Murray made 11 saves on 12 shots in the second period. He made another nine saves in the third, including arguably his biggest of the night at 11:30, when the Penguins were holding onto a 3-2 lead and only 11 seconds into a penalty kill.
Murray watched Shayne Gostisbehere's shot from the point fly over his head and bounce off the glass behind him. The puck came to Brayden Schenn in front, but Murray had his right pad down to deny his shot from the slot.
"He doesn't seem to be fazed or overwhelmed by the stage," Penguins coach Mike Sullivan said, repeating words he said over and over during the Stanley Cup Playoffs last season. "He showed that all of last year in the postseason, and so tonight on a fairly big stage and a game that has a lot of eyeballs on it, he just goes about his business and stops the puck for us. I just think that's part of his makeup. I think that's part of what makes Matt as good a goalie as he is."
He's been good enough again this season to push Marc-Andre Fleury onto the trading block before the 2017 NHL Trade Deadline on March 1 at 3 p.m. At the very least it seems inevitable that Murray will push Fleury out of Pittsburgh, where he was the No. 1 goalie for a decade until the playoffs last season, when Fleury was hurt and Murray was dominant.
Murray is 23-7-3 this season and needs one win to tie the Penguins' single-season record for wins by a rookie, set by Gary Inness in 1974-75.
"He doesn't say a whole lot," Sullivan said. "He just does his job."
He said something different Saturday, but only after doing his job. His words might have been surprising; his play was not.
"I had a blast," Murray said.