MATCH: Penguins vs. Senators
SERIES: Eastern Conference Final, 2-2
TIME: 3 p.m. EST
PLACE: PPG Paints Arena
TV: NBC
RADIO: 105.9 FM, the X
WHAT TO WATCH FOR:
The teams have split on home ice in the opening 4 games of the series … The Pens evened the series with a 3-2 win in Game 4 … Matt Murray made his 1st start of the postseason, stopping 24 of 26 shots for the win … Defensemen Olli Maatta and Brian Dumoulin both chipped in their 1st goals of the playoffs, and the 1st career playoff tally for Maatta … The Pens' power play converted for the 1st time with a Sidney Crosby tally … The Pens' PK unit killed off all 4 penalties against, including a penalty with 34.4 seconds remaining in regulation … Pittsburgh injuries: Patric Hornqvist (upper-body), Tom Kuhnhackl (lower-body), Kris Letang (herniated disc), Chad Ruhwedel (concussion), Bryan Rust (upper-body), Justin Schultz (upper-body) … Tom Pyatt and Clark MacArthur scored their 1st goals of the series … Bobby Ryan has 5 points (1G-4A) in the series … Erik Karlsson is a plus-5 on the series … Ottawa injuries: Alex Burrows (undisclosed).
COACH UPDATES
*Rust, Schultz and Hornqivst will be game-time decisions. Ruhwedel and Kuhnhackl are out.
