It only can be awarded that night to the Pittsburgh Penguins, who decimated the Predators on Thursday in a 6-0 laugher in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final.
There were almost 15,000 people watching Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final Thursday night, but one fan was especially lucky to be there. The goal by Hainsey in the second came off of an odd man rush that he created.
Rinne was lifted after allowing three goals on nine shots, while his replacement Juuse Saros surrendered three on 15 shots.
The valuable Nashville defenseman left the ice in pain early the second period and has not returned. The Stanley Cup Final got oddly sidetracked by Subban saying that Crosby accused him of having bad breath.
During play it certainly looked like someone threw the water bottle onto the ice, and still does to me, but Crosby is adamant that it slipped. Phil Kessel scored not long after that. As the bench stood and yelled at the referee, Crosby threw a water bottle onto the ice. Someone was facing elimination after Game 5.
Malkin said Kessel would score, and the right winger did it 8:02 into the period.
As well, Penguins' rookie Jake Guentzel earned an assist on Sheary's goal, his 21st point of the playoffs. Pittsburgh can also take some confidence in knowing they won the Stanley Cup past year in San Jose, California, so strolling around their opponent's ice with the Stanley Cup is something they are used to doing.
There was the slick blind backhand pass to Conor Sheary just 1:19 into the second period that made it 4-0. For the first time in this series the Predators did not have an edge in shots on goal. Instead, his penalty was just one of 14 given to the Predators with 10 handed out to Pittsburgh for a total of 100 penalty minutes. The Nashville goalie's Steel City nightmare continued when he failed to finish a game there for the second time in this series.
If Ellis can not play, the Predators would have to rely on either Matt Irwin or Yannick Weber for more minutes.
He added two more assists in the second period and now has 27 points this spring, one behind teammate Evgeni Malkin for the playoff lead. But, do you really care where the Penguins win?
Sidney Crosby got three assists as six different scorers secured the win. In three games in Pittsburgh, two of which he was pulled, he's allowed 11 goals against. He sat for the first month of the playoffs before making his postseason debut in Game 6 of the Western Conference finals against Anaheim.
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Pittsburgh kept up the pressure and Chris Kunitz set up Rust for a backhander that sailed past Rinne's glove to make it 2-0 at 6:43. It's his seventh goal of the playoffs.
Maybe, but what works for one player doesn't work for another.
Ellis was called for holding on the play and with the ensuing power play, Crosby set up Schultz for a blast that snuck through the pads of Pekka Rinne, who got the hook after only 20 minutes. The catfish have become the unofficial mascot of the series as Nashville fans have taken to throwing it like Detroit Red Wings fans with octopi.
Viktor Arvidsson was just hoping to make the Nashville Predators roster at last fall's training camp.
Fans welcomed the team back home as they landed at Nashville International Airport just before 1 a.m. Pittsburgh C Nick Bonino missed his third straight game.
Both coaches were asked Thursday morning whether they believe momentum can carry over from one game to the next, though that hasn't been the case in the Final or in most of the previous rounds.
As noted, repeatedly, the overriding storyline in this series has been the up-and-down play of the Predators goalie. This move was done not as an indictment on Rinne, but to try to jumpstart the Predators. Murray, on the other hand, is coming off two consecutive losses and has never lost three in a row since entering the National Hockey League. Compare that to his 0-3 showing in Pittsburgh, where he's lugging a 5.39 GAA and.756 save percentage. I really don't understand the call", Predators coach Peter Laviolette told reporters after the game, via the Los Angeles Times.
"I don't think a player ever 'arrives, '" Sullivan said. "They still have home ice. Right now we've just got to focus on Game 6 at home and put all our energy in that one". They also have a 123-91 shot lead in the Cup Final. Pittsburgh is averaging 3.0 goals per game in the playoffs, the same as the Predators. "We're playing good defense", Nashville defenseman Mattias Ekholm said. Nashville LW Colin Wilson returned from an undisclosed injury and made his Final debut.
And while captain Sidney Crosby says the "desperation level" will ramp up, Sullivan was quick to point out the term doesn't mean what you think it means.
The series was tied 2-2.
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