Pittsburgh was unable to close out the Eastern Conference finals Tuesday night in Ottawa. The host Senators, thanks to a tiebreaking goal from Mike Hoffman in the third period, came away with a 2-1 victory. Game 7 will be Thursday night in Pittsburgh.
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Ottawa rebounded from a 7-0 loss in Game 5 and finally broke through against Pens goalie Matt Murray. Murray was supposed to be the Pens’ No. 1 goalie in the playoffs, but he suffered an injury in Game 1 of the team’s first-round matchup. Marc-Andre Fleury stepped in and kept the job through 2 1/2 rounds, but a bad Game 3 loss to the Senators put Murray back between the pipes.
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