Fansided · May 22, 2020
Pittsburgh Penguins History: Revisiting 2001 Eastern Conference Finals
Pittsburgh Penguins, Mario Lemieux. Mandatory Credit: Doug Pensinger/ALLSPORT
When Mario Lemieux returned to the Pittsburgh Penguins after a three and a half year absence, one of his main goals was to secure a third Stanley Cup, let’s take a look back and see how close he came.
Here is how the Pittsburgh Penguins lost the 2001 Eastern Conference Finals.
Not much rest
Game 1
The key story from Game 1 one of the series was not that the Penguins had such a short turn around between their Game 7 overtime match vs. the Sabres and their first game vs. the Devils, in fact less than 48 hours had passed.
The main plot was the play New Jersey center, Bobby Holik.