Matt Murray watched the Pittsburgh Penguins' second-round collapse against the New York Rangers from afar two years ago, the wispy goaltender still a teenage prospect in the spring of 2014 as a 3-1 series lead morphed into a franchise-altering meltdown. The 3-1 advantage Pittsburgh takes into Saturday's Game 5 (3 p.m. EDT, NBC) has as much to do with the rookie's steadiness while filling in for injured Marc-Andre Fleury as it does the performances of the bold-faced names in front of him. Teammates Conor Sheary and Tom Kuhnhackl have given the Penguins a needed dose of youth and speed at forward.
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