The Pittsburgh Penguins eliminated the Ottawa Senators from the NHL playoffs on Friday night with an offensive performance that should be included in future youth hockey instructional videos.
Following their 7-3 win on Wednesday in Ottawa, the Penguins returned home for Game 5 and the team's offense was once again firing on all cylinders with a convincing 6-2 victory.
As Chris Johnston of Sportsnet points out, these high-scoring games have become a common theme throughout the team's playoff run:
This victory has given Pittsburgh a spot in the Eastern Conference Final for the first time since its Stanley Cup-winning season in 2008-09. It's also the first time this team has clinched a playoff series at home since 2008.
The question that remains ahead of the conference finals is if this Penguins team is an unstoppable machine that will maintain its torrid offensive pace all the way to the Stanley Cup Final.
Going back to the third period of Game 4 in Ottawa, the Penguins outscored the Senators 10-3 in the final four frames of the series and consistently controlled the flow of play in ...
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