![]() ![]() ![]() The Predators, who hadn't lost two straight playoff games this spring until the Final, hope to feed off the enthusiasm of their fans in Game 3. Obviously, they're going to be tough to get." "We know the ultimate goal is two more wins. You can't even put into words what it feels like," said Guentzel, a native of Omaha. His 19 points is also the highest playoff total by an American-born rookie.Ĭanadian Dino Ciccarelli set the rookie goals record by scoring 14 for Minnesota in 1981. He has scored the winning goal in each of the first two games of the Final and his 12 goals are the second-highest total by a rookie in a playoff season and the most by an American-born rookie. That doesn't matter because Guentzel is running up the Penguins' scoring totals. Two more Penguins wins and those fans will get their wish. That triggered roars and chants of "We want the Cup!" from fans at PPG Paints Arena. Guentzel recorded his second goal of the game and playoff-leading 12th when he converted a rebound to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead 10 seconds into the final period, Scott Wilson was credited with a deflection at 3:13 after Phil Kessel put the puck into the slot, and postseason scoring leader Evgeni Malkin beat Rinne with a wicked shot high to the goalie's glove side on a two-on-one at 3:28. And for the second straight game the Penguins prevailed, taking flight toward a 4-1 victory when rookie Jake Guentzel ignited a third-period scoring spree that ended when previously impeccable Pekka Rinne was removed from the Predators' net in order to preserve what remained of his dignity. Oshie's go-ahead goal came not long afterward, and Florida never got the equalizer.Reporting from pittsburgh - Proving that the quality of their shots on goal matters more than the quantity, the Pittsburgh Penguins were outshot by the Nashville Predators for the second straight game to start the Stanley Cup Final. He beat him to the stick side, tying the game 2-2 with 11:46 left. MacKenzie Weegar lost the puck after bouncing into Capitals star Alex Ovechkin near centre ice, went down, and Kuznetsov skated in alone on Bobrovsky. The Panthers argued for an icing call that didn't come on the play where the game got tied. Bobrovsky stopped 34 shots for the Panthers, the Presidents' Trophy winners after an NHL-best 122 points in the regular season - and saw the home-ice advantage slip away in their playoff opener. □ #Stanle圜up □: ➡️ x /Nrj5Ysf80j- Giroux and Sam Bennett scored for Florida, which has not won the opening game of a postseason series since 1997. Oshie scored the go-ahead goal midway through the third period, Vitek Vanecek stopped 30 shots and the Washington Capitals rallied past the top-seeded Florida Panthers 4-2 in the opener of their Eastern Conference first-round series Tuesday night in Sunrise, Fla.Įvgeny Kuznetsov is off and flying. Capitals steal series-opener on road from Panthers The old mark belonged to Valeri Kamensky and Peter Forsberg, who scored in the opening 2:54 during Game 2 of the 1998 conference quarter-finals, according to NHL Stats. The goals by MacKinnon and Toews were in the first 2:42, making it the fastest pair of goals to start a playoff game in Colorado/Quebec franchise history. He was replaced by Connor Ingram, who had appeared in only three NHL games before Tuesday. Lehkonen's score to make it 5-0 with 4:56 left in the first and put an end to Rittich's night. ![]() The sleek move of the game was turned in by Makar, who zipped around Tanner Jeannot with a nifty move near the blue line, skated down the left side and banked in a shot off the mask of Rittich. He took advantage of a Mattias Ekholm turnover with the Predators on the power play and lined it in through a small window.Ĭogliano later left the game with an upper-body injury. In the third period, the game got even more chippy with Mathieu Olivier drawing a misconduct penalty.Ĭogliano scored his first goal for the Avalanche since being acquired from San Jose on March 21. Close by, Luke Kunin shoved down Nazem Kadri, who got a shot in before being pulled away. Philip Tomasino got into it with Lehkonen. Things turned chippy after the horn to end the second period. CALE MAKAR IS IN PEAK PLAYOFF FORM! □ #Stanle圜up □: ➡️ x /aH9onq9qA3- Avalanche outshot the Predators by a 45-25 margin. ![]()
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