Playing a deep team like the Pittsburgh Penguins is a nightmare for a goaltender on many different levels. It’s even more terrifying when your team continually surrenders breakaway chances to them.
That’s just what the Canadiens did in a late March match up at PPG Paints arena, as they gave up multiple breakaway chances over the course of the game. Unfortunately for the Penguins, they hadn’t counted on Antti Niemi showing up in top form and shutting down their chances with seemingly relative ease.
Perhaps none was more impressive than his third period stop on Bryan Rust however, where two quick saves in succession kept the Canadiens in a close game.