-We have to admit we severely underestimated how the Penguins' defensemen would react to life without defenseman Trevor Daley. He's such a composed player who helps make things simpler for his teammates on the ice. We thought at some point, the Sharks' deep crew of talented forwards would force the Penguins' defensemen into mistakes. But that hasn't really happened in any level of abundance. Aside from a few occasional turnovers, the Penguins' defensemen as a group have been so composed. Tonight, they got the puck out of their zone fairly quickly and played pretty clean games

-The amazing thing about this series is that the Penguins have never played with a deficit. There have been 254:43 of hockey played in this series and not once have the Penguins needed to chase the Sharks - one of the most potent offensive forces in the NHL - on the scoreboard. How does that happen in the Stanley Cup Final?