{"id":9966,"date":"2017-05-19T23:40:48","date_gmt":"2017-05-20T03:40:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lastwordonhockey.com\/?p=9966"},"modified":"2017-05-19T23:40:48","modified_gmt":"2017-05-20T03:40:48","slug":"eastern-conference-final-game-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lastwordonsports.com\/hockey\/2017\/05\/19\/eastern-conference-final-game-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Pittsburgh Penguins Come Back to Win Eastern Conference Final Game Four"},"content":{"rendered":"

It was announced on Friday afternoon that goaltender Matt Murray<\/a><\/strong>, who replaced Marc-Andre Fleury<\/a><\/strong> in Wednesday’s 5-1 Ottawa Senators victory, would be starting in Eastern Conference Final Game 4. The rookie goalie, who helped the team in their Stanley Cup-winning effort last season, proved that he was recovered from the injury that kept him from the first two rounds, stopping 24 shots from the Senators in the Pittsburgh Penguins’ 3-2 win.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh Penguins Win Eastern Conference Final Game 4<\/h2>\n

Defenseman Olli Maatta<\/a><\/strong> opened up the scoring for the Penguins in the last minute of the first period off an odd-man rush with assists from Sidney Crosby<\/a><\/strong> and Jake Guentzel<\/a><\/strong>.\u00a0Not long after that, Pittsburgh’s Chad Ruhwedel<\/a><\/strong> was injured after a bad collision with Ottawa forward Bobby Ryan<\/a><\/strong>. He did not return to the game.<\/p>\n

A penalty on Jean-Gabriel Pageau<\/a><\/strong> in the second period led to a Pittsburgh powerplay goal from Crosby. Brian Dumoulin<\/a><\/strong> netted his first playoff goal of the season a few minutes later to put the Penguins up 3-0.<\/p>\n

Ottawa’s first goal came from Clarke MacArthur<\/a><\/strong> at the end of the second period, deflecting a shot from Ryan past Murray. The Senators faced some injury scares during the game as well, with Cody Ceci<\/a><\/strong>, Derick Brassard<\/a><\/strong>, and captain Erik Karlsson<\/a><\/strong>\u00a0all missing ice time, but returning to the ice to help the team stage a come-back effort.<\/p>\n

A late goal by Tom Pyatt<\/a><\/strong> put Ottawa within one, but it wasn’t enough. Despite a strong effort at the end, Ottawa failed to tie up the game.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh, despite missing many players due to injury, as well as losing yet another defenseman with Ruhwedel leaving, was able to recover after a big loss in game three to tie up the series going back home. Coach Mike Sullivan<\/a><\/strong>‘s decisions to change up all four lines for this game made an impact, especially for Guentzel, who had\u00a0two assists in this game. Game 5 will be Sunday afternoon at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh.<\/p>\n

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