4:42: Another display of the Penguins' speed. Pittsburgh is in the defensive zone and a simple chip play created a 2-on-1. That's because Hagelin, who was at his own blue line, raced to retrieve the puck in the neutral zone. Hagelin hit the crossbar on the shot, but his speed and counterattack created the chance.
1:07: San Jose recorded its first shot in a span of 11:10 minutes of play. And it only occurred as Pittsburgh was killing a penalty and Burns teed up a slapshot.
THIRD PERIOD
15:54: Chris Tierney got around a flat-footed Olli Maatta and snapped a shot off the post. It may have been San Jose's best scoring chance of the game.
9:33: HBK (again) created another excellent scoring chance. Hagelin carried the puck, but smartly slowed down to wait for reinforcements. Bonino and Kessel joined to create a 3-on-2. Bonino dropped to Kessel, who hit the post (a lot of posts both ways in this game).
8:40: Kunitz put a harmless shot on net that snapped the Penguins' shot-less drought at 15:12 minutes.
4:05: Goal for San Jose, 1-1. Just a simple shot from Braun with traffic in front. The game really had the feel of a 1-0 win for the Penguins in the making. Braun ended that assumption.
2:11: Sullivan always talks about wanting to roll four lines. During this run he did just that. He didn't hesitate to send out the fourth line regardless of the time or situation. And he proved it by playing his fourth liners this late in the third period of a tied game. Not a lot of coaches would have that much confidence in their fourth lines.
1:01: Hagelin tried to spring Kessel for a breakaway. Unfortunately, the pass was beyond his reach. BUT, Kessel did a fantastic job of hustling to the puck to negate a late icing. In fact, it may have been the fastest I've ever seen Kessel hustle to a loose puck.
:44: Ben Lovejoy had the puck behind his own net with time to step out and make a play. Instead, he tried to rim the puck around and out. The Sharks maintained possession and what ensued was 30 seconds of mayhem. The Penguins were lucky they escaped this sequence unscathed.
OVERTIME
17:25: Offensive zone faceoff. Crosby draws up the play (like a kid drawing up a play in the dirt of the schoolyard), going so far as to even make Kris Letang and Brian Dumoulin flip their positioning to their off-sides so Letang would have a better angle to make a pass. Crosby won the draw back to Letang, who found Sheary above the circle. Turning shot: GOAL!!
Game over.
Best part of all of this is Crosby was skating toward the back of the net as the puck goes in. The entire team rushes Sheary while Crosby stands off to the side smiling like a proud father. Crosby then goes to the bench and gives fist bumps to every player as they make their exit. A truly touching moment from the captain.