from Ron Cook of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette,
Mike Sullivan has done just about everything right since taking over as Penguins coach in mid-December, turning a middling hockey club into a legitimate Stanley Cup contender.
Tuesday night, after the Penguins beat the New York Rangers, 3-1, in Game 3 in their Stanley Cup playoff series, Sullivan seemed smarter than ever.
Sullivan can thank Matt Murray and one of the Penguins’ best defensive efforts of the season.
You say you saw this coming? You had Murray — the youngest goaltender to start a playoff game in Penguins history — outplaying Rangers great Henrik Lundqvist with his 113 games of postseason experience? You had the Penguins’ defense smothering the Rangers from one end of Madison Square Garden to the other, holding them to 17 shots on net and blocking 15 more? You had the Penguins’ penalty-killers stopping all four of the Rangers’ power plays?
You should buy a lottery ticket.
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