Crosby set up Sheary - playing on his 25th birthday - in the low slot for a 4-0 Pittsburgh lead at 1:19 on the first shot by either team in the period.
Nashville captured Games 3 and 4 in front of a raucous home crowd and did so, in part, by continuing to stifle the two-headed offensive monster that lines up behind Sidney Crosby. Which Rinne shows up for Game 5 may well determine which team returns to Nashville with a 3-2 series lead. With Malkin, he's shot the puck a lot less (2.8 per-game) but still remained largely productive. The Penguins have come within two games of the first team to capture consecutive Cups in almost two decades due in large part to their resiliency.
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With 90 seconds left in the period Crosby's competitiveness spilled over again: He and P.K. Subban, who goofed around with that bad-breath-Listerine stuff in Nashville, tangled behind the net and went down, and there were bad feelings: Subban was wrapped around his leg, but Crosby still pushed down on Subban's helmet, and even threw little rabbit punches, trying to grind his former Olympic teammate's head into the ice.
The Predators are 5-5 away from Nashville this postseason. Pittsburgh Penguins' Sidney Crosby (87) tangles with Nashville Predators' P.K. Subban (76) during the first period in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Pittsburgh. We missed some open nets and we had a goal called back in the second game.
Although the Penguins' 9-3 record at PPG Paints Arena this spring isn't quite the equal of Nashville's 9-1 mark at Bridgestone Arena, it reflects the high level at which they routinely perform there. The 34-year-old was especially sharp in Game 4 - notably denying Crosby on his second breakaway attempt of the game.
It's likely why he was among the few regulars to skate at an optional Penguins practice early in the Stanley Cup final.
The best we can hope for is that Ryan Ellis is ok and that the Preds can hold serve at home on Sunday.
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Crosby wasn't about to leave anything behind against the Predators and he began the game as though he was playing at a different speed, maybe a different league, than anyone else on the ice.
They had better be. Two goals in 1:30 for the Pens. Nashville Predators' Viktor Arvidsson (38) and Pittsburgh Penguins' Carl Hagelin (62) trade punches during the third period in Game 5 of the NHL hockey Stanley Cup Final, Thursday, June 8, 2017, in Pittsburgh.
Determination was evident any time Crosby touched the puck and according to Mike Sullivan, that's no accident.
Sam the Balloon Man typically sells his creations at the Nashville Fairgrounds, but his giant Rinne creation has gone viral as the city of Nashville eats up anything Predators. But Subban still finished atop the possession leaderboard for the Predators. The three-time Vezina Trophy finalist allowed eight goals on just 36 shots during the first two games in Pittsburgh.
"I know you're not allowed to do that, so I'm not going to start doing it in the Stanley Cup Final". He has a.756 save percentage and a 5.41 goals against average on the road, but a.961 save percentage and a 1.0 goals against average at home. I get the day before and the day after, so I can kind of surround it with birthday activities, but (Thursday) was a focus on the game.
"I know it's a nasty hole to be in", Nashville coach Peter Laviolette said Tuesday.
These are, after all, the two teams with the best home-ice advantages in the postseason. Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan isn't concerned about Murray. "Right now we've just got to focus on Game 6 at home and put all our energy in that one". He stuck with Murray, reunited Sheary with Crosby and Jake Guentzel, and stressed his team needed to play with urgency but not desperation after the Predators rallied to tie the series by outscoring the Penguins 9-2 during two wins in Nashville.
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