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[Dark Knight]

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

Pittsburgh at Detroit

[TecKaHoLiC]

I REALLY want Gonchar to win The Cup!

[Always Mighty]

I'm in Belgium for the summer, and it's 2 in the morning. Let's get the Finals started!! Go Pens!!

[Bits]

Let's Go Pens!!!

[Kariya9]

This game is running gun.

[Davison]

bs agian by refs.

last goal to make it 3 was holding stick led to goal for detriot

and now zitterberg closed his hand over the puck

wow i hate detriot so much.

i want to punch every ref in the face and all the detriot players.

[Frozen208]

bs agian by refs.

last goal to make it 3 was holding stick led to goal for detriot

and now zitterberg closed his hand over the puck

wow i hate detriot so much.

i want to punch every ref in the face and all the detriot players.

I know, it's like the game against the Ducks(don't remember which game) where Detroit got tossed twice from the face off dot but didn't get the delay of game penalty.

[mrmathews]

I am going to cry if the wings win the cup again. I hate them soooo much.

[hillbillywingsfan]

wow i thought i would hear it more from the pens fans not the ducks....really the refs won us this game to?

[Frozen208]

wow i thought i would hear it more from the pens fans not the ducks....really the refs won us this game to?

I didn't watch the whole game so I can't comment with any authority, but it looked like the normal low to sub-par reffing we are used to seeing from this league. But I can say that I think they should have called Zetterberg for closing his hand on the puck on top of Osgood, and then laying on top of him(covering the puck in the crease IMO).

[DropThePuck]

TSN's Ice Chips

Pavel Datsyuk will not play in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Finals, according to Red Wings head coach Mike Babcock. Babcock has also confirmed that forward Kris Draper will be sidelined for tonight's game, even though he plans to take the warmup with the team. Defencemen Nicklas Lidstrom and Jonathan Ericsson are ready to go and will be in the lineup against Pittsburgh. - TSN

Projected Lines vs. Penguins

Forwards:
Hudler - Zetterberg - Franzen
Holmstrom - Helm - Samuelsson
Hossa - Filppula - Cleary
Leino - Abdelkader - Maltby

Defence:
Lidstrom - Rafalski
Kronwall - Stuart
Lebda - Ericsson

Goaltender:
Osgood

Head coach Dan Bylsma would not say whether he was going with seven defenceman for tonight's Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Red Wings. - TSN

Projected Lines vs. Red Wings

Forwards:
Fedotenko - Malkin - Talbot
Kunitz - Crosby - Guerin
Cooke - Staal - Kennedy
Adams - Satan - Sykora/Dupuis

Defence:
Gonchar - Orpik
Gill - Scuderi
Eaton - Letang

Goaltender:
Fleury

[DropThePuck]

1 - Fedotenko, R. (18:37 in 1st)
3 - Stuart, B. (13:38 in 1st), Franzen, J. (19:02 in 2nd), Abdelkader, J. (02:46 in 3rd)

When the Pittsburgh Penguins say they didn't get the bounces in Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final, they will be telling the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.

<NHL.com recap>



The puck ends up on the back of Detroit Red Wings goalie Chris Osgood as defenseman Nicklas Lidstrom (5), of Sweden, tries to cover it up as they play the Pittsburgh Penguins in the third period of Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup finals hockey series in Detroit, Saturday, May 30, 2009.
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)


Goaltender Chris Osgood #30 of the Detroit Red Wings makes a save against Bill Guerin #13 and Chris Kunitz #14 of the Pittsburgh Penguins during Game 1 of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Joe Louis Arena on May 30, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.
(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)


Miroslav Satan #81 of the Pittsburgh Penguins misses a scoring chance against Chris Osgood #30 of the Detroit Red Wings during Game 1 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals at Joe Louis Arena on May 30, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.
(Photo by Jim McIsaac/Getty Images)


Ruslan Fedotenko #26 of the Pittsburgh Penguins scores a goal past goalie Chris Osgood #30 of the Detroit Red Wings in the first period of Game 1 of the 2009 Stanley Cup Finals at Joe Louis Arena on May 30, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.
(Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

[DropThePuck]

Detroit Red Wings goaltender Chris Osgood dives for a puck as it hits the post during the third period of Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup finals hockey series against the Pittsburgh Penguins in Detroit, Saturday, May 30, 2009.
(AP Photo/The Canadian Press, Frank Gunn)


Chris Kunitz #14 of the Pittsburgh Penguins handles the puck against Daniel Cleary #14 and Henrik Zetterberg #40 of the Detroit Red Wings during Game 1 of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Joe Louis Arena on May 30, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.
(Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)


Detroit Red Wings' Jonathan Ericsson (52), of Sweden, fights Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Mark Eaton (7) and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) for the puck in the second period of Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup finals hockey series in Detroit, Saturday, May 30, 2009.
(AP Photo/Carlos Osorio)


The puck bounces off the left leg of Pittsburgh Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury (29) and into the net for a goal by Detroit Red Wings left wing Johan Franzen, not shown, in the second period of Game 1 of the NHL Stanley Cup finals hockey series in Detroit, Saturday, May 30, 2009. At left is Pittsburgh Penguins defenseman Hal Gill (2) and at center is Detroit Red Wings right wing Dan Cleary (11).
(AP Photo/Paul Sancya)


Ruslan Fedotenko #26 of the Pittsburgh Penguins and Henrik Zetterberg #40 of the Detroit Red Wings and their teams fight in front of the goal during Game 1 of the 2009 NHL Stanley Cup Finals at Joe Louis Arena on May 30, 2009 in Detroit, Michigan.
(Photo by Jamie Sabau/Getty Images)

[Always Mighty]

The refs were pretty bad both ways, and they were not the reason the Wings won this game. I'm not surprised that the Wings did win, but I was surprised at their level of play, I thought that it would be higher. The reason the Wings won and the Pens lost was because of lucky bounces, just look at the first goal. The Wings simply had a couple more lucky bounces than the Pens did, and their lucky bounces happened to go in the net. This game cannot and should not be laid at the refs feat, if only because they were pretty terrible both ways. A perfect example would be when Malkin had his breakaway. He shouldn't have had one, he should have gotten a penalty for tripping up the Detroit dman (I think it was Stuart or Kronwall, but I'm not sure). Yeah Osgood made the save, but if he hadn't, that would have been a goal for the Pens that should not have counted. For those of you who blame the refs for the Pens losing need to open your eyes and get your heads out of the sand. The refs sucked, there is no question of that, but they did not cost the Pens the game. They lost because of lucky bounces for Detroit and their own inability to finish on Osgood, who I thought play a good game, certainly better than MAF.

[Still MIGHTY]

AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

We should be winning the Cup...

We shouldn't have lost Game 7, we would've beaten Chicago the same way Detroit did, and now we'd beat the Penguins...


Next year... We shall win...