After watching his team more than double the shots on goal of their opponent in a losing effort, head coach Mike Sullivan suggested his Pittsburgh Penguins just needed a little more luck to come away with a victory Thursday.
"It was just one of those nights where we couldn't find that goal," Sullivan said post-game. San Jose Sharks goalie Martin Jones would steal the show with 44 saves on the night while his team only sent 22 pucks towards Penguins starter Matt Murray.
Game 5 certainly didn't begin how the Penguins hoped as Brent Burns and Logan Couture both found the net for the Sharks in the opening three minutes, but Sullivan admits his team recovered nicely after the rough start.
"I thought our team as a whole was a little bit unsettled in the first part of the game but we settled in fast," he added, per Sam Werner of the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette. "We knew it wasn't going to be easy. These are two really good teams playing against one another."
Among the players to recover nicely was Murray - who was solid after allowing three goals on five shots to start the game. Sullivan said he never considered pulling the rookie after the third goal, according to Wes Crosby of NHL.com.
Sullivan: "I thought Matt settled in as the game went on, just like the rest of our team." #Pens
— Wes Crosby (@OtherNHLCrosby) June 10, 2016
The Penguins have now outshot the Sharks in four out of five games in the Final.
