Matt Murray and Casey DeSmith had been fellow goalies in the Penguin organization from 2015-20, as partners in training camps, Wilkes-Barre and Pittsburgh over the years. In Murray’s first career game against the Pens, it was only fitting the two goalies would be the story of the game.
But it wouldn’t be the former starter, the goalie who got drafted and won 50 NHL playoff games in Pittsburgh coming out on top in this game, it would be the unassuming and undrafted goalie that was typically always cast as the backup that earned the shutout and the win.