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I dont agree. I see the Pens as being extremely talent, quick and fast team with an excellent goal tender. They have outplayed the Wings quite a bit for stretches in this series, such as the 1st period last night and the final OT period. However maybe the perception that the Wings have been so dominant comes from periods like the latter half of the 2nd last night, 3rd and OT when they really pour it on and look impressive.
However...there have been quite a lot of even-play situations and the Pens have done a better job at making the most of their opportunities.
Look at 34 seconds left, Wings polishing up Stanley and Osgood's leg gets pulled a foot away from the goalpost after making that save and the Pens guy stuffs it in there... it was a great play, throw it at the net, see what happens.
Babcock questions Wings’ goalie interference calls in OT
By IRA PODELL, AP Hockey Writer
AP - May 28, 9:10 pm EDT 1 of 98 NHL Gallery PITTSBURGH (AP)—Detroit Red Wings coach Mike Babcock faced very little resistance, or obstruction for that matter, in taking some shots at the officials and Penguins counterpart Michel Therrien.
One day after the Red Wings absorbed as tough a loss in the Stanley Cup finals as possible, outside of an elimination game, Babcock took exception to a pair of goalie interference calls assessed to his team during overtime on Monday night.
Neither led to the deciding goal in the 4-3 defeat in triple overtime, but that didn’t mean Babcock wasn’t still burning on Tuesday after his team returned to Pittsburgh in advance of Game 6 on Wednesday.
Henrik Zetterberg was called for interfering with Penguins goalie Marc-Andre Fleury in the first overtime, and Dan Cleary was whistled in the second—a call that clearly didn’t sit well with Babcock.
He passed up a chance to comment when first asked Tuesday, but he opened up when pressed a little more.
“I don’t know what I’m supposed to say here. I don’t have any idea,” Babcock said. “If you were me sitting here, tell me, what would you say?”
After the Penguins dropped the first two games of the series at Detroit by a combined 2-0 score, Therrien constantly complained that the Red Wings were limiting Pittsburgh’s scoring chances through obstruction.
It was a campaign he harped on through Game 4 when Detroit took a 3-1 series lead.
Now that Detroit has had its lead cut to 3-2 after being 34.3 seconds away from winning the Stanley Cup for the fourth time in 11 seasons, Babcock is firing back.
“I think it’s pretty evident they don’t care what I think, either,” he said. “I’ll jump on the soap box. We talk about scoring more goals in the National Hockey League. We want more goals. No they don’t. Don’t tell me that. I’ve never seen anything like that in my whole life.”
Cleary bumped Fleury after a hard rush to the net 3:41 into the second overtime. Babcock doesn’t plan to take his gripes to the league, instead using the media session to air his displeasure.
“I’m going to try what the other guy has been trying all series,” he said in reference to Therrien.