

Awesome image from Yahoo! from tonight's game. It looks like SOMEBODY is getting singled out for poor play

[Xitium 272]

One of the best parts about last night was when there was 4:10 left in the 3rd and Cooke was yapping at Hudler, and Huds just kept looking at the scoreboard.

[LeftWinger 4,961]

http://www.chicagotribune.com/sports/hocke...0,4619978.story

Chicago Tribune making fun of the crybaby's!

[LeftWinger 4,961]

Gary does not like this.

Great team performance !

I think that his look says, that deep down inside, he is saying to himself, self "THAT, THAT is my poster child!!?!! This is MY poster Franchise?!!? What can I do to get Mike Ilitch to move his team to New York or Phoenix? Can I get Ken Holland fired somehow and then get him a job in Columbus?"

[BuckeyeWingsfan80 209]

I think that his look says, that deep down inside, he is saying to himself, self "THAT, THAT is my poster child!!?!! This is MY poster Franchise?!!? What can I do to get Mike Ilitch to move his team to New York or Phoenix? Can I get Ken Holland fired somehow and then get him a job in Columbus?"

columbus would take that in an instant.

That said, I think Scott Howson is doing a decent job there. He'll be upgraded to good if he finds some way to keep Rick Nash from going to playoff oblivion in Toronto.

[Xitium 272]

From Pittsburgh's Post Gazette...

For Penguins, it was only one loss, but ...

DETROIT -- The good news? Even though the Penguins played horrendously and showed a frightening and despicable lack of discipline in their 5-0 Game 5 loss to the Detroit Red Wings last night, it counts as only one defeat. Sure, it was so ridiculously easy and lopsided for the Red Wings that, by rights, NHL commissioner Gary Bettman probably should have gone right ahead and handed them the Stanley Cup in front of their throbbing, sea-of-red crowd at Joe Louis Arena. They deserved it. But, thankfully for your Penguins, that is not the way it works in a best-of-seven series. Detroit still needs one more victory. The Penguins live to play Game 6 Tuesday night at Mellon Arena.

And the bad news?

Oh my, where do I start?

How about with special teams? They were so decidedly in the Penguins' favor in their 4-2 victories in Games 3 and 4 but were an absolute train wreck for the Pittsburgh hockey club last night. It failed to score on a power-play chance early in a scoreless game when it could have kept the momentum rolling and silenced the big crowd. It didn't even get a shot on goal, actually. The Red Wings, on the other hand, cashed in for not one, not two, but three man-advantage goals. Yikes.

"It was pretty obvious what happened," Penguins winger Bill Guerin said. "Their power play was on and we kept going to the box. Penalties were definitely an issue for us."

So was goaltending. Marc-Andre Fleury, who was so splendid in the Penguins' two wins, fished out five pucks from his net in the first 36 minutes before getting mercifully yanked, presumably to give him more time before Game 6 to recover from the shock of this embarrassment. After Detroit center Henrik Zetterberg beat Fleury for the fifth goal, you almost could hear Red Wings fans murmuring, "Fellas, could you please save a few for the next game?"

"Flower will bounce back from this and be himself in Game 6," Penguins defenseman Rob Scuderi said. "He always bounces back."

Fleury isn't the only one who needs to regroup.

It almost seems comical now that some of the Penguins believed the Red Wings were in a state of disarray in Game 4. There was only team in disarray last night, and it wasn't Detroit. Shamefully, the Penguins lost their cool to the point that they took 12 penalties, including three by Evgeni Malkin and 10-minute misconducts by Craig Adams, Max Talbot and Matt Cooke.

For a minute there, I thought I was watching the cheap-shot Philadelphia Flyers.

"You're going to have emotions in a situation where you're not getting a result," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said.

Maybe, but I wonder what Bylsma would have said if a Detroit player had slashed, say, Sidney Crosby the way Talbot slashed Detroit star Pavel Datsyuk at the end of the second period.

Hockey people are so hypocritical.

Certainly, the older, wiser Red Wings were the much more composed team and didn't appear to be the least bit tired, as many of the Penguins had suggested after Game 4. That fatigue factor could work against Detroit in Game 6, though. Celebrating all of those goals last night could tucker out just about anyone.

But the worst news by far is that, if the Penguins are to win the Cup, they have to take not only Game 6 but come back here and nab Game 7 Friday night in a building where they have so much trouble scoring goals. Really, it doesn't much matter how bad the special teams, goaltending and team discipline are if you can't put the puck in the net. You just can't win if you can't score.

The Penguins can't here.

Malkin and Crosby, who combined for two goals and six assists in Games 3 and 4, got nothing last night. Give a lot of the credit for that to brilliant two-way centers Zetterberg and Datsyuk. As expected, Datsyuk -- an NHL MVP candidate -- gave Detroit an enormous lift after missing the first four games because of a broken foot.

But the Penguins' scoring difficulties here didn't just start last night. In Games 1 and 2, they managed a goal each night. Going back to the Cup final last season, which the Red Wings won in six games, they were shut out at The Joe in Games 1 and 2, although, miracle of miracles, they found a way to win Game 5 in Detroit, 4-3 in three overtimes.

No such luck in this Game 5.

Not even close.

A lot of us -- not to mention the Penguins -- might not have expected this humiliating outcome, but Detroit coach Mike Babcock all but predicted it. "I'm a big believer in us," he said. "So they've won two games ... We'll be all right."

That was pretty much the same message that came from the Penguins' room last night. "We could have lost, 10-0, and it's still only worth one," Scuderi said. "Just because they beat us bad tonight doesn't mean they won the Stanley Cup."

True, so true.

As late, great Penguins coach Badger Bob Johnson used to say, "You can lose three games and still win the series."

I fully expect the Penguins to play a terrific game Tuesday night and win.

But then they would have to come back here for Game 7.

Good luck with that.

You know its bad when your own columnists are calling you out for gooning it up.

[Detroit # 1 Fan 2,204]

Haha, just saw all the highlights from yesterday. The Pens are done, just like Chicago they totally lost it this game and started trying to fight everyone. This is the ******* Stanley Cup playoffs not a home and home series in Febuary. Maxime Talbot is a little *****, he throws more dirty shots, punches, facewashes and slashs then anyone in recent history. If I was playing for Detroit I wouldnt even look at him in the handshake lines, same with Cooke. Jesus, Danny Bylsma is the only player on Pittsburgh with any class.

[EuroTwin 240]

OH

MY

GOD.

:rotflmao:

One of the best parts about last night was when there was 4:10 left in the 3rd and Cooke was yapping at Hudler, and Huds just kept looking at the scoreboard.

Rex finds ways to make me love him more.