The Pittsburgh Penguins are three wins away from raising Lord Stanley’s Cup, thanks to Nick Bonino.
The Penguins took Game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final against the San Jose Sharks on Monday night in a 3-2 thriller. Bonino scored the winning goal with under three minutes remaining in regulation in Pittsburgh.
Bonino puts the Penguins up late pic.twitter.com/ZqM9AhZCY4
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 31, 2016
The Penguins grabbed a quick lead, scoring two goals in 61 seconds midway through the first quarter. Rookies Bryan Rust and Conor Sheary scored for Pittsburgh.
This marks 2nd time that opening 2 goals of #StanleyCup Final were scored by rookies (Rust and Sheary). @EliasSports pic.twitter.com/w2jea8bzlZ
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) May 31, 2016
Bonino (BU), Rust (Notre Dame) and Sheary (UMass) score the 3 Penguins goals in G 1 Cup Final win
— College Hockey News (@chnews) May 31, 2016
Bryan Rust not missing a beat, scores first goal of SCF pic.twitter.com/UmS8ovdaWX
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 31, 2016
Dat pass from Crosby…dat shot from Sheary pic.twitter.com/RSMHwtVh3N
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 31, 2016
The Sharks rallied to tie the game in the second period with two goals of their own from Tomas Hertl and Patrick Marleau.
Hertl gets the Sharks on the board pic.twitter.com/OigKXUmyj5
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 31, 2016
Marleau’s wraparound ties it up pic.twitter.com/A4HVIRyzCS
— Pete Blackburn (@PeteBlackburn) May 31, 2016
Both goaltenders were good. Penguins rookie Matt Murray stopped 24 of 26 shots and moved a bit closer to history in the process.
Matt Murray (@penguins) moved to 12-4 this postseason, tied for 2nd-most wins by a rookie goalie in a playoff year: pic.twitter.com/1cWdCexSYw
— NHL Public Relations (@PR_NHL) May 31, 2016
Sharks goalie Martin Jones was terrific overall, stopping 38 shots — including all five on the power play — but it wasn’t enough to steal a road win.
Game 2 is scheduled for Wednesday at 8 p.m. ET.
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