Game 1- Philadelphia @ Pittsburgh
Wow!!! What a first period!
The goaltending left a lot to be desired at the Penguins grabbed a 3-2 lead at the end of the first period.
Fleury seemed to get more comfortable after poke checking Umberger on a breakaway and then making a nice save on the rebound, on a shot by Lupul. This was just after Crosby tied the score at 2.
Sykora opened the scoring for the Penguins on a beautiful goal and Mike Richards then potted two to give the Flyers a 2-1 lead, with Umberger getting assists on both.
Malkin scored with 6.5 seconds remaining in the first. That has to give the Penguins a boost and really deflate the Flyers with a goal so late in the period.
Flyers outshot the Penguins 12-11 in the period with Mike Richards and R.J. Umberger leading the way with four and three shots respectively for the Flyers. Malkin had three shots on net for the Pens.
Flyers were 12 of 19 on the faceoff.
Jordan Staal is lining up against Mike Richards. Richards is plus two and Staal is minus two for the period.
Sergei Gonchar led the Penguins in ice time with 8:37 while Braydon Coburn had a whopping 9:11 for the Flyers in the first stanza.




