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PITTSBURGH -- The Penguins, with the exception of Bill Guerin (who met with the media Sunday morning), had a complete day off before returning to work Monday. "I think it's a good thing to get away from the rink," Pittsburgh defenseman Rob Scuderi said Monday. Scuderi spent the day at home with his wife and children. "You kind of just recharge at home," he said. "Then you can refocus when you come back to work." Pascal Dupuis took his children to the pool. "They need it, too. It's been a long season for them, too," he said. Forward Craig Adams' parents are visiting from Calgary, so he took his son to the park in the morning for a little baseball action, and then the whole family went out for dinner Sunday night, at the Cheesecake Factory, to be specific. Maxime Talbot's parents also are visiting, from Montreal, so he and his father washed all the windows at his house and did some yard work. "My dad loves that stuff," Talbot said. The family also played some cribbage. Back at work, the Penguins acknowledged that Game 6 brings with it more than a little dose of the fear factor. It is always so when a team faces its own mortality and knows its season hangs in the balance with the outcome of one game. "Any time you're facing elimination, you should be worried. I definitely think that helps drive you," Adams said. "Definitely you don't want it to be over." "You've got to hate to lose," Scuderi said. "We expect winning, and we hate to lose." Talbot, who scored the tying goal in last year's Game 5 to allow the Penguins to extend the Red Wings to six games, likewise finds some comfort in the angst of an elimination game. "Being afraid to lose is not that bad of a mindset," Talbot said. "If you're afraid, it means you're going to do everything in your power not to lose."
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