PITTSBURGH — After talking to Avalanche coach Patrick Roy and defenseman Francois Beauchmin, it’s crystal clear without looking at the video: Beauchemin’s game-changing high-sticking minor on Matt Cullen was a bad and costly call. But it shouldn’t have cost the Avs the game. In the end, Sidney Crosby’s back-handed five-hole goal with 8:04 remaining was the difference in the Penguins’ 4-3 win.
Reto Berra didn’t look like the NHL goals-against average and save percentage leader and the Avs allowed Crosby’s game-winning goal shortly after Tyson Barrie got the Avs within 3-2 midway through the third period.