"Now he's not taking part in #preds optional before Game 6". He ranks second among defenseman in the playoffs with five goals, trailing only Josi, who has scored six times in the postseason. Murray never smothered the puck after Filip Forsberg's shot, leaving Colton Sissons an easy tap-in that was disallowed. He had whistled the play dead when he lost sight of the puck with Murray on the ice between him and the puck. Murray made a big stop on a shot by Mattias Ekholm followed by a save on Arvidsson. It is also the third championship for Crosby and a handful of teammates from the 2009 title team, surpassing the two won by the Penguins teams led by current owner Mario Lemieux in the 1990s.
Murray is coming off a 24-save outing in a 6-0 win in Game 5, and extended his shutout streak to 83 minutes and 23 seconds. The three previous teams - Edmonton in the first round (7-0 to San Jose), Anaheim in the second round (7-1 to Edmonton) and Ottawa in the conference finals (7-0 to Pittsburgh) - rebounded to win the following game.
Now, the Predators are looking at the one scenario they haven't faced all playoff season: An elimination game.
The Penguins also killed off 32 seconds of a 5-on-3 at 8:47 of the third after Trevor Daley punched Ryan Ellis with Olli Maatta already in the box for tripping.
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The 40-year-old country singer and Nashville Predators fan will open NBC's broadcast of the match with a performance on the roof of the honky-tonk Tootsie's World Famous Orchid Lounge on Sunday (June 11).
The defending champion Penguins lead the best-of-seven series 3-2 and can become the first team to repeat since Detroit in 1998 if they can win at Nashville's Bridgestone Arena in Game 6.
Confidence is the last word you would have used in describing the Predators play at PPG Paints Arena for Game 5.
NOTES: Pittsburgh's 5-0 road record with a chance to clinch the Stanley Cup is the best record in National Hockey League history in that situation. Filling the sixth defensive spot could be Anthony Bitetto, with 14 career playoff games but none this postseason.
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