from David Shoalts of the Globe and Mail,

The big difference between these teams is defence. Where the Red Wings’ big four of Nicklas Lidstrom, Brian Rafalski, Niklas Kronwall and Brad Stuart got the puck moving quickly out of their own zone in the face of an improved fore-checking effort from the Penguins last night, Pittsburgh’s Hal Gill, Rob Scuderi, Sergei Gonchar and Brooks Orpik once again could not do likewise when the Red Wings stormed the Penguins’ zone.

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