After losing a 3-0 lead and with Game 7 looming in Washington, the Pittsburgh Penguins punched their ticket to the Eastern Conference Final with a 4-3 overtime victory against the Washington Capitals in Game 6 on Tuesday.
Nick Bonino, who helped fuel Washington's comeback with one of three delay-of-game penalties in a two-minute span in the third period, was in the right spot in front of Braden Holtby and scored on a rebound six minutes and 32 seconds into overtime, via Sportsnet:
The Penguins had three huge chances three minutes into overtime, but a combination of Holtby, a bouncing puck and Jay Beagle kept the puck out of Washington's net.
Beagle's stop was the most important and most impressive, as he dove to bat the puck out of midair with his stick, via NHL on NBC:
The Cauldron's Andy Glockner was left awestruck:
Facing elimination, the Capitals came out flying to start the game, but it was the Penguins who got on the board first.
Entering the Washington zone while most of his team changed, Phil Kessel threw a wrister that beat Holtby on the sh ...
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