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Watch: Chris Kunitz goal sends Penguins to Stanley Cup Finals
Published
Jun. 30, 2017 6:28 p.m. ET
Sports Illustrated, Jeremy Woo/Sports Illustrated
Chris Kunitz scored his second goal of the game in double overtime to send Pittsburgh past Ottawa, 3–2 and seal the Eastern Conference Finals.
The defending champion Penguins will return to the Stanley Cup Finals after his slapshot found the net with 14:51 left in the period.
The game had gone to overtime tied 2–2, after Pittsburgh took leads in the second and third periods and Ottawa answered each time. Ryan Dzingel scored the tying goal at the 14:41 mark in the third period to force overtime. One scoreless overtime period elapsed before Kunitz struck early into the second OT.
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