OTTAWA — Matt Murray made 24 saves in his first start of this postseason, and the Pittsburgh Penguins defeated the Ottawa Senators 3-2 in Game 4 of the Eastern Conference Final at Canadian Tire Centre on Friday.
The series is tied 2-2 with Game 5 at Pittsburgh on Sunday.
Olli Maatta, Sidney Crosby and Brian Dumoulin scored to give the Penguins a 3-0 lead 11:30 into the second period.
Clarke MacArthur and Tom Pyatt scored for the Senators, and Craig Anderson made 32 saves.
Ottawa finished the game on the power play when Pittsburgh was penalized for having too many on the ice with 35 seconds left. Murray, playing in place of Marc-Andre Fleury, made nine saves in the third period.
Matt Murray tuvo 24 salvsmentos en su primera aparicion como inicialista en postemporada y los Penguins vencieron 3-2 a Ottawa Senators en el cuarto partido de la serie por el titulo de la Conferencia del Este en la NHL, disputado el viernes en el Canadian Centre.
Olli Matt, Sidney Crosby y Brian Dumoulin anotaron para una ventaja de 3-0 de Pittsburg a los 11 del segundo peirodo.
Clarke MacArthur y Tom Pyatt anotara por Ottawa y Craig Anderson tuvo 32 salvamentos.
El quinto partido de la serie se disputara el domingo en Pittsburg.