COLUMBUS — Jake Guentzel scored his third goal of the game 13:10 into overtime to give the Pittsburgh Penguins a 5-4 win against the Columbus Blue Jackets in Game 3 of the Eastern Conference First Round at Nationwide Arena on Sunday.
The Penguins lead the best-of-7 series 3-0 with Game 4 here Tuesday (7:30 p.m. ET; CNBC, SN360, TVA Sports 2, FS-O, ROOT).
Guentzel became the first Pittsburgh rookie to score a hat trick in the Stanley Cup Playoffs when he beat goalie Sergei Bobrovsky off a pass from Sidney Crosby from behind the net for his fourth goal of the postseason.
«It’s kind of out of my head, kind of weird, but a pretty unique night,» Guentzel said. «Things were bouncing my way. Two off the back boards was pretty lucky.»
The Penguins trailed 3-1 after the first period, but Bryan Rust (5:21) and Evgeni Malkin (13:25) each scored in the second to tie it 3-3, and Guentzel scored his second of the night to make it 4-3 at 11:48 of the third.
Jake Guentezel anoto su tercer gol en tiempo extra para que Pittsburg venciera 5-4 a Columbus Blue Jackets en el tercer partido por la primera ronda de playoffs de la Conferencia del este, disputado en la Nationwide Arena el domingo y asi poner la serie 3-0 a favor de los Flamantes Campeones defensores de la Stanley Cup.
El cuarto partido al mejor en la serie de 7 partidos se disputará el martes en el mismo escenario, casa de Columbus.
Guentzel se convierte en el primer jugador novato de los Penguien en anotar hat trick en playoffs por la Stanley Cup, cuando superó al portero Sergei Bobrosvsky.
Los Penguins remontaron una desventa de 3-1 despues del primer periodo con goles de Bryan Rust y Evgeni Malkin para igualar 3-3.
ST. LOUIS — The chants for Jake Allen were deafening.
It’s been that kind of run for the St. Louis Blues goaltender.
For the third time in as many games, Allen was the difference-maker, with 40 saves in a 3-1 win against the Minnesota Wild in Game 3 of the Western Conference First Round at Scottrade Center on Sunday.
The Blues lead the best-of-7 series 3-0. Game 4 is here Wednesday.
Allen has stopped 114 of 117 shots in three games against Minnesota and has a 0.91 goals-against average and .974 save percentage. On multiple occasions chants of ‘Al-len!, Al-len!, Al-len!’ resonated from the 19,334 in attendance.
El portero de St. Louis hizo la diferencia y es que por tercera ocasion en la misma cantidad de partidos Jake Allen, fue el hombre clave, tuvo 40 salvamentos para la victoria sobre Minnesota Wild 3-1 en partido disputado en el Scotttrade Center el domingo.’
Los blues dominan la serie al mejor de siete 3-0 y podrian barrer y avanzar a siguiente ronda de ganar el partido del miercoles en su estadio.
Allen ha detenido 114 de 117 disparos en los 3 partidos frente a Minnesota y tiene promedio de 0.91 de gol por partido.
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