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Better Know a Penguin: Matt Murray

Matt Murray wasn't supposed to start for the Pittsburgh Penguins during this postseason run. Marc-Andre Fleury, suffering from a concussion, was first spelled by Jeff Zatkoff against the New York Rangers. Murray eventually got his shot and it's been a huge success for Pittsburgh thus far. In 15 playoff games the rookie has a .924 save percentage after posting a .930 in a 13 regular season games.

These numbers mirror what he did for the AHL Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins. Murray posted a .941 save percentage in 40 games with the baby Penguins in 2014 and in 31 games this past season notched a .