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[Dark Knight]

Please post your thoughts, pictures and comments on tonight's game in this thread.

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh

[OrangeDucky]

This ought to be a good one. I like both teams, so whichever one moves on will make me happy; but still, I am rooting more for Flyers. I wish both teams well!

[TecKaHoLiC]

stupid cleveland indians have stopped me from watching the game..I HATE NBC!

[Dark Knight]

stupid cleveland indians have stopped me from watching the game..I HATE NBC!

Watch it online at channelsurfing.net...

[Dark Knight]

Philadelphia being eviscerated by Pittsburgh. It's 4-0 in the second. Philly flat as a pancake.

[Dark Knight]

Philadelphia at Pittsburgh 0-6

Pittsburgh wins series 4-1 and advances to Stanley Cup final for the first time since 1992.

[OrangeDucky]

Well, that is saddening. Good job to Philly though, for making it as far as they did. It is just not their turn this year.
Congratulations to Penguins! I hope they boot to the moon whichever team they have to play now.

[DropThePuck]

TSN's Ice Chips:

With their victory on Saturday, Dallas became just the 13th team out of 153 to force a Game 6 after trailing 3-0 in a series. If they can win Monday they would become just the sixth team to force a Game 7. Only two teams have ever come back to win a best of seven series after losing the first three games: the 1942 Toronto Maple Leafs and the 1975 New York Islanders. - Dallas Morning News

The Red Wings secondary scoring has all but dried up after Johan Franzen went out with concussion-like symptoms four games ago. Jiri Hudler is the only Wings' forward other than Henrik Zetterberg or Pavel Datsyuk to score a goal in the past three games. - Detroit Free Press

Braydon Coburn did not dress in Game 5 against the Penguins. However, Kimmo Timonen was in the lineup for Philly.

Neither center Evgeni Malkin nor right wing Petr Sykora skated Saturday morning at the Penguins practice facility. Both are expected to play today. Gary Roberts, who has been out with pneumonia, skated Saturday and could play in Game 5. - Tribune Review

[DropThePuck]

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6 - Malone, R. (PPG, 02:30 in 1st), Malkin, E. (09:50 in 1st), Hossa, M. (08:24 in 2nd), Malone, R. (PPG, 11:42 in 2nd), Staal, J. (19:02 in 2nd), Dupuis, P. (04:03 in 3rd)

Philadelphia welcomed back All-Star defenseman Kimmo Timonen, who missed the first four games of the series with a blood clot on his left ankle, but even he couldn't make a difference as the Penguins put this one away early.
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Ryan Malone, the one Penguins player with firsthand memories of the team's two previous Stanley Cup appearances, scored twice and set up a third goal and Pittsburgh routed rival Philadelphia 6-0 Sunday to win the Eastern Conference championship and a trip to the NHL finals.

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The Eastern Conference Champions t-shirt is seen as it hangs in former Pittsburgh Penguins player Mario Lemieux's locker after the Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 6-0 to win game five of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Mellon Arena on May 18, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Penguins won the series 4-1 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


Sidney Crosby #87 of the Pittsburgh Penguins stands next to the Prince of Wales Trophy after being presented by Bill Daly, Deputy Commissioner of the NHL after the Penguins defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 6-0 in game five of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Mellon Arena on May 18, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Penguins won the series 4-1 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


Assistant Coach Jack Mcllhargey and Head Coach John Stevens of the Philadelphia Flyers stand behind their team as Penguins fans hold a sign reading "Orange Crushed" in the third period en route to the Pittsburgh Penguins win of game five of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Mellon Arena on May 18, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Penguins shut out the Flyers 6-0 and win the series 4-1 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.
(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)


Goaltender Marc-Andre Fleury #29 of the Pittsburgh Penguins shakes hands with losing goaltender Martin Biron #43 of the Philadelphia Flyers after Fleury shut out the Flyers 6-0 to win game five of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs at Mellon Arena on May 18, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The Penguins won the series 4-1 to advance to the Stanley Cup Finals.
(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)


Pittsburgh Penguins fans hold up a Philadelphia Flyers t-shirt inscribed with names of Penguins players in the first period during Game 5 of the NHL Eastern Conference hockey finals between the Pittsburgh Penguins and the Philadelphia Flyers in Pittsburgh, Sunday, May 18, 2008.
(AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)


Evgeni Malkin #71 of the Pittsburgh Penguins celebrates with teammates after scoring a goal at 9:50 in the first period as goaltender Martin Biron #43 of the Philadelphia Flyers reacts during game five of the Eastern Conference Finals of the 2008 NHL Stanley Cup Playoffs against the Philadelphia Flyers at Mellon Arena on May 18, 2008 in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
(Photo by Bruce Bennett/Getty Images)


Philadelphia Flyers defenseman Derian Hatcher, right, checks Pittsburgh Penguins forward Petr Sykora (17), of the Czech Republic, in the first period during Game 5 of the NHL Eastern Conference hockey finals in Pittsburgh, Sunday, May 18, 2008.
(AP Photo/Keith Srakocic)

[anaheim_aussie]

I hate watching the east and west finals, it was not long ago when teemu was on that breakaway and lifted the puck over hasek's shoulder and the ducks took the series by the neck and never looked back....ah well i got the dvd of the 2007 champions i can just keep watching it over and over and over again

[Dark Knight]