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Conor Sheary scored the winner 2:35 into the extra period<\/p>\n<p>NHL history is in the Penguins favor, once a team is up 2-0 they have went on to win the Stanley Cup 88% of the time.<\/p>\n<p>Game 3 is Saturday night in San Jose with an 8:00 start.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.ovathletics.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1_Story.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-18281\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-18281 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ovathletics.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1_Story-300x233.jpg\" alt=\"6-1_Story\" width=\"300\" height=\"233\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.ovathletics.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1_Story-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.ovathletics.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1_Story-600x467.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.ovathletics.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1_Story-768x598.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.ovathletics.com\/home\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/06\/6-1_Story-1024x797.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>After two explosive offensive games to start the Kelly Cup Final, the Wheeling Nailers and Allen Americans played a more physical, tight checking type of game, as the series shifted to WesBanco Arena for game three on Wednesday night.<\/p>\n<p>The Nailers never trailed in the contest, and ended up taking three separate leads, before holding off the Americans for good. 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