… Penguins forward Nick Bonino missed his third straight game because of a lower-body injury. Crosby has 20 Stanley Cup Final points, most in Penguins history, one more than Mario Lemieux. … Guentzel had an assist for his 21st point (13 goals, eight assists), tying the rookie playoff record set by Minnesota North Stars forward Dino Ciccarelli (14 goals, seven assists in 1981) and equaled by Philadelphia Flyers forward Ville Leino (seven goals, 14 assists in 2010). The team that has won Game 5 in a 2-2, best-of-7 Cup Final has won the series 17 of 24 times (70.8 percent). We're going back to our building and we know we're confident in that building." - Predators defenseman P.K. "You have to win four games to win a series. … Nothing in particular that I will share with you." - Penguins goalie Matt Murray But there are definitely things you can take from any game, no matter what happens. "I thought the team played a pretty solid game overall. He had an assist and four hits, which was second on the Penguins, one behind Malkin. Pittsburgh forward Patric Hornqvist played after missing practice Wednesday. Video: Gm5: Sheary pads lead, Guentzel ties record Crosby carried it below the goal line and backhanded a pass to Sheary for a one-timer past Saros. Video: Gm5: Murray denies Josi's spinning wristerĬrosby dropped a pass to Guentzel, whose shot bounced to Crosby in the right circle. The puck bounced up off Murray before he gloved it out of the air with 5:06 remaining in the second period and Predators forward Austin Watson skating toward the crease. With the Penguins leading 4-0, Roman Josi spun off Trevor Daley and took a wrist shot on Murray. Video: Gm5: Malkin picks the corner late in 1st Kessel passed back to Malkin, who shot over Rinne's glove and into the right corner of the net. Malkin retrieved the puck in the defensive zone before passing up to Kessel, who carried to the left circle. A match penalty carries an automatic suspension until the play is reviewed by NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman. Predators forward Colton Sissons received a match penalty for cross-checking defenseman Olli Maatta with 34 seconds left in the third period. Laviolette did not have an update on Ellis' status after the game. Ron Hainsey made it 6-0 with 3:20 left in the second.Įllis left in the second period because of an undisclosed injury. Kessel hadn't scored since Game 5 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Ottawa Senators. Phil Kessel pushed it to 5-0 at 8:02, one day after Malkin predicted Kessel would end his six-game goal drought. Video: Gm5: Kessel rips a laser from the slotĬonor Sheary scored on Saros' first shot faced to make it 4-0 at 1:19 of the second period. Rinne, who made six saves on nine shots, has been pulled in his past two road starts. Juuse Saros replaced Rinne to start the second period. He leads the playoffs with 28 points (10 goals, 18 assists). Malkin, who had two points (one goal, one assist), made it 3-0 with 11 seconds remaining. Crosby passed to Schultz at the point, where he one-timed a slap shot past Pekka Rinne's glove.īryan Rust extended it to 2-0 by backhanding a shot through Rinne's pads at 6:43. Video: Gm5: Schultz hammers home early PPGĪfter Crosby forced Ryan Ellis to take a holding penalty 50 seconds into the game while splitting the Predators defensemen and shooting off the left post, Justin Schultz made it 1-0 at 1:31 on the power play. The Penguins scored three goals in the first period. "There's still a lot of work to be done," Crosby said, "but I like the way we played tonight." Sidney Crosby had three assists to reach 27 points (eight goals, 19 assists) this postseason. Matt Murray made 24 saves for his second shutout of the playoffs after allowing eight goals in his previous two starts. They have a lot of confidence with how we've played in the. They have a lot of confidence in the way we've played this year. They have a lot of confidence in the whole building. "I'm telling you, they have a lot of confidence in that room. "Our guys will be ready," Predators coach Peter Laviolette said. The Predators won Games 3 and 4 at home after trailing 2-0 in the series. "So we're going to have to reset our mindset and be ready to play that game." "We understand that the next one is going to be the hardest," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said.
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