It took 13 minutes of overtime Sunday, but the Penguins won Game 3 by a score of 5-4, taking a 3-0 lead in the series.
On Monday, the Blue Jackets announced Warenski is out for the rest of the series, which might last one more game, as Pittsburgh scored nearly immediately after Warenski went down, and won the game 5-4 in overtime. However, the Pens scored twice in the second period and both teams traded goals in the third period to force overtime. He scored with 2:27 left in the third period of Game 2 to give St. Louis the 2-1 win.
Guentzel's three-goal haul included the game-winning goal with 6:51 to play in OT of Sunday's 5-4 win in game three on Sunday, which has the Penguins one win from a series sweep in the Eastern Conference after rallying back from a three-goal deficit. With the three-goal outburst, Guentzel became the first rookie in Pens history to notch a postseason hat trick, and the ninth since 1987-88.
San Jose leads series 1-0.
Columbus, one of the more physical teams in the league, briefly lost its cool late. But in Game 3, Bob was shaky at best.
He typically plays on the first line for the Penguins alongside superstar Sidney Crosby and opposite Conor Sheary. "They're three really good players", coach Mike Sullivan said of the line. "It empowered me even more'".
Today, for some reason though, I also can't get my mind away from just how electric this group has the potential to be on offense for years to come.
Marlins' Straily, Garcia hold Mets hitless through 6 innings
The Mets are 4-1 in their last five game threes of a series, and 4-0 in deGrom's last four starts during game three of a series. Cespedes led off the fifth with another homer, his sixth of the season - most in the majors - and his fifth in 48 hours.
"They've stuck to their game plan and we've stuck to ours and it was a real tough test for us out there the second half of the game", Allen said. The team also held a pregame moment of silence and put together a video tribute that aired in the arena during a first-period stoppage in play. "So we're expecting, obviously, a pushback from them and we know we're going to see their best the next game".
Guentzel scored Pittsburgh's first goal in the opening period and got another in the third period before beating Bobrovsky for the victor in OT.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) - Connor McDavid and Zack Kassian scored short-handed goals to help the Edmonton Oilers beat the San Jose Sharks, levelling their first-round series at one game apiece. They did just that by jumping out to a two-goal lead against the Presidents' Trophy winners and aren't deflated by an overtime loss.
Crosby got his 50th playoff goal.
Game three: Blackhawks at Predators - It is easy to focus on Chicago's sudden inability to score in 120 minutes to open the playoffs, armed with the likes of Patrick Kane, Jonathan Toews and more.
Schwartz scored a power-play goal with 4:41 left in the second period to break a 1-1 deadlock.
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