"It's good for the momentum of the team, but from a goalie's perspective, it doesn't change my job," Murray said. "I have no control over whether the puck goes in the net at the other end of the ice. I just have full confidence that our team is going to score, but my job stays the same, no matter what, that's just to stop the puck. … No matter what happens out there, my mindset is just to stop the next one."
There had been debate, if not among the Penguins, about whether Murray, having lost Games 3 and 4 while allowing eight goals in Nashville, would start Game 5 instead of Marc-Andre Fleury.
"Sure, you want a good bounce-back game after a bad one, but at the end of the day you just prepare each and every game the same way and try to give yourself the best chance to be successful," Murray said. "I'm definitely a competitive guy, but I try to take things one step at a time and not get too far ahead of myself."
Murray is the third rookie to get a shutout in the Stanley Cup Final since 1967-68, joining Patrick Roy of the Montreal Canadiens (1986, Game 4 against the Calgary Flames) and Cam Ward of the Carolina Hurricanes (2006, Game 2 against the Edmonton Oilers).
"There's always ways to improve, for sure," Murray said. "I thought the team played a pretty solid game overall. That helps a lot, obviously. There are definitely things you can take from any game, no matter what happens -- try to be better going forward."