May 26, 2026

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ECF Game 4. Can the Penguins even up the series at home? Early signs point to no as Dylan Strome opens the scoring just over two minutes in and Cody Hodgson doubles the lead a few minutes later. Pens fans are restless despite a 10-6 lead in shots.

Fan favourite Prokhor Poltapov breaks the ice in the first shift of period 2, but Connor McDavis steps up to restore the lead just before half. The Sens put up 12 shots to the Pens' 10. Can the Pens come back? Well, they do, with Roman Schmidt's unassisted.. let's say it was a breakaway... goal, and Joseph "Joey Joe Joe Jr" Veleno with his own second of the playoffs minutes later. Unfortunately, McDavis comes through again with his league-leading 9th of the playoffs (and 22nd point) with, curiously, the same assists (Ceulemans and Hanifin). OTT leads PIT 3-1 in the series and are a win away from their second consecutive finals appearance.

Since the WCF is done I simmed ahead the next day, and the sim for game 5 will be tomorrow night.