It's tempting to say the Flyers can't handle Malkin after his two goals last game, but the Pens hardly controlled the game.
Before Biron decided to gift the Penguins the game-tying goal, the Flyers were dominating play, outshooting the Pens 12-3 and thanks to a nice finish by Sykora the Pens were fortunate to only be down 2-1. That buoyed the Pens and led to a late period flurry of shots, capped by Malkin's heartbreaking goal with 6 secs left.
With that lead, the Pens just sat on it for the final 2 periods and shut things down. Neither team had many scoring chances the rest of the game.
The Flyers can definitely still win this series, as in all honesty this was the fewest amount of scoring chances they've yielded in a playoff game since shutting out WSH in game 2. It's hard to win though when you give up 4 goals on 12 shots. If the Flyers can limit neutral zone turnovers then Pens got very little sustained pressure, as evidenced by the lack penalty calls against the Flyers this game.
Also, the one area where the lack of Timonen was really glaring was the PP. The Flyers PP has been great in the playoffs operating at near 25%, but last night it was downright awful. This is where Briere needs to step as PK mentioned.
Mike Richards was a man possessed last night though, scoring 2 gritty goals and throwing some big hits.
