2016 Stanley Cup playoffs: (M2) Pittsburgh Penguins vs. (A2) Tampa Bay Lightning
Bryan Rust scored both goals in a 2–1 game seven that sent Pittsburgh to its first Final since 2009.
In the 2016 Eastern Conference Final the Pittsburgh Penguins, second in the Metropolitan Division, beat the Tampa Bay Lightning, second in the Atlantic, in seven games. Bryan Rust scored both Pittsburgh goals in a 2–1 seventh game, sending the Penguins to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2009 and the fifth time in their history.
Quick Facts
- Round
- Eastern Conference Final
- Seeds
- (M2) Pittsburgh vs. (A2) Tampa Bay
- Result
- Pittsburgh won 4–3
- Game seven
- Penguins 2, Lightning 1 (both goals by Bryan Rust)
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Background
It was the clubs' second playoff series, after Tampa Bay came back from 3–1 down to win the 2011 Eastern Conference quarterfinals in seven games, and the Lightning had won all three regular-season meetings. Tampa Bay won game one 3–1 after goaltender Ben Bishop was taken off on a stretcher and Andrei Vasilevskiy made 25 saves in relief. Sidney Crosby scored 40 seconds into overtime to win game two, and Carl Hagelin and Phil Kessel each had a goal and an assist in a 4–2 game three. The Lightning won game four 4–3 and took game five on Tyler Johnson's goal 53 seconds into overtime, before Pittsburgh forced game seven with a 5–2 win in which Crosby had a goal and an assist.
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