The Pittsburgh Penguins made sure there would be no New York Rangers comeback on Saturday with a 6-3 victory in Game 5 at the Consol Energy Center to win the series 4-1.
Pittsburgh exploded for four goals in the second period to break a 2-2 first-period tie, putting the game away and exorcising some postseason demons in the process. In each of the last two seasons, New York had knocked Pittsburgh out of the playoffs, including a 2014 series that saw the Rangers rally from a 3-1 deficit to eliminate the Penguins.
The Rangers had time to fume over their 5-0 Game 4 blowout loss on Thursday and came out flying on Saturday. Just 1:02 into the game, Rick Nash deflected a low Dan Girardi shot through rookie goaltender Matt Murray and into the back of the net, per NBCSN:
For the young Pittsburgh goalie, who is standing in for the injured Marc-Andre Fleury, it was one of very few mistakes he made in his three starts during the playoffs. He was solid yet again Saturday, stopping 38 of 41 Rangers shots.
In his three games in goal this series, Murray stopped 85 of 89 shots in total.
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