No Country for Pennsy Goalies

The defensive duel between the Pittsburgh Penguins and Philadelphia Flyers continued earlier tonight with another close game, final score in favor of the Penguins 10-3.  The win would keep the Penguins alive another day, and deny the Flyers a sweep.  After four games in this earlier playoff season, the two Pennsylvanian teams combined to tally 45 goals.  A lot?  Yes.  A record?  Well, not yet.

The record for most goals in a single playoff series goes to the 1985 Western Conference where the Wayne Gretzky led Edmonton Oilers defeated the Chicago Blackhawks with a total of 69 goals.  It's worth noting that total came in only six games.  Game 3 was the lowest scoring game, 5-2 in favor of the Blackhawks.  In this series, the Flyers beat the Penguins 4-3 in Game 1 for the lowest scoring game so far.

That said, this year's series is still 24 goals behind, so even if it were to go the full seven games, they would need to average 8 goals a game the rest of the way.  Nevertheless, the record for a five game series is only 52 goals.  I don't think many people would bet against these two teams scoring another seven plus goals next game.  We'll have to watch Friday night to see if they can do it.  Like or hate these teams, they have provided an entertaining series.