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Watch Penguins, Flyers exchange back-to-back goals in Game 5
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The Pittsburgh Penguins showed up for Game 5 at PPG Paints Arena on Monday night on a mission to push their series with the Philadelphia Flyers to Game 6. The Penguins went on the offensive right away with a goal from Elmer Soderblom , and held that 1-0 lead until Connor Dewar put the team ahead 2-0. After Dewar’s rocket made its way past Dan Vladar , it almost seemed like an insurmountable lead with the way Pittsburgh was playing.
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The Flyers, however, didn’t hear the bell, as 12 seconds later Alex Bump cut the lead to one with the first goal off the rush in the entire series. It was Bump’s first game of the series, as he replaced Matvei Michkov in the lineup for Game 5 .
Bump’s goal helped get the Flyers’ momentum rolling in the right direction, as Travis Sanheim let loose a seeing-eye shot from the half-wall to tie the game at two. After Arturs Silovs won Game 4 and looked good to start Game 5, two shaky goals put the Flyers right back into the game.
The Penguins’ luck also turned shortly after Bump’s goal, as captain Sidney Crosby took an errant shot off his knee, which caused him to limp off and go straight to the dressing room . There were some scary moments for Pittsburgh fans, but he eventually returned after walking it off. Crosby’s knees are a sensitive topic in Pittsburgh, as that was the injury that knocked him out of the Olympics for Canada and caused him to miss some time for the Penguins .
