Going into this series, the Pittsburgh Penguins surpassed the Montreal Canadiens in skill and playoff experience: Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin had no equivalent in bleu, blanc, et rouge and the Pens collective goal-scoring potential far eclipsed the Habs’.
With the benefit of hindsight, however, maybe the Canadiens weren’t the underdogs we made them out to be — not when they could count on Cerberus himself. Pittsburgh seldom managed to slip the puck behind the coverage of Carey Price, who fiercely guarded his cage, snapping at any puck or opposing player who dared come near him.