Penguins vs. Red Wings

This game was the Penguins’ finest performance of the season. It wasn’t their most complete performance, as they were outplayed most of the game, but they stood with the Red Wings and didn’t back down. They had many reasons for losing the game too. They were down a defenseman when Rob Scuderi had to leave the game after blocking a shot. They were on the road playing against the defending Stanley Cup champions (Detroit Red Wings). They were badly outplayed during long stretches of the game. The Red Wings looked like they were playing on a higher level. Not to mention, there were times in the game where Detroit built leads of 5-2 and 6-4. The Penguins were barely holding on and time was running out but we refused to die. They didn’t quit and it paid off when they pulled off an improbable and very exciting comeback, tying the game with 22.8 seconds left. The Penguins were the better team in the third period and overtime. And in sudden death, it was Pittsburgh that delivered the knockout blow with little time remaing in OT. And thank God because if they would have gone into a shootout, who knows what would have happened. All I know is that Detroit would have put out Marian Hossa (taken from Pittsburgh), Pavel Datsyuk, and Henrik Zetterberg probably as their top three. And those are some pretty top shootout scorers in the NHL. But of course we would have thrown back Evgeni Malkin, Sidney Crosby, and probably Miroslav Satan or Petr Sykora. All that matters is that we sealed the deal in Detroit and are having an exceptional season so far.