Let the whining begin. Philadelphia fans (and even coaches) are upset over Crosby’s goal that broke the 0-0 tie in the second period and are just generally frustrated over how they could not have won a game that they completely dominated offensively. Replays showed that Crosby’s goal was indeed a good goal, hitting off his stick and then his body and he was being hauled downed and then crashing into the net behind Biron. The highlight real also showed exactly why the Flyers lost and his name is Marc-Andre Fleury.

Pittsburgh also got another goal from Tyler Kennedy (2) and the empty net icing goal from Max Talbot (1) en route to taking a 3-1 series lead thanks to the Flower who was in full bloom last night staying square to the shooter and making big saves when he had to. His 45 saves on 46 shots have the Flyers befuddled and wondering how on earth they are going to win three games to take the series with the matchup returning to Pittsburgh for a 7:00 PM showdown Thursday night.

The Penguins however cannot ride Fleury like they have ridden him so far. After a complete team effort in Game 1 of the series the Penguins have put forth three either average or subpar efforts since and still managed to climb to a dominating lead in the series. Too many penalties have plagued the Pens as they have tried to match the Flyers physical play which has gotten overly aggressive at times. Penalty killing has kept them in the games as well while the power play continues to struggle.

Then Penguins want to close out the series Thursday night. They don’t want to give the Flyers and hope in their minds that they could win this series which returning to Philadelphia only down 3-2 certainly would do.