2-1 SO loss to the Penguins. Berube was nothing short of amazing, making 33 saves through OT, stopping Crosby & Kessel in the SO, allowing only a regulation deflection goal to Kunitz and a really nice SO goal to Leturd. Okposo with the Isles lone goal in regulation. Nobody scored for them in the SO, with Nielsen, Okposo & Tavares all getting stopped easily. Tavares' wounded snail pace SO attempts need to fucking stop. Goalies were thrown off by it when he first did it, but now they know to just wait until he's in close & then cover the low net, since he's in too close to roof it. If he's going to go in this slowly, he needs to shoot high now & then to keep goalies guessing more. Or maybe Capuano could go with someone else. I'd use Lee, Strome, Bailey, Clutterbuck & even Leddy before Tavares in the SO.
Capuano changed the lines up mid-game vs the Panthers the night before & it worked brilliantly. Last night he put the old lines back together & kept them that way for the whole game. Only changes were putting Grabovski, Bernier & Strait in for Nelson, Prince and Pulock respectively. A mid-game change might have helped spark something. Oh well.
Berube may have a very small sample size, but he's looking like a very good NHL goalie. And he comes pretty close to out-toothing Fleury, which is something very few humans can say.