New faces making instant impact during Penguins' surge (Yahoo Sports)

Sidney Crosby danced through the neutral zone, slipped across the New York Rangers' blue line and waited for help. On the surface, it would seem impossible that Conor Sheary would call for a pass from one of the best players in the world and deliver a sizzling wrist shot that sailed over Henrik Lundqvist's glove and into the top corner of the net to help the Pittsburgh Penguins exorcise two years of postseason misery, which is just what the 23-year-old did in Saturday's playoff series-clinching 6-3 victory. Barely two years removed from a solid if not spectacular college career at Massachusetts, Sheary now finds himself playing alongside Crosby and Patric Hornqvist on the top line of a team heading into the Eastern Conference semifinals with some serious momentum after vanquishing the Rangers in five mostly one-sided games.