Stanley Cup Finals stats?

Crosby is having a horrible series, the wings are really getting to him.

It's only one game. Bob pretty much said what I wanted to, with posting the stats about how Crosby has performed these playoffs. The guy can easily out-perform anybody on the ice the next 1/2 games, and add on to that 31 points he already has.

Datysuk, great player we already knew that. But we'll see how he does in these 2 final games... assuming a game 7 is forced. If it isn't, then we'll never know. He isn't 60%, with all due respect to ESPN, Half the users on this hockey section could have better coverage/analyst than those guys. Even if I do like Burnside, Barnaby, and Bucci.

But I guess we'll have to find out, Crosby needs to come up big In game 6, to force a game 7. Which, he and the rest of the team will be in desperation mode... remember the last time this team has been put in desperate situations, Crosby ended up being the one who shined the brightest. (Not talking about the DET series).

Crazy. I was thinking before the game on how much of an impact Datsyuk would make. I figured it would give Detroit a little boost in confidence, Zetterberg could shed some of the Crosby load onto Pavel, and it would be a close one, a real nail-biter. I thought the Pens would be pumped after outplaying the Wings the previous two games, and having a couple unlucky bounces come between them and a closer Games 1&2. I thought Detroit might be a little on their heels, maybe a little harder to re-focus.

I didn't expect Datsyuk to make his presence felt physically and statistically in this game at all. I was relieved and surprised. I think Detroit has a lot more confidence now going into Game 6. I still say Detroit in 7, though.

Gotta give credit where credit due, the Wings have done a great job of keeping Crosby at bay. That said he has 31 points and is the reason his team is in the final. Datsyuk for a MVP candidate, which Crosby is not, has been a playoff bust this year.

As to 60% healthy, I don't know whats wrong with him but it seems to me he is a tad soft and could have been in the lineup earlier.

You want tough, Serge savard playing in Game 6,7, and * of the 72 Summit series with a broken ankle. Incidentally Canada was undefeated in that series 4-0-1 in the 5 games Savard played, they lost the other 3.

Bob Gainey playing with 2 separated shoulders in the playoffs.

Ryan Smyth losing three teeth in a playoff game against SJ in 2006 and missing only 3 shifts as they froze his mouth and stitched him up, then comes back to set up the OT winner playing 20 of the 42 mins in OT.

That's tough, Datsyuk - the jury is still out in my opinion.

Great game by the Wings though.

Defenders- Bob likes crosby's balls don't he?

Hey BOBBBBBBBBBBBBBBBB!

That game was the best hockey i have seen the Wings play since a certain Pavel Datsyuk played. He brings that mental presence. I really don't see how crosby is better than Datsyuk. Not from THAT game. From the whole season. He is a great, if not the best, two way forward in the league. Please Bob, "enlighten" me of crosby's AMAZING talents.

(And WHAT a captain he is, slashing people in a 5-0 game, setting a great example ain't he!)

Bob- CAPTAINS WIN STANLEY CUPS. With that performance, will he EVER? And the Wings didn't have the best orginization when Yzerman came in. The penguins had already had Lemieux and Jagr in their past. (Hard to suck after their exellence has been passed). Yzerman left, and I BELIEVE the Wings are doing pretty good, or is it just me? I am obviously not the retard here, you MUST be!

Pavel Datsyuk since April 18th- ZERO GOALS

Sidney Crosby since April 18th- 14 goals

Crosby 31 points in 21 games

Datsyuk 9 points in 14 games

Crosby +10

Datsyuk +6

........pick ONE game? I prefer to look at the BIGGER picture!

60% estimated by "ESPN".....citing a % of health by ESPN confirms that you are drunk. FIRST OFF....60% and he wouldn't be in the line-up...secondly, a bit soft anyways, MANY players get their foot frozen and play through it........Hell, didn't that #87 guy from Pittsburgh play with a broken foot for a weeks last year in the REGULAR SEASON?

Get off the bottle! LOL

that's the problem with the Finals...one game and people want to put it under a microscope.......always get me with baseball playoffs.....he is hitting .500.....come on man, he is 1-2......or he is hitting .000 on an 0-3.

Datsyuk has a 2 point game and you sing his praises? His 1st multiple point game of the playoffs? (Crosby has had a DOZEN of those, including LAST GAME).

Yea boy Wings in 6. Crosby Sucks.

I think one of the commentators, sorry I don't remember which one on NBC said it best "if Datsyuk isn't 100% tonight, He sure isn't showing it" pretty much said it all about Dats tonight.

that says it all wings in 6

0: the combined amount of wins last season and superbowl wins for the lions. 42% to 19%. pgh to det tv ratings. pretty pathetic for a city(if you can actually call it that) who calls itself hockeytown. 3: the amount of people who actually own a car in the MOTOR city.