Letang, Penguins Win Game 3 in Overtime
May 7, 2009 by Jeanne Dupuis
Filed under NHL Playoffs, Pittsburgh Penguins, Washington Capitals
The Pittsburgh Penguins beat the Washington Capitals in overtime and they can thank Kris Letang for scoring the game-winning goal. Just like the Boston/Carolina series, the game was pretty intense and ended up going to overtime when the scoring stalled at 2-2.
As you would expect in a series with some serious talent, there were some great goals scored last night. Alexander Ovechkin scored a crazy goal after he grabbed a bad bounce off the glass, clunked along toward the net (I can’t even described how weirdly he was skating) and then launched the puck into the net (and it looked like he was airborne at the time). Poor Pens goalie, Marc-Andre Fleury, didn’t stand a chance since he was out of the net thinking he was going to collect the puck but, as I said, it bounced off the glass and right into Ovie’s hands.
The Ovechkin/Sidney Crosby pairing continued to heat up with Ovechkin pushing Crosby in the back (and right into the Capitals net) and incurred a two-minute interference penalty. It was pretty lame and I’m surprised he did it.
As if to silence his doubters, Evgeni Malkin appeared to come to life last night and scored the second goal of the night for Pittsburgh (Ruslan Fedetenko scored the first) and I believe that this goal gave his team the chance to win. His parents were in the stands and I just have to say that he looks EXACTLY like his mother. It gave me the creeps…
Game 4 is bound to be very interesting. It takes place on Friday in Pittsburgh.
image: TSN
