They won the first game at Civic Arena in Pittsburgh 2-1 behind Jean Beliveau 42 years ago. Tonight, the Montreal Canadiens won the last game at Mellon Arena in Pittsburgh 5-2 sending the Penguins home for the summer.
The 8th seed Habs now wait for either the 6th-seed Philadelphia or the 7th-seeded Boston as they figure out who wants to win their series in the eastern conference.
Gionta scored twice as the bleu, blanc, et rouge stormed out to leads of 2-0 after one period and 4-0 in the second period.
But as the HQ says: The key to the playoffs is a hot goaltender and Jaroslav Halak certainly qualifies...
Another HQ note: TBH is not shedding any tears over the loss of Sidney Crosby to her playoff bracket...
Here's the Brian Gionta goal that started the whole thing...
((HT: NHL/CBC/Fel0096))
No comments:
Post a Comment