Penguins march into Final after sweeping 'Canes

NHL.COM ^ | 05/26/09 | NHL.com Staff

[Hacksaw]

RALEIGH, N.C. -- The Pittsburgh Penguins are on their way back to the Stanley Cup Final.

The Penguins completed a four-game sweep of the Carolina Hurricanes in the Eastern Conference Finals on Tuesday night with a 4-1 victory at the RBC Center. Ruslan Fedotenko, Maxime Talbot, Bill Guerin and Craig Adams scored for the Penguins, who outscored the Hurricanes 20-8 and dominated play for most of the four games.

Even in Game 4, when the Hurricanes jumped in front on an early goal by Eric Staal and shut down Penguins star Evgeni Malkin, they couldn't find a way to win. Talbot's flutterball shot with 1:29 left in the first period broke a 1-1 tie, and the Hurricanes weren't able to solve Fleury again. Fleury stopped the last 30 shots he faced.

[41Thunder]

It’s time for payback! Go Pens!!!

[politicalamity]

Those ads were classic. Do bee do bee doo

[Yorlik803]

What about Cowher blowing the pregame siren down there. And he calls himself a Pittsburgher. PUTZ

[jeffc]

It'll be an interesting Final. Lidstrom and Datsyuk, and probably Draper, are really just resting up. Perfect timing for the Wings.
Yes, Chicago is an up-and-coming powerhouse, but they're like the Pens were last year; a little too green and a little too anxious. They overplayed into the hands of the Wings. The Pens learned last year and will be more prepared this year.

I predict it'll go all 7 games. Too close to predict as the Wings are just too explosive of a team and love to take the wind out of the opposing team's sails by scoring on them while short-handed and right after being scored on while the other team is still celebrating.