Is that Rita McNeil warming up?
The Pittsburgh Penguins escape a horrific 1st period only to come out of the 1st Intermission still in a scoreless affair. The Penguins didn’t make the same mistake and came out flying their second time around. With the Penguins new atheism it proved too much for the Hurricanes to counter, in a complete reversal of the opening period the now surging Penguins took it too the ‘Canes. But unlike their rivals the Penguins made sure that they didn’t enter the 2dn intermission as the ‘Canes allowed them to escape and took it too their opponents with a 2-1 lead. Penguins received goals from Dainius Zubrus and Martin Gelinas, for the ‘Canes big Mike Komisarek got their lone goal.
The Penguins now hold a commanding control of the series as the Hurricanes look to claw themselves back into the series tonight. To do so the Hurricanes are going to have a find a way to control Dainius Zubrus who has so far been the series MVP.