Starting this a little late (about 5 minutes into the second) but I figured it would be a good idea to try this and see how it works out for me.
Wings took a 2-1 lead early in the second on a sweet shot from Brad Stuart, and that's where we stand with 15:00 left in the second.
Malkin slashed Ericsson and takes him down with a stick between the legs. 2 min for hooking at 5:44.
Wings ice the puck 15 seconds into the PP...pretty sweet.
2 seconds of a 5-on-3 coming up as Orpik is heading to the box for tripping.
Whew! Malkin gets a shorthanded breakaway, Osgood stops it.
Spoke too soon.....Staal takes the puck from his own blue line past Rafalski and Osgood.
Power play over, and unsuccessful. Halfway through 2nd.
Another give away, another Pittsburgh goal. Down 3-2 now and we have to call our time out to catch our collective breath.
What a difference a few minutes makes. This arena was silent a just ten minutes ago, now it's nuts there.
Since I have started this live blog, we are 0-2 on the power play, and have given up two goals....thankfully I am not superstitious.
Make that three goals....Osgood is getting peppered here because of stupid turnovers. We are getting our asses handed to us, just after taking control of the game.
4 min left, Pens outshooting us 10-7 in this period.
3:25 left, another stoppage. Face off to come in Pens zone. A goal here before the period is over would be really nice.
No such luck...back to center ice with 2:45 left.
Last minute of play....Wings still looking like a bunch of Junior players out here.
How fitting....Malking takes another Detroit turnover all the way to Osgood on a breakaway to end the period. Thankfully he had to rush the shot and Ozzy made the easy save.
Second Intermission:
CBC guys are just as shocked as us, and talking about the mental mistakes the Wings are making.
Canadian commercials are pretty special...unfortunately haven't seen any of the cool Viagra commercials yet.
Third Period:
5 minutes in, we are playing better...but another turnover leads to a scoring chance for the Pens.
9 minutes in, playing well still....but it's not hard to play defense when you have a two goal lead....Pittsburgh looks a lot like the Wings normally do at this point in a game.
11 min in, good pressure, a couple quality chances....no goals.
Starting to yawn. Getting a headache. We need to do something soon, or I am going to be in bed before the final horn blows.
5 min left....Wings gain the zone, turn it over, rinse, repeat....
Game over. Series knotted up. Game five is Saturday in Detroit. We need to play a lot better to hold serve at home.
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