Our Stanley Cup player reviews: Crosby, Osgood, Malkin and more
Scott Burnside...here's a review of all the top players from the Stanley Cup finals: • Chris Osgood Although he may have strayed just a little too far to his right, giving Maxime Talbot...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 13, 2009First-period report: Goalies strong, Crosby seeing lots of Zetterberg ... we smell overtime
Scott Burnside...least one shift on Crosby 's line in place of Bill Guerin. Marc-Andre Fleury and Chris Osgood look like they're on their respective games, making sure loose pucks don't get away...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 12, 2009A playoff pattern? Not in these finals
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comA playoff series will often follow some sort of pattern, but not these Cup finals. It has made the series both compelling and maddeningly difficult to predict. Here's a review.
Story | Conversation | June 11, 2009First-period report: Strong start for Penguins, but they failed to score
Scott Burnside...two first-period power plays even though they had a couple of decent chances. Once again, Chris Osgood is standing tall -- Conn Smythe, anyone? -- in the Detroit net. One of the interesting differences is...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 09, 2009Will? Character? Penguins show both
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comSheer will? Character? The Pens proved they are a team that possesses those qualities after denying the Red Wings a chance to duplicate their feat from last year of celebrating a Cup win on Mellon Arena ice.
Story | Conversation | June 09, 2009Our special take on the mundane quote
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comWe're taking it one game at a time. There's no "I" in team. An elimination game brings out the cliches, and we're breaking out our own translations of the mundane and predictable.
Story | Conversation | June 08, 2009Game 5 goalie stories: Osgood posts another shutout, while Fleury gets pulled
Scott Burnside...discussion of the Wings' power-play success and the Penguins' lack of discipline was the fact Chris Osgood pitched another shutout. He turned aside 22 shots for his 15th career playoff shutout and second...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 06, 2009First-period report: Which team put pressure on?
Scott Burnside...Malkin. Not exactly the guy you want to hand over the puck to in that situation. Chris Osgood smothered Fedotenko's shot, though, to keep the score 1-0. Speaking of turnovers, a ghastly...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2009Game 4's defining moment: Jordan Staal's short-handed goal
Scott Burnside...Rafalski, cutting to the Detroit goal from right to left and neatly tucking the puck between Chris Osgood's pads. The infusion of energy led to two more quick Penguins goals as they tied...
Blog Entry | Conversation | June 04, 2009Finally, Pens' big three unite in playoffs
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comFor the first time this postseason, Pittsburgh's big three -- Crosby, Malkin and Staal -- were in sync, and the result was a crucial Game 4 win over Detroit.
Story | Conversation | June 04, 2009Zen-like Gonchar delivers for Penguins
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comOn a night when the Pittsburgh Penguins absolutely had to win, it was the quietly cool Sergei Gonchar who delivered at the most crucial moment.
Story | Conversation | June 02, 2009Different road, same reality for Pens
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comOver the course of about 27 hours, the Penguins came face to face with a past they seem unable to escape, one that includes yet another Stanley Cup parade in Motown.
Story | Conversation | May 31, 2009What more can Crosby do to save Pens?
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comHistory suggests that if Pittsburgh is to mount a comeback in the Cup finals, Sidney Crosby will be a catalyst. The problem is we're not sure what more he can do.
Story | Conversation | May 31, 2009The little things escape Pens in Game 1
Scott Burnside, ESPN.comThe Penguins were good in Saturday's Cup finals opener, but it was the small details that beat them in Detroit.
Story | Conversation | May 30, 2009Second-period report: Pens play solid frame before Fleury's out-of-position play
Scott Burnside...ice for both teams through two periods, had a breakaway, but was thwarted by a nice Chris Osgood arm save. Then, Malkin set up Miroslav Satan, who made a nice move but couldn't...
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