The Pittsburgh Penguins lost their playoff opener to the rival Philadelphia Flyers on Wednesday night, and while the loss certainly stings, it wasn't a completely lost performance. The Penguins started off very hot in this game, but the Flyers gradually wore down the Penguins defense and completed their comeback with a game-winning goal in overtime. Our Penguins blog PensBurgh breaks it down.
The Penguins came out on fire Wednesday night in the first game of their opening round playoff match-up against the Philadelphia Flyers. Sidney Crosby, Tyler Kennedy scored goals in rapid fire succession and Pascal Dupuis added a cherry on top near the end of the opening frame, lending the hosts a dominant 3-0 lead by the end of the first period. Alas, it was only a loan. Things slowly, gradually fell apart. A sneaky Danny Briere goal here, another there, a gradually eroding defense all over the place.
That was not a very good start to the series for the Penguins, but there is still a lot of hockey to be played, and if they can just capture the way they played to start this game and come out swinging in the next game, they'll have a good chance to split their home games and head out to Philadelphia with a little bit of momentum.
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