Why the Penguins’ Surprising Lineup Choice Could Make or Break Their Playoff Run
And, while that tandem worked in the regular season, the Penguins simply have to ride whoever has the momentum from game to game in the playoffs. Silovs was brilliant Saturday, stopping 28 of 30 Flyers’ shots on goal and making some key saves on odd-man breaks that could have buried the Penguins, much like Skinner was doing in the first three games of the series.
But the Penguins won the hockey game with Silovs in net, and they won the hockey game with a slightly adjusted lineup, too. Elmer Soderblom was back in for Justin Brazeau, the top line of Rickard Rakell, Sidney Crosby, and Bryan Rust was reunited – as was the second line of Egor Chinakhov, Tommy Novak, and Evgeni Malkin – and Ilya Solovyov took the place of Connor Clifton on the third defensive pairing.
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