On this date in Penguins history: Bryan Rust’s big Game 7 performance
Ten years ago today, it was a coming out party of sorts for Bryan Rust with two big goals in Game 7 of the Eastern Conference Final against the Tampa Bay Lightning.
The Penguins had rallied back from a 3-2 deficit in the series to send things back to Pittsburgh for a seventh game and the energy at PPG Paints Arena was tight, to say the least.
A scoreless opening period had things feeling even tighter as the game went to the second period tied 0-0.
Just under two minutes into the second period, Bryan Rust scored one of the prettiest goals you can imagine, picking the corner of the net to beat Andrei Vasilevskiy and making it 1-0 Pittsburgh.
Jonathan Drouin scored his fifth goal of the playoffs just before the midway mark of the period, tying things up at 1-1, but Bryan Rust wasn’t done yet.
Rust scored just 30 seconds after Drouin’s equalizer to put the Penguins back on top.
Pittsburgh held on for victory and were headed back to the Stanley Cup Final for the first time since 2009.
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