BIGGEST TAKEAWAY
The Flyers had been precisely as marketed. Going into tonight, the Penguins described them as a workforce who’s good off the push, has expert forwards, and may make life very troublesome defensively. And that’s what we noticed on Saturday evening.
It was the precise reverse story for (*2*). We didn’t see the workforce that completed the common season with one of the best offense of the Sidney Crosby period, who performs relentless and structured throughout all 200 toes of the ice. They weren’t in a position to muster a lot of something offensively, and had been uncharacteristically sloppy with the puck.
While it’s a a lot tighter setting within the playoffs, the Penguins need to try to get again to their DNA as greatest they’ll.
“I mean, we played good all year long. We know how we play and we just, like, maybe nervous too much or we want (it) too much. We just not thinking a little bit, I think,” Malkin said. “Everybody wants to play good. I understand. But again, we have a couple bad turnovers. We not play good power play tonight. But again, it’s just the first game. We understand, we not play (in playoffs) three years. Everybody, like, a little bit nervous, but we have a chance, for sure. We need to just play simple and a little bit better.”
The workforce is scheduled to follow on Sunday as they regroup for Game 2 on Monday evening.
