It couldn’t have been easy for Pittsburgh Penguins head coach Mike Sullivan.
Faced with a goaltending choice between the rookie who has helped carry Pittsburgh to the Eastern Conference Final and the veteran who has been the team’s starter for years and only lost the job due to injury, Sullivan opted to make a change. Thus, Marc-Andre Fleury, not Matt Murray, will be in net for Sunday’s Game 5 between Pittsburgh and the Tampa Bay Lightning.
Sullivan spoke in generalities regarding the decision, as Sportsnet’s Chris Johnston reported.