M-A Fleury came charging out of the tunnel, leading the Penguins on the ice for game one on Saturday. He fell. This was not a good way to get things started in hostile territory, and the game was already over at that point.
The Pens were pretty sharp for the majority of the first period, but both teams went into the first intermission with no score.
After that, the Pens were lifeless. Between the blue lines, they were sluggish and mistake-prone. They never really did get the puck deep in the Detroit zone, and even when they did, they didn't do anything.
Detroit capitalized on a couple of Penguin miscues, and after building a two-goal lead, they clamped down defensively. It was frustrating to watch, but very impressive.
At the end of it all, the final tally was 4-0.
Pens need to work on a lot of things before Monday's game two.
More details later.
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