Penguins Goalie Marc-Andre Fleury Experienced an Epic Meltdown in Columbus Last Night

How did Marc-Andre Fleury manage to lose a game in minutes courtesy of two huge mental mistakes?

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The Pittsburgh Penguins were up 3-0 in Columbus last night and on the verge of taking a commanding 3-1 series lead back to Pittsburgh for Game 5. Enter Pens goalie Marc-Andre Fleury.

Just to give you a little background, the Canadian netminder has something of a history of underachieving in the postseason—and that's putting it kindly really—including being benched during last year's quest for the Stanley Cup. Anyway, back to last night. Leading 3-2 in the final period of regulation, in the final minute of play, Fleury went behind his net to try and play a puck. And not only did he not get a touch on the puck, he also left a wide open net begging to be scored on. And with 22.5 seconds left, Columbus' Brandon Dubinsky obliged with the tying goal.

Check out a floundering Fleury below, as all he can do is scramble and watch in horror:

As if that gaffe wasn't bad enough, Fleury then began the overtime period by whiffing on what looked like a very tame effort from Nick Foligno, thus completing the meltdown. Check out the game "winner" below:

Fleury will have a chance to redeem—or bury—himself at home on Saturday.

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