PITTSBURGH — A set play has set up the Pittsburgh Penguins in the Stanley Cup Final.
Left wing Conor Sheary scored 2:35 into overtime, on a faceoff play diagrammed by center Sidney Crosby, to give the Penguins a 2-1 win against the San Jose Sharks in Game 2 at Consol Energy Center on Wednesday and a 2-0 lead in the best-of-7 series.
«It’s surreal,» said Sheary, a 23-year-old forward playing in his first NHL playoffs. «Important moment. Most important, we got a win and we’re up 2-0 right now. It’s a good momentum shift for us.»
Home teams have won the first two games of the Stanley Cup Final 36 times. Those teams went on to win the series 33 times, but two of the three series losses have been in the past seven years.
Game 3 is at SAP Center in San Jose on Saturday (8 p.m. ET; NBCSN, CBC, TVA Sports).
Pinguins tomó ventaja de 2-0 sobre San Jose en la serie por la Stanley Cup de la NHL, despues de imponerse 2-1 en tiempo extra en el segundo partido disputado en Pittsburgh…Conor Sheary anoto a los 2.35 de tiempo extra tras una jugada diagramada por el central Sdiney Crosby y el 2-1 final.
Cada que el equipo local ha ganado los dos primeros partidos de la serie final por la Stanley Cup han ganado la copa en 33 de 36 oportunidades, pero 2 de esas ultimas 3 derrotas han sido en los ultimos 7 años.
el tercer partido de la serie se jugara en San Jose el sabado.