Atlantic Division Champions!!!!!!!!!!!!

The Pittsburgh Penguins could not get any help from the Boston Bruins, so Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin decided to win the Atlantic Division by themselves. Not only was this game huge for the Pens, it was bigger for the fans knowing the Flyers probably won't make the playoffs, pending the Capitals win out.

Now to the game. Going into tonight's game, the Pittsburgh Penguins knew the task ahead of them was not going to be easy. The Pens also knew the Flyers would come out trying to enforce physical play, so Michel Therien decided to put Georges Laraque on the ice. Three minutes in Laraque dropped the gloves against Riley Cote and absolutely went off on his face. Georges Laraque showed Cotes why he is one of the most feared players of all time in the NHL. After the fight was over, Philly started taking runs at Penguins' captain, Sidney Crosby. After that the Pens started looking like a team that did not want to play anymore in fear of Crosby, Malkin, or Hossa getting hurt. Scott Hartnell of the Flyers opened the scoring up 8:58 into the first, his (24) assisted by Daniel Briere and Vaclav Prospal. Segei Gonchar of the Pens answered one minute and twenty-six seconds later on the power play, his (12) from Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin. The Pens had some momentum but that quickly changed when Hal Gill tripped Joffery Lupul, putting the Flyers on the power play. The Flyers being a desperate team put their #2 ranked powerplay to work and it lead to Jeff Carter getting his (29) from Jofferey Lupul and Braden Coburn at 13:13 of the first. The period ended with Philly leading 2-1, but there was still 40 minutes of hockey left. Going into the second period, the Sidney Crosby abuse continued and that made Sid angry...not a good move on Philly's part. The Pens drew a 5-3 all because Scott Hartnell couldn't control himself. An angry Sidney Crosby didn't waste time in knotting the score up. Sid got his (23) on the PP from Marian Hossa and Sergei Gonchar at 6:26 of the second. A mirror twelve minutes later, the Pens got another PP and Evgeni Malkin buried his (47) from Ryan Whitney at 14:33 of the second. The Pens headed into the third period up 3-2 looking to win their first Atlantic Division title. Sidney Crosby made sure the Pens got the title by scoring another PPG, one of the nicest goals I have ever seen, his (24) from Marian Hossa and Sergei Gonchar at 18:26 in the third leaving the Flyers hoping and praying that the Washington Capitals lose.

Side notes: The Pens went 4 for 6 on the PP which is a huge after being shutout on the PP against the Rangers. Sidney Crosby had 2 goals and 1 assist to go along with Mlakin's 1 goals and 1 assist. Sunday's game is going to be scary, I just pray the Pens escape it with the same roster that goes into it.