The Pittsburgh Penguins have a 3-2 lead in the Stanley Cup Final, and that lead is accompanied by a huge dose of pressure.
Instead of winning the Stanley Cup on home ice in Game 5 Thursday night, the Penguins could not solve San Jose goalie Martin Jones, and they dropped a 4-2 decision.
It was a game that broke the mold in the Stanley Cup Final, because the Penguins had scored the opening goal in each of the previous four games. But this time, the Sharks not only jumped out to a 1-0 lead on a quick goal by Brent Burns at the 1:04 mark, they stretched it to 2-0 shortly thereafter when Logan Couture scored his first goal of the series at the 2:53 mark.
If Pittsburgh head coach Mike Sullivan was starting to wonder what was going on, he didn't have to be concerned for very long. The Penguins tied it up moments later on goals that were credited to Evgeni Malkin and Carl Hagelin.
The Penguins had all the momentum in the world, and they would fire shot after shot at Jones. But the goalie did not crack. He was fortunate that the Penguins rang a few shots off the post, but he did not let another goal in.
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