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Fleury The Difference
by Paul on 05/19/09 at 07:04 AM ET
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from Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
This is a big-time goaltender, folks.
Like all of ‘em, Fleury gives up a bad goal here and there. It happened in the Washington series and the Philadelphia series before that.
But like only the truly great ones, Fleury makes the huge saves when they mean the most. That’s why you can’t just look at his statistics, which couldn’t match Ward’s coming into the series. Against Philadelphia, the big stop came in the third period of Game 2 when Fleury stopped center Jeff Carter with a fabulous skate save, giving the Penguins a chance to win in overtime. Against Washington, it was stealing the Capitals’ great Alexander Ovechkin blind early in Game 7 with a glove save that led directly to the Penguins’ 6-2 win.
Then, last night.
Fleury was a wall early in a 0-0 game, making great saves on Tuomo Ruutu, Eric Staal, Joe Corvo and Joni Pitkanen during a Carolina power play. He robbed center Chad LaRose in the second period, somehow stopping his backhander after a rebound. And he was big late, diving to make a save that prevented Staal from scoring the tying goal in the final 30 seconds.
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Both goalies were incredible in this game. The scary thing is that the game really could have gone either way. Carolina is a good team. They applied more sustained offensive-zone pressure than either the Flyers or Caps did, which worries me if Fleury doesn’t have his A-grade every night. Then again, it could have been far different if Ward didn’t stop Malkin on his breakaway, or even more so, rob Guerin from Crosby’s feed in the slot. This series could go to 7.
Posted by penguinsfan on 05/19/09 at 08:21 AM ET