Stanley Cup Playoffs, 1st Round: Pens VS Flyers

Pittsburgh (4) VS Philadelphia (5)

Offense

Pittsburgh

Forwards

Malkin (75GP, 50G/59A/109P)

Neal (80, 40/41/81)

Kunitz (82, 26/35/61)

Dupuis (82 25/34/59)

Staal (62 25/25/50)

Sullivan (79, 17/31/48)

Cooke (82, 19/19/38)

Crosby (22, 8/29/37)

Kennedy (60, 11/22/33)

Defenceman

Letang (51, 10/32/42)

Martin (73, 2/25/27)

Niskanen (75, 4/17/21)

Philadelphia

Forwards

Giroux (77, 28/65/93)

Hartnell (82, 37/30/67)

Jagr (73, 19/35/54)

Simmons (82, 28/21/49)

Voracek (78, 18/31/49)

Briere (70, 16/33/49) *

Read (79, 24/23/47)

Talbot (81, 19/15/34)

Couturier (77, 13/14/27)

van Riemsdyk (43, 11/13/24) *
Defenceman

Timonen (76, 4/39/43)

Carle (4/34/38)

Meszaros (62, 7/18/25) *

Coburn (81, 4/20/24)


Edge: (Slight) Pittsburgh, because of injuries to Philadelphia

Defence

Pittsburgh

Defencman

Letang (51 GP, +21)

Orpik (73, +19)

Engelland (73, +10)

Forwards

Malkin (+18)

Dupuis (+18)

Kunitz (+16)

Crosby (+15)

Staal (+11)

Kennedy (+10)

Philadelphia

Defencman

Gusfsson (30 GP, +12)

Coburn (+10)

Lilja (46 GP, +9)

Timonen (+8)

Meszaros (+6) *

Grossman (22GP, +5) *


Forwards

Hartnell (+19)

Couturier (+18)

Read (+13)

Wellwood (24 GP, +12)

Voracek (+12)


Edge: (Slight) Pittsburgh

Goaltending

Pittsburgh

Fleury (67 GP, 42 W /17 L/4 OTL / 2.36 GAA / .913 S% / 3 SO

Johnson (16, 6 / 7 / 2 / 3.11 / .883 / 0

Thiessen (5, 3 / 1 / 0 / 3.72 / .858 / 0

Philadelphia

Bryzgalov (59, 33 / 16 / 7 / 2.48 / .909 / 6

Bobrovsly (29, 14 / 10 / 2 / 3.02 / .899 / 0


Edge: (Slight) Combined goaltending, Philadelphia. Starting goaltending, Pittsburgh

Toughness

Pittsburgh (47 total fights)

Asham (64 GP,  9 fights)

Engelland (9 fights)

Philadelphia (76 total fights)

Too many to list!

Edge (Wide) Philadelphia

Season Series

Pittsburgh

2-3-1

Philadelphia

4-2-0

Edge: (Slight) Flyers

Prediction

Pittsburgh in 7 games


References


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"Official Site of the National Hockey League” NHL.com. National Hockey League. Web. 11 Apr. 2012. <www.nhl.com>

Sports Reference LLC. Hockey-Reference.com - Hockey Statistics and History. http://www.hockey-reference.com/. Web. 11 Apr. 2012.