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Malkin Leads Pens To Win Over Flyers

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The Associated Press

The Tampa Tribune

Published: May 10, 2008

PITTSBURGH - Evgeni Malkin scored two dazzling goals 5 minutes apart to give Pittsburgh a two-goal lead, after Sidney Crosby tied it, and the Penguins rode their two big stars to a 4-2 victory over cross-state rival Philadelphia in Game 1 of the Eastern Conference finals Friday night.

Malkin, who is only 21 but is the leading scorer in the playoffs with 17 points following a three-point night, scored with 6.5 seconds left in the first period with a tired Flyers line on the ice to put Pittsburgh up 3-2.

The pivotal goal blunted much of the momentum the Flyers gained by briefly taking a 2-1 lead on Mike Richards' two goals.

Malkin's first career short-handed goal, on a breakaway created by Sergei Gonchar's pass from one end of the ice to the other early in the second, was the crusher for the Flyers, who didn't do much offensively after that despite taking 28 shots against goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.

The Penguins won their ninth in 10 playoff games and are 6-0 at home, the first team in franchise history to begin the playoffs with that many successive home-ice wins.

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First Period-1, Pittsburgh, Sykora 5 (Malone, Malkin), 6:19. 2, Philadelphia, Richards 5 (Umberger, Coburn), 8:30. 3, Philadelphia, Richards 6 (Lupul, Umberger), 12:50. 4, Pittsburgh, Crosby 3 (Hossa), 14:11. 5, Pittsburgh, Malkin 7 (Whitney), 19:53. Penalty-Whitney, Pit (delay of game), 1:22.

Second Period-6, Pittsburgh, Malkin 8 (Gonchar), 4:50 (sh). Penalties-Orpik, Pit (holding), 3:35; Carter, Phi (hooking), 5:04.

Third Period-None. Penalties-Whitney, Pit (tripping), 11:32; Upshall, Phi, minor-misconduct (cross-checking), 18:32; Hatcher, Phi (roughing), 18:32; Malkin, Pit (roughing), 18:32; Coburn, Phi (hooking), 19:55.

Shots on Goal-Philadelphia 12-7-9-28. Pittsburgh 11-6-4-21. Power-play opportunities-Philadelphia 0 of 3; Pittsburgh 0 of 2. Goalies-Philadelphia, Biron 8-5 (21 shots-17 saves). Pittsburgh, Fleury 9-1 (28-26). A-17,132 (16,940). T-2:26.

AVALANCHE: Joel Quenneville is out as coach of the Avalanche after three seasons, a week after Colorado was swept out of the playoffs by the Red Wings.

Quenneville was 131-92-23 in Denver, but just 2-2 in playoff series.

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