ECF - (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning vs. (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins - Penguins Win 4-3

[Ashasx]

Why even start Fleury last game if you're so quick to go back to Murray after one loss?

These seem like rookie coaching mistakes to me.

[midniteowl]

Starting Fleury last game was stupid, the series was tied and they were back home holding serve. Why start a cold goalie? Now they are desperate, putting all the pressure on the kid. Hope the kid shines through and bring the series back home.

[albertGQ]

Do we know if Stamkos is playing tonight?

[gilligans_off]

No stamkos as per the fan 960

Not sure if it was speculation though

[hwy19man]

4 at 3 in overtime.


Tampa Bay leads the series 3-2.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/...inal-1.3596109
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl...ecap75706.html
http://scores.nbcsports.com/nhl/reca...=20&final=true
http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/i...-penguins-3-ot
http://www.foxsports.com/nhl/story/j...SportsData-NHL

[hwy19man]

Game six previews.
http://www.cbc.ca/sports/hockey/nhl/...sday-1.3597441
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl...summary_2.html
http://sportsstats.cbc.ca/hockey/nhl...preview_2.html
http://scores.nbcsports.com/nhl/prev...home=20&vis=16
http://espn.go.com/blog/nhl/post/_/i...ghtning-game-6
http://www.si.com/nhl/2016/05/23/nhl...game-6-preview

[MissTeeks]

Drouin scores, Pittsburgh challenging it for being offside.

[hwy19man]

Live streaming at http://www.cbc.ca/player/play/2665200383

Online radio at http://player.tsn1410.ca/ and http://player.sportsnet960.ca/

[Ashasx]

that's offside to me

[MissTeeks]

No goal.

[Ashasx]

Tampa fans are morons

[MissTeeks]

Dumb retaliation penalty on Malkin. Two handed slash to Callahan.

[jeffporfirio]

Hoping for a Tampa win, and finishing it off in 6

[MissTeeks]

That's a crappy delay of game penalty.

[Canuck-Hater]

NHL should really get rid of offside challenges, its ruining the game.

[Senator Clay Davis]

Pens fans don't agree on that one. Might be their season saver.

[Erick Estrada]

Boy the Lightning have a lot of small forwards. Callahan, Druin, Johnson, Kucherov, Namestnikov are all under six feet tall. I realize they have big defensemen but they kind of disprove the theory that you need to be a big team to make it through the playoffs.

[hwy19man]

The Penguins are out shooting the Lightning 26-11 overall (14-4 in the first period and 12-7 in the second period). Kessel with the late power play goal in the first period with the assist from Crosby. Nice shots from Letang amd Crosby to make it 3-0 Pittsburgh after forty minutes.

[Cleveland Steam Whistle]

Originally Posted by Canuck-Hater

NHL should really get rid of offside challenges, its ruining the game.

I agree. Getting it 100% right on what are almost always non play impacting offsides (what I mean by that is that the inch or extra step the player ends up getting makes no difference on the end result) is wrecking the fan experience. The number of times this past regular season I failed to jump out of my seat for a Flames goal because I was sitting there going, oh no it might have been offside (most of the time the goal was good, so it's not just the turned over plays its runining from a fan perspective) simply isn't worth it.

I'll accept that once every 20 years that a linesman is going to blow an obvious one like the Colarado incident that led to this not to have my emotional reaction to goals tempered by the fact that a player might have been a cm offside on every goal.

[united]

Originally Posted by Erick Estrada

Boy the Lightning have a lot of small forwards. Callahan, Druin, Johnson, Kucherov, Namestnikov are all under six feet tall. I realize they have big defensemen but they kind of disprove the theory that you need to be a big team to make it through the playoffs.

Penguins also with five:
Crosby
Hornqvist
Sheary
Rust
Hagelin