For the second game in a row, the Penguins jumped to a 2-0 lead and appeared to be in complete command. And for the second straight game, an incident occurred to hijack the momentum in favor of New York. Irretrievably so.
That’s where the similarities end.
The Game 5 downturn was for the most part unavoidable. When Rangers d-man Jacob Trouba drove our captain and leading scorer Sidney Crosby from the game with a second-period elbow strike, we couldn’t shuffle our line combinations fast enough to recover.
But last night’s game changer?