As for the latter, NBC Sports is deploying 38 cameras for its coverage – compared to the 15 to 20 used for regular season games.
Advertisement
FIN WINE: Bert George has been to Stanley Cup Finals before, but he was glad to finally get to see one in his hometown.
Sidney Crosby says not to worry about Malkin.
“There’s always something you could’ve done differently”, Murray said on Sunday.
TH2N breaks down the game-winning goal in overtime by Joonas Donskoi and praises the Sharks’ overall pace in their Game 3 win. “It’s not necessarily that the big guns have scored the huge goals for both teams”. It’s been a process to get to this point.
They took a 2-1 lead over the Sharks into the second intermission, on the verge of spoiling the first Stanley Cup Final home game in San Jose franchise history. It seems clear that Crosby has found another level as the playoffs have gone on and San Jose is about to find out what happens when the game’s best player is on his game. Shirley brought her daughter, Cheryl Martinez, to the game to celebrate her birthday and while S.J. Sharkie came to their seats to bring Cheryl some birthday swag, the Sharks scored their first goal.
The Sharks went to overtime for the fifth time in the playoffs this year, and the second straight game against Pittsburgh.
The eyebrow-raising statistic from the first three games is that the Penguins have outshot the Sharks 113-74, twice breaking the 40-shot plateau. It’s just a passion for me. This guy [Melker Karlsson] was playing on our third or fourth line, he can jump up and do that. I think it should be the best game of the series.
Murray had a relatively ordinary showing in Game 3, but has been one of the Penguins’ most reliable and productive players this spring.
In those five Pittsburgh wins, the “HBK” line of Carl Hagelin, Nick Bonino and Phil Kessel have a combined eight goals.
The team will truly feel the absence of Hertl in this series however; especially since he was the team’s best playing forward in the first two games of the series. To give themselves a chance to win on Monday, the Penguins will need to continue to do whatever is necessary to limit the number of shots that reach the net. “The margin for error is small”. “Chris comes in and can handle the puck just as well and make plays”. Joel Ward’s game-tying blast in the third period managed to sneak through his body, while Joonas Donskoi’s attempt in overtime somehow evaded him high. “We’ve got to work for lanes”. Even a few shifts with Malkin couldn’t generate many chances for Pittsburgh. They play so close, so tight.
BY ANY OTHER NAME: And let’s not forget the city of Pittsburg – Bay Area and no “h” – and its gesture of ceremonially changing its name to Teal Town for the duration of the Stanley Cup Finals.
“He’s just a stud. Ever since he’s been here, he’s just so calm and so confident”, Thornton said about Jones: “You know every night he’s going to show up and shut the door for us”. That’s not an easy role to play. We understand it. We’ve been doing it for years.
But all those previous games didn’t matter, just this one game.
On Saturday, Pittsburgh’s biggest weapon was shot-blocking. He didn’t get a goal or an assist and was limited to three shots, often going against defensemen Marc-Edouard Vlasic and Justin Braun. We are going to do everything we can to keep pucks out of the net.
Advertisement
“We’re creating some chances”, Pavelski said.
