Pens, Fleury get some bad bounces
DETROIT – Marc-Andre Fleury’s(notes) inelegance as a goalkeeper is part of what makes him successful. He is a tangle of lithe limbs that fidget and he has the neck of a bobblehead doll, always moving as though it’s spring-activated, and the two often work in wonderful unison.
They can, too, lead to abject misery. The enduring image of last season’s Stanley Cup Finals was Fleury allowing a puck to trickle between his legs, then falling onto it with such force that it squirted across the goal line. The game- – and, ultimately, Cup- – winning goal for the Detroit Red Wings was credited to Henrik Zetterberg(notes), though Fleury’s posterior deserved an assist and perhaps even a star.
