Friday night, the Pittsburgh Penguins jumped out to a commanding 2-0 series lead against the Columbus Blue Jackets, but one OH paper is now doing its part to try and rattle the defending champions.
But even before the game, there was some speculation surround Murray's health; backup goalie Tristan Jarry, who got his first career National Hockey League start in Pittsburgh's final game of the regular season, wasn't sent back down to Wilkes-Barre/Scranton after the game. The Penguins now lead the best-of-seven series 2-0. We can't win the game after the whistles.
This year, Rutherford's best deal may turn out to be one that he didn't actually make. And the defending Stanley Cup champions are only too happy to ride the wave.
Lundqvist turned aside all 31 shots he saw in New York's 2-0 victory over Montreal on Wednesday night to beat the Canadiens for the first time this season as the Rangers stole home ice with a 2-0 Game 1 victory.
"There's no timeframe", Sullivan said of Murray's possible return to action.
Murray burst onto the scene and manned the crease for 21 of the Penguins' playoff games, posting a superb.923 save-percentage and 2.08 goals-against-average.
The Jackets surely tested surprise starter Marc-André Fleury frequently, and per their coach John Tortorella on Tuesday, they spent roughly 23 minutes in the Penguins' zone compared to 18 minutes in their own, but until Conor Sheary's giveaway led to Matt Calvert's goal midway through the third, Columbus barely got a clean look at the net from the so-called scoring area.
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"I'm trying to keep up with them for the most part", Crosby said.
"I think we're doing fine", Sullivan said when asked if he thought his team was sticking to its mantra. "It was good to see some go in". Patric Hornqvist added an empty-net tally to seal the win. They've outhit the Penguins 100-65 in the first two games of the series, and that ratio isn't likely to get any less lopsided moving forward.
"We're looking at it as we didn't play our best game", Trotz said Friday.
Murray, a rookie, stepped in a year ago when Fleury was hurt at the start of the postseason and helped Pittsburgh win the 2016 Cup, then took over the No. 1 job this regular season. Murray won 15 of 16 playoff games in 2015-16, leading Pittsburgh to its fourth Stanley Cup Championship. G Marc-Andre Fleury's last-minute start moved him into tie with G Tom Barrasso for most playoff appearances by a Penguins goaltender, 101.
The awakening came earlier than in the series opener. Crosby did it for most of Game 2, and Evgeni Malkin got in on the act with his 49th career playoff goal. "We improved quite a lot (getting pucks to the blue)". Working a two-on-one with Crosby, he one-timed a pass from the Penguins' captain past Bobrovsky's left skate.
"I don't want to talk about it", Bobrovsky said of his first-period blunder, per the Columbus Dispatch. "He eventually just held onto it and I was able to create a turnover". "They got some more momentum with their second".
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