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Off-day thoughts: Geno breakout, Scary Carey, and yes, that darn power play

#1: This story of the Penguins / Canadiens series through two games has been one of pulling teeth. A stubborn, outmatched Montreal team hanging tough, mostly credit to an other-worldly performance by their goaltender.

Just look at some of the following stats:

Shots on goal: 79-62 Pens (54-51 MTL at 5v5)

Scoring chances: 90-50 Pens (60-45 PIT at 5v5)

Scoring chance goals: 4-4 (4-2 MTL at 5v5)

Total xGF - xGA: 9.95 - 4.09

Actual goals: 5-4 PIT (thanks to an empty netter)

xGF%: 70.88% Pittsburgh

Those are some remarkable numbers.