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Abdelkader makes most of limited time in Game 1; bad blood between Crosby and Maltby?

By Scott Burnside and Pierre LeBrun

Saturday, May 30, 2009

DETROIT -- Funny thing about Justin Abdelkader's scoring his first career playoff goal. The kid sat on the bench for most of the opening 40 minutes because Detroit coach Mike Babcock needed to match up with Pittsburgh's three-center attack. But then, Abdelkader went out and netted a big goal in the third period. "Well, they're a hard group for the fourth line because they don't play a fourth line," Babcock said. "So, when you've got [Sidney] Crosby and [Evgeni] Malkin coming all the time, you ...

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