2013
05.11
05.11
class="ui-droppable">This series got downright dangerous for the Pittsburgh Penguins. After four games, the No. 8-seeded New York Islanders had stripped them bare.
It didn't matter that the Penguins were the best team in the Eastern Conference by a wide margin in the regular season; the Islanders came out playing fast and hard. They put 14 pucks past goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in Games 2 through 4, and the Penguins were seemingly on the verge of being eliminated in the first round for the third year in a row.
However, Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma made the move he had to to save the series. It was not a move of brilliance, but of desperation.
Backup Tomas Vokoun took Fleury's place in net in Game 5, and he was up to the task. ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins
It didn't matter that the Penguins were the best team in the Eastern Conference by a wide margin in the regular season; the Islanders came out playing fast and hard. They put 14 pucks past goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in Games 2 through 4, and the Penguins were seemingly on the verge of being eliminated in the first round for the third year in a row.
However, Penguins head coach Dan Bylsma made the move he had to to save the series. It was not a move of brilliance, but of desperation.
Backup Tomas Vokoun took Fleury's place in net in Game 5, and he was up to the task. ...
Read Full Article at Bleacher Report - Pittsburgh Penguins