from Chris Johnston of Sportsnet,
Now for the toughest decision of the Pittsburgh Penguins‘ season.
Do you stick with Marc-Andre Fleury or turn the crease back over to 21-year-old Matt Murray with everything on the line?
There is no easy answer, no obvious answer. The danger in giving Fleury his first start in more than seven weeks on Sunday was that he might deliver an uneven performance that left the Penguins one loss away from a summer of regret.
That’s where they find themselves now after blowing 2-0 and 3-2 leads before Tyler Johnson had a shot go off his pants and in for the overtime winner.
Fleury was far from the only reason Pittsburgh fell behind the Tampa Bay Lightning 3-2 in this Eastern Conference Final, but he did acknowledge feeling rusty. He stopped just 21 of 25 shots on net.
“It wasn’t the best I’ve felt in a game, but still though I’ve been practising a lot,” he said. “I should have been better, especially on that first goal (by Alex Killorn). That was stupid. Tough to lose.”
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