"We've got to be better in front of him".
NOTES: Crosby now has 20 career points in the Stanley Cup Final, a new franchise record and one more than team owner Mario Lemieux.
The veteran defenseman who hadn't appeared in the playoffs until this spring scored into a wide-open net after a pass from Conn Smythe Trophy candidate Evgeni Malkin that went through the legs of Nashville's P.K. Subban. As the bench stood and yelled at the referee, Crosby threw a water bottle onto the ice.
The series is tied 2-2.
One minute into the second period, Crosby spearheaded yet another strong offensive zone shift that led to Sheary's goal.
"There was a lot to like about that game", said head coach Mike Sullivan. "Nobody feels good leaving the building playing the way we did". The winner-take-all, if necessary, would happen here, where Rinne has marshalled the worst road save percentage (.756) of any goalie in Stanley Cup Final history, where Pittsburgh has thus far scored 15 times in 11 periods.
Rust made it 2-0 just 6:43 into the game with a nasty backhand flip over Rinne's glove.
The first-minute penalty and double-five-hole goal. "You're in the Cup final, this is what it's all about". The last Game Five loser to win the series was Boston over Vancouver in 2011.
Crosby finished with three assists to reach 27 points, one behind Pittsburgh center Evgeni Malkin for the National Hockey League postseason scoring lead.
Malkin ripped a wrist shot over Rinne's glove on the ensuing 4-on-4 to make it 3-0 with just 10 seconds left in the first.
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Predators goaltender Pekka Rinne might be having flashbacks after allowing two goals on the first six Penguins shots, falling behind 2-0 early in Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final. "We were really jumping and playing our game, playing fast".
They sure didn't play that way in the first four games, even though they won the first two.
But what the Predators do have is a roster full of players who are capable of collectively stepping up and taking a game over.
The Predators say their watch party at Bridgestone Arena in Nashville was sold out nearly an hour before puck drop, with thousands of fans inside.
Penguins center Nick Bonino is not on the ice for warmups prior to Game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final against the Predators and is and out again. Matt Murray is coming off two inconsistent performances and definitely wants to get back to where he was in game two...
Colin Wilson is expected to play for the Predators after missing the first three games of the series.
Rinne returns to Pittsburgh, where he was shelled in the first two games of the series and is 0-5 with a 4.85 goals-against average and.833 save percentage over his National Hockey League career.
Nashville has controlled this series, nearly every fancy stat shows that... and finally, starting in the second period of game three, the Preds finally got a bounce or two to go their way.
The big boys came through like they haven't in the previous four Cup games, and now the Pens are a win away from a back-to-back championship celebration. "He just tells you "come and follow me" by the way he's playing. We know we've got to win one road game and then a home game to boot". Crosby and Subban became tangled up behind the Nashville net late in the first period, with Crosby ended up on top of Subban.
The Predators outscored the Penguins 9-1 in the past two games. After losing 5-2 in Game 6 of the second round, No. 71 said of the Washington Capitals, "If they think they won an easy game and because of that they think they can win Game 7, I say no".
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