All in their early 20s.
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Murray will look to add to his totals as Pittsburgh takes on the Mike Richards and Taylor Chorney and the rest of the Washington Capitals in Round 2 of the Stanley Cup playoffs starting later in the week.
Those setbacks led to some soul searching, including hiring Mike Sullivan to take over for Mike Johnston in mid-December and having general manager Jim Rutherford overhaul the roster with fresh legs unburdened by past failure.
“We went through a lot of adversity throughout the year with a tough start, injuries throughout the entire year”, Crosby said. They have seen 11 different players score goals, 16 different players pick up at least a point and five players who have at least five points. The Penguins came back to win that afternoon, something they’ve done in each of the last nine games Murray has played a full three periods.
NY has one more shot to make Murray uncomfortable.
NY twice led in a first period which ended 2-2, but Pittsburgh dominated the second period as Bryan Rust scored twice, either side of goals from Matt Cullen and Conor Sheary, putting the Penguins up 6-2 before Chris Kreider’s third-period consolation goal for the Rangers.
Since the final minute of the second period in Game 3, the Penguins outscored the Rangers 14-3 in what turned out to be a five-game beatdown of the Broadway Blueshirts.
MAF was one of just 7 players to venture on the ice today for a “practice”, but unfortunately it’s looking like his playoff status won’t be changing any time soon.
St. Louis Blues goalie Brian Elliott, right, blocks a shot by Chicago Blackhawks left wing Andrew Ladd (16) during the third period in Game 6 of an NHL hockey first-round Stanley Cup playoff series Saturday, April 23, 2016, in Chicago. When the Penguins’ second-period deluge subsided, Lundqvist spent the final 20 minutes on the bench in favor of backup Antti Raanta.
“We just go out there and try to play our game and play hard”, Kessel said. It’s always great to get that first win to know you can beat them and they don’t get in your head. Penguins G Marc-Andre Fleury (concussion) sat out a 10th consecutive game, including the regular season. Fleury doesn’t appear close to returning, something that might have crippled Pittsburgh’s momentum months ago but no longer. “Experience is huge for us, especially us young guys”.
Interestingly enough, the Rangers actually played better from a possession standpoint in the series’ first two games, and at that point, my rare (for this season) optimistic outlook on how the series could potentially play out seemed to be realistic. Rust gave Pittsburgh the lead for good by tapping in a pretty feed from Trevor Daley at the top of the slot, the defenseman faking a shot before sliding a pass to Rust at the doorstep 5:21 into the second.
After two straight playoff disappointments against the New York Rangers, the Pittsburgh Penguins finally exorcised their playoff demon. “Hen-rik!” at the person most responsible for Pittsburgh’s recent playoff anguish. “I think the Penguins might have the offensive advantage with how they’re playing right now because they’re so darn fast…on the other side the Caps allowed all of 6 goals against the Flyers“.
“We learned a lot about this group along the way”, Crosby said.
Nashville had won the first two games in Anaheim before the Ducks tied it with two wins on the Predators’ home ice.
David Perron scored the tying goal earlier in the second and assisted on Garbutt’s goal along with Ryan Getzlaf. The defense came in strong when they needed to, the offense was clearly firing on all cylinders and the goals that the Rangers did manage to score weren’t totally Matt Murray’s fault.
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Frederik Andersen stopped 27 shots for the Ducks.
