Bryan Rust (Notre Dame) opened the scoring in the first
period, Conor Sheary (UMass) added to it, and Nick Bonino (Boston
University) finished it
in the third on Monday night as the Pittsburgh Penguins took Game One of the
2016 Stanley Cup Final, 3-2, over the visiting San Jose Sharks.
Pittsburgh,
which is seeking its first Stanley Cup since 2009 and its fourth overall,
jumped out to a 2-0 lead after one period, only to watch the Sharks, who are
making their finals debut after 25 years, tie it up with two goals in the
second stanza. The two teams then went back and forth until Bonino, a former San Jose draft choice, wristed home
a shot from the slot with less than three minutes remaining in regulation for
the win.
The Penguins outshot the Sharks, 41-26, but were 0-for-3 on
the power play. San Jose
was 1-for-2 with the man advantage, but couldn't get anything going on its
second power play just after the hosts took back the lead late in the game.
Game Two is Wednesday night (8 p.m., NBCSN) at Consol
Energy Center
in Pittsburgh.
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