The NHL Eastern Conference Final comes down to one last game between the defending Stanley Cup champion Pittsburgh Penguins and the surprising Ottawa Senators, who have been underdogs every step of the way during their playoff run.
After Evgeni Malkin opened the scoring early in the second period thanks to a relentless individual effort that cashed in a Pittsburgh flurry, Bobby Ryan snapped Ottawa's 0-for-29 dry spell on the power play with a 5-on-3 goal at 13:15 of the second period to bring the Senators level.
The game started out cautiously, but the Senators took a few penalties, a scary proposition after the Penguins scored three power-play goals in Game 5. The game was keep the ball in the air, and if it hit the ground on your watch, you're out. "I don't think you worry too much about how many shots".
Ottawa kept its season alive on Tuesday night with a 2-1 victory at home to even this series at 3-3.
This is a lot of juice to lay in a series that has been back and forth and very tight with a lot of these games being able to go either way.
With Ottawa facing elimination and Anderson coming off of a disastrous performance, he's probably going to be on his game tonight. "I approach it as an opportunity to play and enjoy the game for everything it is". The Senators can absolutely win this game, and this series. Malkin scored a goal in Game 6 that was as close to a one-man show as it gets.
In the past six attempts, the Penguins are 0-6 in closing out Game 7s at home when losing Game 6. I know the importance of me going into a Game 7.
The Penguins may not have won Game 6, but they still had a strong showing.
Boucher doesn't care how his team gets it done in Game 7; he just wants them to find a way.
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Malkin, with 153 career playoff points and 1.08 points per-game, sits only a touch behind Crosby statistically in the post-season, but nearly without exception it's Crosby who's drawn (and continues to draw) the opposition's fiercest opponent, including Erik Karlsson presently and P.K. Subban and Mattias Ekholm if the Pens prevail and face the Preds.
Colton Sissons scored a hat trick with his third goal the game-winner with 6:00 left, and goalie Pekka Rinne made 38 saves as the Predators beat the Anaheim Ducks 6-3 on Monday night in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals.
"I've been really blessed and really fortunate to be on good teams with great players", Cullen said.
General manager David Poile detailed Johansen's condition in a statement Sunday, two days after Nashville announced the top scorer's season had been ended by a thigh injury after Game 4 of the Western Conference finals. In Game 4, the Brian Dumoulin-Ron Hainsey defensive pairing spent almost 10 minutes at even strength in Game 4 defending against Ovechkin's line.
The game plan, though, isn't to make goalie Craig Anderson make 45 stops in Game 7 and the Senators know there's areas that need improvement.
While Anderson has always been well-respected, you earn your stripes in the playoffs.
Its something for you guys to write stories about, but in our minds and in the room weve put that behind us and were focused on tomorrow.. Their scoring power goes far beyond Sidney Crosby and a goal can come from any player at nearly any time.
The 26-year-old Schultz leads all Pittsburgh defencemen with eight points in 14 games this post-season.
"Yesterday, we had a meeting and that was the talk down here", Hoffman said.
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