+/- Assessment:
1st Goal Against (Voracek): - for
- Neal – in the penalty box for elbowing (a soft call, but he still put himself in position for it unnecessarily)
- Martin – had no clue Voracek was sliding down from his point position
- Orpik – didn’t adjust to Simmonds going down low, leaving Martin to cover Simmonds and the back side
1st Goal For (Kunitz): + for
- Crosby – steals the puck at the blue line from Couturier and passes it to Letang
- Letang – puts the puck into the slot/crease area
- Kunitz – picks up the puck in front and scores
2nd Goal Against (Rinaldo): - for
- Niskanen – not back into the play yet after serving an interference penalty
- Crosby – doesn’t go out to the point after the faceoff (miscommunication with Kunitz)
- Kunitz – doesn’t go out to the point after the faceoff (miscommunication with Crosby)
- Engelland – leans on Rinaldo, but releases when the puck gets to the net
3rd Goal Against (Timonen): - for
- Engelland – stops abruptly in front of Fleury, creating a screen instead of following the puck out to Timonen
- (also Fleury’s fault, he should have had it)
4th Goal Against (Voracek): - for
- Neal – in the penalty box for slashing
- No One Else – there were 3 bad bounces that worked against the Pens in about 4 seconds
2nd Goal For (Dupius): + for
- Kunitz – keeps the puck in on the first clearing attempt
- Orpik – gets the puck at the blue line and fires it to the net
- Crosby – takes the puck behind the net and gives Dupuis a perfect saucer pass
- Dupuis – scores on a wide open net
3rd Goal For (Neal): + for
- Bennett – takes the puck away from Simmonds in the offensive zone
- Malkin – draws Coburn’s attention on the crease and pulls him further away from Neal
- Neal – puts the puck towards the net and it banks in off of Coburn
4th Goal For (Kennedy): + for
- Sutter – dumps puck in, tries to put it on net, and provides a screen in front of Bryzgalov
- Cooke – keeps the puck in with a forecheck and then sets up Kennedy
- Kennedy – keeps the puck in with a forecheck and then finds open space to one-time Cooke’s pass into the net
5th Goal For (Kunitz): + for
- Dupuis – takes the puck away from Timonen at the defensive blue line, chips it up to Kunitz
- Crosby – sets up Kunitz for the goal
- Kunitz – passes the puck to Crosby and then gets into a shooting position to score the game winner
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