Penguins eliminate Rangers with Dominant Game 5

The Pittsburgh Penguins kept history from repeating itself as a second-period surge gave the Penguins a 6-3, Game 5 win against the New York Rangers that ended their Eastern Conference First Round series at Consol Energy Center on Saturday. After losing to New York in each of the past two Stanley Cup  Playoffs, the Penguins won three straight games eliminate the Rangers 4-1.  Coach Mike Sullivan stated that, "We certainly didn't want to have to go back to New York for Game 6, I think when you have teams at that elimination point, you want to do your best to take care of business right then and there. We did speak about that with our group." And they'd just that by scoring five unanswered goals after they were trailing 2-1 with less than ten minutes left in the first period. Their first goal was scored by former Ranger Carl Hagelin who tied the game up at 1-1 when he drove the crease to receive a pass from Phil Kessel and past Lundqvist's left pad with 10:10 remaining in the first. After the Rangers scored 45 seconds later to make it 2-1, the penguins answered right back when Phil Kessel took a snap shot from the right circle over Lundqvist's blocker for his third goal of the series and a 2-2 tie with 8:21. As the second period began, the Penguins got right back to where they left off. Forward Bryan Rust gave the Penguins their first lead, 3-2, 5:21into the second period when defenseman Trevor Daley sent a slap pass to him on the right of the New York net, allowing him to shoot past goalie Henrik Lundqvist. Matt Cullen extended the lead to 4-2 when he gathered a loose puck in the high slot and shot it by Lundqvist's glove 9:26 into the second period. Rookie forward Conor Sheary scored the Penguins' third goal (assisted by Rust) as well as the fourth goal of the period to push their lead to 6-2. As the third period begins, Rangers goalie Antti Raanta replaced Lundqvist and the Rangers managed to get one more goal, but it wasn't enough to extend the series. Pittsburgh will face either the Washington Capitals or  the Philadelphia Flyers in the Second Round. Washington leads that best-of-7 series 3-2 with Game 6 on Sunday.

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