Great game last night. If the Penguins can hold on (I'm still nervous) then Murray has to be the Conn Smythe favourite going forward.
As much as I've never liked Ovechkin since he came into the league, the last few years I've come to respect him greatly. Aside from the second and third periods of game 3, he's looked lost out there. If he played every shift like game 3 he's a beast and near unstoppable. But it's not just Ovi, the entire team looks like passengers in this series. Where's Backstrom, Kuznetsov, Burakovsky, Williams, Oshie (since game 1)? Holtby's looked like a minor leaguer at times, and I know since Christmas his numbers were down a bit after his miraculous start to the season, but he's still better than this.
As for the Pens. Great game by Daley, Domoulin, even Schultz, who I was enraged when they traded for him. Malkin is playing great, even though I think it's obvious he's still battling injury, Cullen is playing like he's 23 again, the third and fourth lines as a whole have been the two best lines this series. And even though Crosby hasn't been producing, since game 1 where he was invisible, I thought he's played pretty good given how much attention he his getting at all times. I love seeing him smash his stick there after the slash from Ovi, it shows how passionate he is, and you could tell that in that instant he truly thought his playoffs were done. I thought he broke his hand or wrist myself, but thankfully it sounds like the devil of all stingers. If this sparks him to playing like he did against the NYR then Washington has no chance to come back.