Stanley Cup final has been a rollercoaster ride for Murray, Rinne
PITTSBURGH — Matt Murray is up again, and Pekka Rinne is down.
The Stanley Cup final has been a roller-coaster ride that way for the series’ two starting goaltenders. Pittsburgh’s Murray regained the upper hand in Game 5 on Thursday night, pitching a 24-save shutout while equalling Tom Barrasso for the most Stanley Cup final wins (seven) in Penguins history.
Nashville’s Rinne was pulled after only 20 minutes, meanwhile, in another shaky outing in Pittsburgh — one that saw him surrender three goals on only nine shots.
“There’s things we can do better in front of him,” Predators head coach Peter Laviolette said after the 6-0 thrashing, which pushed the Penguins to within one win of back-to-back Stanley Cups. “I don’t think that necessarily they were bad goals.”