In Toronto, Matt Murray made 27 saves and the Pittsburgh Penguins got even with the Montreal Canadiens with a 3-1 win.
The series is now tied at 1-1.
“That’s what you need to do as a goalie, just worry about the next shot,” Murray said. “Whether a goal goes in or you make a big save, it’s about the next one. So it’s a cliché, but it’s always one shot at a time.”
Sidney Crosby, Jason Zucker and Jake Guentzel were the Pens’ strikers.
“I don’t know how many power plays that Pittsburgh has had. They haven’t scored, except for one goal there,” Montreal head coach Claude Julien said. “So when I look around in the NHL, power plays are struggling or penalty kills are really good. It happens a lot in playoffs because you pre-scout teams a lot.
“I think, again, our best players have to be our best players. Tonight, we had some guys that really struggled. And a lot of those guys happen to be on the power play.”
Jesperi Kotkaniemi scored in the second period to give the Habs some hope when he made the score 2-1.
“[Carey Price] obviously made some huge saves that kept us in the game for the most part,” Canadiens defenseman Brett Kulak said. “We had a chance to win that one, for sure. Just a couple bounces go their way. We’re pressing hard, but we couldn’t get it done tonight.”
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Carey Price made 35 saves in the loss.
“Well, we knew [the Penguins] were going to come out hard, being down by a game,” Price said. “They executed that well and played a very solid 40 minutes. I thought things went well for them, and then I thought we responded fairly well in the third period, but they had gathered a lot of momentum by then.”
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