"When you lose hockey games, you've got to look for answers and reasons why, " Bylsma said.
Coach Dan Bylsma plans to use Jokinen to center wingers Pascal Dupuis and Chris Kunitz.
Given a choice, Bylsma figures fans want to see winning hockey, regardless of style points.
Penguins coach Dan Bylsma was noncommittal whether Fleury would be back in the net for Game 5.
"Our team defense has been a focus for us and how we play, and it's everybody, " Bylsma said.
"That was not a good goal and one where he was a little bit out of position, " Bylsma said.
"He has had success and won hockey games against this team and has been successful this year, " Bylsma said.
"They're going to play tough and physical and they can grind down a team on the forecheck, " Bylsma said.
"We brought Tomas Vokoun in to play big games for us, " Bylsma said.
"I think Marc was under siege most of the night and you could see that, " Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma said.
The goaltenders posted nearly identical save percentages and goals against averages, though Bylsma left little doubt that Fleury is No. 1.
Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma spoke glowingly about Vokoun after the Game 4 loss, but stopped short of saying a change would occur.
Penguins coach Dan Bylsma used his timeout, but couldn't stem the tide.
After Strait took down Crosby in overtime, Penguins coach Dan Bylsma used his timeout to rest his power-play unit, and it paid off.
He repaid coach Dan Bylsma for the vote of confidence instantly, needing only 25 seconds of ice time to score his first playoff goal.
While Bylsma thinks his team may have found something against the Rangers, the search for a winger to put alongside Malkin and Neal continues.
Penguins coach Dan Bylsma called timeout and settled down his club, which won its fourth straight dating to a home loss against the Islanders last Tuesday.
"He's not a flashy player, " Pittsburgh coach Dan Bylsma said.
Certainly not against Vokoun, thrust into the lineup after Bylsma benched Marc-Andre Fleury, who had started 79 straight postseason games but struggled in a 6-4 loss in Game 4.
Taken to task by coach Dan Bylsma for sloppy play following a comeback win over Philadelphia on March 7, Pittsburgh has responded by allowing just five goals in five games.
Crosby hit the post in the opening minutes, and Pittsburgh put the kind of pressure on Rask that Penguins coach Dan Bylsma said would be necessary if they wanted to advance.
Coach Dan Bylsma stressed the importance of personal responsibility and during a 15-game winning streak in March the Penguins looked like they'd finally learned their lesson, posting three consecutive shutouts at one point.
New York forced the Penguins into an early icing violation that caused Bylsma to burn his lone timeout just 1:19 in in order to rest the tired players forced to stay on the ice.
The Penguins claimed Boychuk off waivers on Thursday and Bylsma plans to throw the former first-round pick into the mix to see if the speedy Boychuk can mesh with his two higher profile linemates.
Bylsma's biggest change was inserting Vokoun in place of Fleury, but he also scratched defenseman Mark Eaton and forwards Jussi Jokinen and Tanner Glass in favor of younger, quicker skaters Simon Despres, Joe Vitale and Kennedy.
Bylsma restructured the first power play unit and moved forward James Neal from the rover spot he had been playing into one a little closer to the goal, while Crosby did a little more work near the point.
Vokoun stopped 31 shots in his first playoff start in six years while Kennedy broke a scoreless tie with a breakaway goal 7:25 into the second period, validating coach Dan Bylsma's decision to insert him into the lineup for the first time in the postseason.
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