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Game 6 Keys
by Paul on 06/09/09 at 07:11 PM ET
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from Scott Burnside of ESPN,
Here are things we will be looking out for in tonight’s Game 6 of the Stanley Cup finals between the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins:
1. The Fleury factor
Can Marc-Andre Fleury shrug off his Game 5 performance in which he was yanked after giving up five goals on 21 shots? He will have to be every bit as good as he was in Games 3 and 4 or the Pens are cooked. Most important, he cannot allow a soft goal as he did when he failed to corral Dan Cleary’s long wrist shot in Game 5. But Penguins coach Dan Bylsma and Fleury’s teammates believe the young netminder has the right personality to do just that. We’ll see.2. Looking for backup
Anyone other than Evgeni Malkin and Sidney Crosby care to add a little scoring help? Bill Guerin, Ruslan Fedotenko, Maxime Talbot and Chris Kunitz, the four wingers who normally play with the two big centers, have combined for just three goals…
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