Sunday's Action

It doesn't look like the long layover from sweeping the Senators did the Penguins any harm. They were ready and willing to do whatever it took to beat the Rangers at home for their opening two games. In Game 2, Marc-Andre Fleury (Box 24) gave his 11 pool teams something to be proud of, his second shutout of the playoffs. Fleury made 26 saves in the 2-0 for the Penguins, despite Sean Avery's (Box 18) best efforts to throw him off his game.

Midway through the second period, it was Jordan Staal (Box 19) who broke the deadlock and gave the Penguins the lead they would never look back from. But with only a pair of goals scored in the game, Staal came away with the bonus point as the second highest point-getter (behind Fleury, who had 4). Evgeni Malkin (Box 14), Sergei Gonchar (Box 20) and Ryan Whitney (Box 21) all came away with assists in the contest as well.


Last night, it was difficult to say in the third period where the giant killing started for when the 'pissing the game away' ended. The San Jose Sharks had control of the game going into the third at 2-1, but failed miserably to hang on to the result, as Brad Richards (Box 4) started his 'third period of terror' on the Sharks with a goal under a minute in. Richards led the Stars with a four point night adding three assists after his third period opening goal.

For a second time in these 2008 playoffs, Mike Modano (Box 5) rewarded his 10 team selectors with a bonus point for the winning goal. That bonus point gave Modano two points on the evening. Other multi-point getters on the night were Niklas Hagman (Box 7), who had a pair of goals for the Stars and Craig Rivet (Box 9), who had a pair of assists for the Sharks. Marty Turco (Box 12) notched his sixth win for the Stars in the playoffs and now has 15 points in the playoffs.

In Game 2, Sergei Zubov (Box 8) finally returned to the line-up for the Stars and managed to notch an assist in the game as well. Zubov had missed the Stars' last 40 games and didn't look like he missed a step. This is a huge boost to the Stars who are already rolling and could prove to be a contender in the Western Conference. The Sharks could find themselves behind the 8-ball on Wednesday morning.