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The Pittsburgh Penguins made the most of their home-ice advantage by taking a 2-0 lead in the Stanley Cup Final before the series shifts to San Jose. Their 2-1 victory in Game 2 on Wednesday night came in dramatic fashion as the Sharks scored late in the third period to tie the game before rookie Conor Sheary ended it early in overtime.

The Penguins had mostly dominated Game 2 from a possession and pace of play standpoint, but the Sharks never went away and goaltender Martin Jones made sure to keep the game close. The home team was just too much to overcome in this one and now San Jose has a rough ride ahead as it falls into a 2-0 hole.

Here are the key takeaways from Game 2:

1. The Penguins got the result they deserved. From start to finish, with very few lulls in between, the Penguins were the better team in Game 2. Their speed was a huge factor in the game once again, but it's not just about how well they transition. They were winning races to loose pucks and getting immediate pressure on Sharks players in all three zones. The Penguins are forcing the Sharks into turnovers and bad decisions and not giving them a chance to think when they have the puck.

We think of speed more as an offensive tactic, but the Pens have shown how effective it can be defensively. They're winning neutral zone battles as a result. In the defensive zone, the Sharks are barely able to ever get sustained zone time because the Penguins seem to get the puck out of there almost as soon as they touch it. San Jose hasn't found an answer for it.

Pittsburgh held a 30-22 advantage in shots on goal and controlled 53 percent of the total shot attempts at even strength. The Penguins are winning the possession battle and that's as big a reason as any that they're winning the goal battle.

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The Penguins are up 2-0 thanks to Conor Sheary's overtime winner. USATSI

2. Undrafted rookie Conor Sheary plays hero. You have to wonder if, when Conor Sheary was sitting in his dorm room at UMass after going undrafted, he ever could envision this as his future. Now a Stanley Cup Final hero, with goals in each of Pittsburgh's first two games this series including Wednesday night's OT winner, he has shown he more than belongs in this league.

Playing on a wing with Sidney Crosby certainly has its perks, of course. It was Crosby who won the draw to get the play started that would lead to the winning goal. The puck went back to Kris Letang and Sheary headed for a soft area in San Jose's coverage. Letang dished it off, Patric Hornqvist provided the screen and Sheary provided the absolutely perfect shot.

It may seem like this kid came out of nowhere, but years of hard work and proving people wrong led to that moment. The 23-year-old became just the fifth rookie to score an OT winner in Stanley Cup Final history and the first since 1986.

3. The outlook for San Jose is incredibly bleak now. History is unkind to teams that fall behind 2-0 in any playoff series, especially the Sharks. A team has fallen into a 2-0 hole in the Stanley Cup Final 49 times in the history of the best-of-7 format. Only five have ever gone on to win the Stanley Cup.

Meanwhile, the Sharks have never overcome a 2-0 series deficit in franchise history.

Sometimes we can get too caught up at looking at the past, especially for one franchise, because this team has very little to do with the others aside from the fact that they wear similar jerseys. However, the way the Penguins were able to control Games 1 and 2 and until San Jose figures out a way to slow down Pittsburgh, they're not going to be an outlier among teams that fall into this kind of hole in a series.

Right now, they're a bit frustrated and rightfully so.

4. Seriously, Martin Jones has been a beast for the Sharks. Over his first two Stanley Cup Final appearances with the Sharks, Jones has been playing his best hockey of the postseason. He was doing everything in Game 1, even though he allowed three goals. In Game 2, he kept the game really simple between the pipes and made 28 saves despite Pittsburgh's dominance for much of the game. Without him, these games aren't close.

Jones has faced 71 shots over two games and hasn't flinched. As one of the only players on the Sharks that has ever even been to a Cup Final -- he was Jonathan Quick's backup for the 2014 Los Angeles Kings -- he isn't shrinking under the intense spotlight either.

5. The HBK Line came through again. This could be a takeaway for just about any Penguins playoff win it seems. Once again, the speed of Phil Kessel and Carl Hagelin made them a threat the entire game, while the cerebral Nick Bonino was making plays to set those other two up. When the Sharks didn't get the right matchups against them, HBK simply went off.

That's part of the reason they managed to score the game's first goal. The Sharks had Roman Polak and Brenden Dillon, their third defensive pairing, on the ice. Neither are great puck-movers and when Hagelin, Kessel and Bonino started swarming the zone, those two defenseman panicked. Polak couldn't handle a fluttering puck, sent it over to Dillon who couldn't gain control. Hagelin was there for the steal, he found Bonino in open ice and Bonino snuck a puck through Jones. It may have gone in anyway, but Kessel left no doubt as he shoveled it in for his 10th goal of the postseason.

That trio of players, led by Kessel's 19, has 50 points this postseason.

It's just incredible to watch these guys work together, like they've been doing it for years instead of months.

6. Justin Braun's tying goal came as he plays with a heavy heart. When Justin Braun scored to make it 1-1 with just 4:05 to play in regulation, it was hard not to feel good for him. It has been a rough few days for him and his family as his wife's father, former NHL player Tom Lysiak, died Monday after a battle with leukemia.

The goal came on a wrist shot that was more hopeful than an attempt to score. The seas kind of parted for that one and Penguins goalie Matt Murray didn't have time to react to it. The goal showed that the Sharks, even when it seems like they're done, are never really out of it. If they can keep it close, they can come back.

Braun is expected to leave the team Thursday to attend the services for his father-in-law. He is not expected to miss Game 3, however.