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Heading into Game 6 of the Stanley Cup final, it was pretty much assumed that Marc-Andre Fleury was going to have to come up big in net for the Pittsburgh Penguins to force a seventh game. He not only stood up to the challenge in Pittsburgh's 2-1 win, he made what appeared to be one of the biggest saves of the season when he turned aside Daniel Cleary on a breakaway in the final minute of regulation.
As it turns out, that wasn't even the biggest save of the night. Video's after the jump.
With just over a minute to play in regulation, and the Penguins clinging to a 2-1 lead, Evgeni Malkin won a face-off back to Brooks Orpik. As Orpik attempted to shoot the puck into the offensive zone, Detroit's Pavel Datsyuk blocked the shot and proceeded to flip a pass ahead to Cleary as he found himself behind the Pittsburgh defense, resulting in a one-on-one breakaway with Fleury.
Less than a minute later, with Chris Osgood on the bench in favor of the extra attacker, the Red Wings were swarming around the Pittsburgh goal as Johan Franzen had two more chances right on the doorstep, only to have Penguins defenseman Rob Scuderi make not one, but two saves to preserve the win for Pittsburgh and force a Game 7 on Friday night in Detroit.
As you can hear on the video, NBC's Pierre McGuire was initially asking if Scuderi (or any Penguin, for that matter) covered the puck in the crease, which would have resulted in a penalty shot for the Red Wings. As you can clearly see on the replay, nobody covers the puck (except for Fleury) as seemingly every player on the ice converged on the goal crease in search of the loose puck.
Fleury stopped 25 of 26 shots on the night.
At the opposite end of the rink, Osgood turned aside 29 of 31 shots for the Red Wings and pretty much kept them in the game as they were outshot by a 24-12 margin during the first two periods.
It simply doesn't get any better than this ... unless, of course, you happen to be a fan of one of these two teams, in which case it's probably the most nerve-wracking series imaginable.
Video: Marc-Andre Fleury, Rob Scuderi's Skate Force Game 7
Jun 10, 2009 – 12:10 AM
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