sists and a collective minus-23 rating in the four games."We scored two goals in four games. It's not enough,Free 5.0 Anti-Fur Womens Dark Blue Green," Malkin said, his voice barely more audible than a whisper, in a dressing room wrought with sorrow. "It's my mistake. I scored zero goals."The longest either Crosby or Malkin went without a point in the regular season was two games. Had one of them been able to maintain that streak and find a way to produce a goal in Game 3, a double-overtime 2-1 loss that essentially sealed the Penguins' fate, this could have been a different series.But they didn't."[The Bruins] are solid, they make you earn your chances," Crosby said. "That being said, I don't feel like they totally shut us down. I feel like we got chances, just [Boston goaltender Tuukka] Rask made some saves. But they're consistent; they don't give you chances. You've got to earn them."We earned them and unfortunately didn't capitalize on them."The number of chances the Penguins were able to produce in Game 1 and Game 3 of the series were astronomical -- Rask said it was north of 20 for each game. The fact a team that had scored 47 times in 11 playoff games entering the series only converted once on those 40-plus chances is what makes this so much more difficult to comprehend."I share your disbelief,Nike Free TR Fit 2 Women," Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said, "that it's a possible storyline in this series."Throughout the series, Crosby, Malkin, Letang, Neal and the rest of the Penguins continued to insist that if they continued producing chances at the rate and quality they were producing them, they would eventually go in. When that ultimately proved to be not the case,Nike Free Shoes, Neal was asked if there was anything the Penguins should have done differently."Obviously, if we wanted to do something different we'd put it in the back of the net," Neal said, somewhat annoyed at the question. "The chances are right there to put it in the back of the net, so I don't think we should have done anything different. It's when you run into a hot goalie in the playoffs, he can win you games."Then there was Jarome Iginla, who chose to be traded from the Calgary Flames to the Penguins for a chance at a Stanley Cup, turning down a similar opportunity to join the Bruins. Not only did Iginla not produce, he didn't even really generate any chances or have any significant impact on the series.Iginla admitted afterward he had "a very tough series," but appreciated the chance to join the Penguins for the run they had."The Bruins, they played very well, they're a very good team," Iginla said. "I was fortunate to have that choice, and when you make it you definitely believe in the guys here, and we played some great hockey right up until this last series. It also stings not playing well in this last series. These four games, I just didn't play well, and that's when you want to play your best for the team."Iginla is far from being the only Penguins player to feel that way.
CHICAGO -- The Los Angeles Kings lost four games in the 2012 Stanley Cup Playoffs en route to their first championship. Saturday night, they will try to avoid losing four in one series and extend their bid for a repeat.Like most of the games they've played during the 2013 Stanley Cup Playoffs, the Kings' Game 4 loss was a tight-checking, one-goal affair. Los Angeles had a lead late in the second period and was closing in on a 16th consecutive victory at Staples Center. But a late goal in the second and an early goal in the third proved to be the difference for the Chicago Blackhawks, who can knock out the defending champs and reach the Stanley Cup Final for the second time in four seasons with a win in Game 5 at United Center.This is not the first time these Kings have faced elimination. The San Jose Sharks had a chance to dethrone them in the Western Conference Semifinals, and the Kings responded with one of their better games of this postseason in Game 7 at Staples Center.With that in mind, here are three reasons the Kings can fight the