The Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals played game 2 Saturday Night in Washington D.C. Marc-Andre Fleury would start in goal for the Penguins. Braden Holtby would start in goal for the Capitals. Chad Ruhwedel, Scott Wilson, Mark Streit, Carter Rowney, and Matt Murray would be the scratches for the Penguins. Taylor Chorney, Brett Connolly, and Karl Alzner would be the scratches for the Capitals.
Trevor Daley would get called for hooking at 4:18 of the first period. Ian Cole would get called for Interference at 17:43. There would be no scoring in the first. The Capitals would have 16 shots to the Penguins 5 in the 1st period. Jake Guentzel would get called for hooking 29 seconds into the second. Matt Cullen would score shorthanded unassisted at 1:15 to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Matt Niskanen would score on the powerplay to tie the game at 1. Alex Ovechkin and Nicklas Backstrom would get the assists. Evgeni Malkin would get called for slashing at 2:15. Brooks Orpik would get called for hooking at 9:45. Phil Kessel would score at 13:04 to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead. Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel would have the assists. Jake Guentzel would score to make it 3-1. Sidney Crosby would have the lone assist. The Capitals would have 11 shots to the Penguins 9 in the 2nd. Philipp Grubauer would replace Holtby in net for the Capitals. Kevin Shattenkirk would get called for delay of game. Phil Kessel would score his 2nd of the game on the powerplay at 2:19 to make it 4-1. Justin Schultz and Evgeni Malkin would get the assists. Nicklas Backstrom would score at 3:44 to make it 4-2. Alex Ovechkin and T.J. Oshie would get the assists. Evgeni Malkin would score on a goal that was originally waved as goalie interference to make it 5-2. Ian Cole and Phil Kessel would have the assists. Tom Wilson would get a 2 minute minor and 10 minute misconduct at 10:38 for roughing. Alex Ovechkin would serve the penalty. Tom Kuhnhackl would get called for delay of game at 16:22 after blocking a shot and holding onto puck. Phil Kessel would serve the penalty as Kuhnhackl would go to locker room to have his right arm looked at. Jake Guentzel would his 2nd on an empty net goal at 19:17. Matt Cullen and Olli Maatta would have the assists. The Penguins would go 1 for 3 on the powerplay and kill 4 of 5 penalties. Marc-Andre Fleury would make 33 saves on 36 shots. Jake Guentzel and Phil Kessel would each have 2 goals and 1 assist. Matt Cullen and Evgeni Malkin would have a goal and an asst. Sidney Crosby would have 2 assists. Olli Maatta, Justin Schultz, and Ian Cole would all have 1 assist. The Penguins leads the series 2 games to none as the series moves to Pittsburgh for game 3 on Monday night.
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The Pittsburgh Penguins and Washington Capitals opened their playoff series Thursday night in Washington D.C. Marc-Andre Fleury would start in net for the Penguins. Braden Holtby would start in net for the Capitals. Matt Murray, Carter Towney, Chad Ruhwedel, and Mark Streit would be the scratches for the Penguins. Karl Alzner, Paul Carey, Taylor Chorney, and Chandler Stephenson would be the scratches for the Capitals.
Alex Ovechkin would get called for interference at 3:38 of the 1st period. There would be no scoring in the 1st. Washington would have 6 shots to the Penguins 4 in the first. Sidney Crosby would score 12 seconds into the 2nd to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Jake Guentzel and Patric Hornqvist would have the assists. Sidney would score his 2nd of the game at 1:04 to make it 2-0. Patric Hornqvist and Olli Maatta would have the assists. Alex Ovechkin would score at 18:17 to make 2-1. Lars Eller and T.J. Oshie would have the assists. Kevin Shattenkirk and Scott Wilson would each get called for roughing at 19:41. The Capitals would have 13 shots to the Penguins 11 shots in the 2nd. Evgeny Kuznetsov would score at 8:05 of the 3rd to tie the game at 2. Matt Niskanen would have the lone assist. Nick Bonino would score at 12:36 to make it 3-2 Penguins. Scott Wilson and Ian Cole would have the assists. Matt Niskanen would get called for slashing at 12:45. Washington would have 16 shots to the Penguins 6 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 0 for 2 on the powerplay. Marc-Andre would make 33 saves on 35 shots. Sidney Crosby would have 2 goals. Nick Bonino would have 1 goal. Patric Hornqvist would have 2 assists. Scott Wilson, Jake Guentzel, Olli Maatta, and Ian Cole would each have an assist each. The Penguins and Capitals play game 2 in D.C. on Saturday. The Pittsburgh Penguins (4-1) and Washington Capitals (4-2) play against each other in the Division finals. The Washington Capitals will have home ice advantage due to having the best NHL record in the regular season. Whichever team wins this series will have home ice the rest of the time they are in the playoffs. This will be the tenth time that the two teams have met in the playoffs with the Penguins winning 8 of the previous 9 meetings ( Capitals won series in 1994). The two teams met last year in the division finals with the Penguins winning in 6 games.
The Match-up in goal will be Marc-Andre Fleury in net for the Penguins and Braden Holtby in net for the Capitals. Marc-Andre Fleury in the playoffs has a record of 4-1, a goals against average of 2.52, and a save percentage of .933. Braden Holtby has a record of 4-2, a goals against average of 2.36, and a save percentage of .925. Braden Holtby is one of the finalists for the Vienza. Goalie advantage- toss up The Top line for the Pittsburgh Penguins will most likely be Jake Guentzel, Sidney Crosby, and Patric Hornqvist. Jake Guentzel would have 5 goals, 1 assist, and a -2 in 5 games played. Sidney Crosby has 2 goals, 5 assists, and -2 in 5 games played. Patric Hornqvist would have 2 goals, 1 assist, and +2 in 6 games played. The Capitals top line will most likely be Alexander Ovechkin, Nicklas Backstrom, and T.J. Oshie. Alexander Ovechkin has 3 goals and is a +1 after 6 games. Nicklas Backstrom has 2 goals, 4 assists in 6 games, and a +1. T.J. Oshie leads the team in points with 3 goals, 4 assists, and +1 in 6 games. Top line advantage- Capitals The 2nd line for the Penguins will probably be Bryan Rust, Evgeni Malkin, and Phil Kessel. Bryan Rust would have 4 goals and be +5 in 5 games. Evgeni Malkin leads the league in points with 2 goals, 9 assists, and +7. Phil Kessel has 2 goals, 6 assists, and +7. The Capitals 2 line will most likely be Marcus Johansson, Evgeny Kuznetsov, and Justin Williams. Marcus Johansson would has 2 goals and 3 assists in 6 games. Evgeny Kuznetsov has 1 goal, 2 assists, and -1 in 6 games. Justin Williams has 3 goals, 3 assists, and +1 in 6 games. 2nd line advantage- Penguins The Penguins 3rd line will likely be Scott Wilson, Nick Bonino, and Conor Sheary. Scott Wilson has 1 goal in 5 games. Nick Bonino has 1 goal in 5 games. Conor Sheary has 2 assists and -3 in 5 games. The Capitals 3rd line will most likely be Andre Burakovsky, Lars Eller, and Tom Wilson. Andre Burakovsky would have 2 assists in 6 games. Lars Eller would have 2 assists in 6 games. Tom Wilson has 3 goals and +1 in 6 games. Line 3 advantage- toss up The Penguins 4th line will likely be Chris Kunitz, Matt Cullen, Tom Kuhnhackl. Chris Kunitz has yet to play in the playoffs due to injury. Matt Cullen has 2 assists and is +2 in 5 games. Tom Kuhnhackl has 1 goal, 1 assist, and +1. The Capitals 4th line will likely be Daniel Winnik, Jay Beagle, and Brett Connolly. Daniel Winnick is -1 in 6 games. Jay Beagle is -2 in 6 games. Brett Connolly is -2 in 6 games. 4th line advantage-Penguins The Penguins top Defensive pair will likely be Ian Cole and Justin Schultz. Ian Cole has 3 assists in 5 games. Justin Schultz has 3 assists in 5 games. The Capitals top defensive pair will likely be Nate Schmidt and John Carlson. Nate Schmidt has 2 assists and +5 int 4 games. John Carlson has 1 goal, 1 assist, and +3 in 6 games. Top D advantage-Penguins The 2nd defensive pair for the Penguins will likely be Brian Dumoulin and Ron Hainsey. Brian Dumoulin has 1 assists and +1 in 5 games. Ron Hainsey has 1 goal, 2 assists, and +1 in 5 games. The Capitals 2nd defensive pair will likely be Dmitry Orlov and Matt Niskanen. Dmitry Orlov has 2 assists in 6 games. Matt Niskanen has 1 assist and +1. 2nd defensive pair advantage- Penguins. The 3rd defensive pair for the Penguins will likely be Olli Maatta and Trevor Daley. Olli Maatta has 1 assists and +5 in 5 games. Trevor Daley has 1 assist and +3 in 5 games. The 3rd defensive pair for the Capitals will likely be Brooks Orpik and Kevin Shattenkirk. Brooks Orpik has 2 assists and is-4 in 6 games. Kevin Shattenkirk has 3 assists and is -4 in 6 games. 3rd defensive pairing advantage- Penguins. Predictions: Justin- Penguins win in 6 games Jason- Penguins win in 6 games Adam- Penguins win in 7 games Let us know if you agree or disagree with us. Pittsburgh and Columbus would play game 5 in Pittsburgh on Thursday night. Marc-Andre Fleury would start for the Penguins. Sergei Bobrovsky would start for the Blue Jackets. Josh Archibald, Cameron Gaunce, Chris Kunitz, Matt Murray, Chad Ruhwedel, Tom Sestito, and Mark Streit would be the scratches for the Penguins. Vitaly Abramov, Paul Bittner, Zac Dalpe, Oscar Dansk, Nick Foligno, Anton Forsberg, Markus Hannikainen, Scott Harrington, Lauri Korpikoski, Dean Kukan, Jordan Maletta, Sonny Milano, Nick Moutrey, Ryan Murray, John Ramage, Justin Scott, Ryan Staton, TJ Tynan, and Zach Werenski would be the scratches for the Blue Jackets.
Sam Gagner would get called for holding at 8:41 of the 1st period. Phil Kessel would score on the powerplay at 9:07 to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Justin Schultz and Evgeni Malkin would have the assists. The Blue Jackets would have 15 shots to the Penguins 12 in the first period. Bryan Rust would score at 1:07 of the second period to make it 2-0. Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin would get the assists. Bryan Rust would score his 5th of the playoffs at 3:50 to make it 3-0. Ron Hainsey would have the lone assist. Josh Anderson would get called for cross checking at 3:50. William Karlsson would score at 9:30 to make it 3-1. Sam Gagner would get the lone assist. Trevor Daley would get called for holding at 11:23. Boone Jenner would score on the powerplay at 12:24 to make it 3-2. Seth Jones and Cam Atkinson would have the assists. Tom Kuhnhackl would get called for tripping at 16:14. Brandon Dubinsky would get called for holding at 17:52. The Blue Jackets would have 17 shots to the Penguins 11 in the 2nd. Alexander Wennberg would get called for Goaltender interference at 3:52 of the third. Sidney Crosby would score at 5:31 to make it 4-2. Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel would have the assists. Scott Wilson would score at 6:22 to make it 5-2. Trevor Daley and Conor Sheary would get the assists. Jake Guentzel would get called for hooking at 8:05. The Blue Jackets would have 19 shots to the Penguins 9 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 2 for 4 on the powerplay and kill 2 for 3 penalties. Marc-Andre Fleury would make 49 saves on 51 shots. With the win he passed Tom Barrasso for winningest playoff goalie in Penguins history with 57. Bryan Rust would have 2 goals. Phil Kessel would have a goal and 2 assists. Scott Wilson and Sidney Crosby would have a goal each. Evgeni Malkin would have 3 assists. Conor Sheary, Justin Schultz, Trevor Daley, and Ron Hainsey would each have an assist. The Penguins have eliminated the Blue Jackets from the Stanley Cup Playoffs and will play the winner of the Washington Capitals/ Toronto Maple Leafs series that is currently tied at 2 games a piece. Pittsburgh and Columbus would play game 4 in Columbus on Tuesday night. Marc-Andre Fleury would start for the Penguins. Sergei Bobrovsky would start for the Blue Jackets. Chad Ruhwedel, Chris Kunitz, Cameron Gaunce, Tom Sestito, Mark Streit, Josh Archibald, and Matt Murray would be the scratches for the Penguins. Zach Werenski, Vitaly Abramov, Ryan Stanton, Sonny Milano, Zac Dalpe, Ryan Murray, Lauri Korpikoski, Markus Hannikainen, Scott Hartnell, Dean Kukan, RJ Tynan, Nick Moutrey, Scott Harrington, John Ramage, Paul Bittner, Jordan Maletta, Justin Scott, Anton Forsberg, and Oscar Dansk would be the scratches for the Blue Jackets.
Nick Foligno would get called for hooking 19 seconds into the game. Jack Johnson would score at 11:46 to give the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead. David Savard would get the lone assist. Ian Cole would get called for high sticking at 15:40. Josh Anderson would score at 18:56 to make it 2-0. William Karlsson and Kyle Quincey would get the assists. Columbus would have 14 shots to the Penguins 6 in the 1st. Markus Nutivaara would score 4:48 into the 2nd to make it 3-0. Boone Jenner and Brandon Saad would get the assists. Kyle Quincey would get called for interference at 5:29. Patric Hornqvist would score on the powerplay to make it 3-1. Sidney Crosby and Justin Schultz would get the assists. Carter Rowney would get called for hooking at 8:37. Boone Jenner would get called for for holding at 10:13. Ron Hainsey would score his 1st career goal at 16:24 to make it 3-2. Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin would get the assists. The Blue Jackets would have 13 shots to the Penguins 12 in the 2nd. William Karlsson would score 27 seconds into the 3rd to make it 4-2. Matt Calvert would get the lone assist. Tom Kuhnhackl would score at 2:10 to make it 4-3. Matt Cullen and Ian Cole would get the assists. Boone Jenner would score at 5:37 to make it 5-3. Brandon Saad and Markus Nutivaara would get the assists. The Penguins would get called for too many men on the ice at 18:17. Patric Hornqvist would serve the penalty. Jake Guentzel would score shorthanded at 19:33 to make it 5-4. Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin would get the assists.The Penguins would have 13 shots to Blue Jackets 7 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 1 for 3 on the powerplay and kill 3 for 3 penalties including scoring a shorthanded goal. Marc-Andre Fleury would make 29 saves on 34 shots. Tom Kuhnhackl, Jake Guentzel, Patric Hornqvist, and Ron Hainsey would each have a goal. Phil Kessel would have 3 assists. Evgeni Malkin would have 2 assists. Matt Cullen, Justin Schultz, and Ian Cole would each have an assist. The Series returns to Pittsburgh on Thursday with the Penguins having a 3 games to 1 series lead. The Penguins and Columbus would play game 3 in Columbus on Sunday. Marc-Andre Fleury would start for the Penguins. Sergei Bobrovsky would start for the Blue Jackets. Josh Archibald, Cameron Gaunce, Chris Kunitz, Matt Murray, Chad Ruhwedel, Tom Sestito, and Mark Streit would be the scratches for the Penguins. Matt Calvert would be serving a 1 game suspension for his actions in game 2 for the Blue Jackets. Oscar Dansk, Anton Forsberg, Markus Hannikainen, Lauri Korpikoski, Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Kyle Quincey, and Lukas Sedlak would be the scratches for the Blue Jackets.
Cam Atkinson would score 11 seconds into the game to give the Blue Jackets a 1-0 lead. Brandon Dubinsky and Nick Foligno would get the assists. Jake Guentzel would score at 3:17 to tie the game at 1. Ron Hainsey and Sidney Crosby would get the assists. Cam Atkinson would score his 2nd of the game unassisted at 5:02 to make it 2-1 Blue Jackets. Matt Cullen would get called for slashing at 5:39. Zach Werenski would score on the powerplay to make it 3-1. Sam Gagner and Nick Foligno would get the assists. Columbus would have 14 shots to the Penguins 11. Bryan Rust would score at 5:21 of the second to make it 3-2. Brian Dumoulin and Evgeni Malkin would get the assists. Bryan Rust would score his 2nd of the game at 13:25 to tie the game at 3. Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel would get the assists. The Blue Jackets would get called for too many men on the ice at 16:13. Sam Gagner would serve the penalty. Nick Foligno would get called for interference at 18:54. The Penguins would have 19 shots to the Blue Jackets 8 in the 2nd. Trevor Daley would get called for hooking at 7:45 of the 3rd. Brandon Dubinsky would get called for cross checking at 10:10. Jake Guentzel would score his 2nd of the game on the powerplay at 11:48 to make it 4-3 Penguins. Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel would get the assists. Brandon Dubinsky would score at 15:11 to tie the game at 4. Jack Johnson and Oliver Bjorkstrand would get the assists. The Penguins would have 10 shots to the Blue Jackets 8 in the 3rd. With the game tied the Penguins and Blue Jackets would go into Sudden Death Overtime. Jake Guentzel would complete the hat trick with the game winner at 13:10 of Overtime. Sidney Crosby would have the lone assist. The Penguins and Blue Jackets would each have 7 shots in Overtime. The Penguins would go 1 for 3 on the powerplay and 2 for 3 on the penalty kill. The Penguins 3rd goal would be credited to Evgeni Malkin after the game was over. Marc-Andre Fleury would make 33 saves on 37 shots. Jake Guentzel would have 3 goals. Evgeni Malkin would have a goal and 2 assists. Bryan Rust would have a goal. Sidney Crosby would have 2 assists. Phil Kessel, Brian Dumoulin, and Ron Hainsey would each have an assist. The Penguins have a 3-0 series lead and have a chance to end it Tuesday night in Columbus. The Penguins and Columbus would play game 2 of the 1st round on Friday with the Penguins having the 1-0 lead in the series. Marc-Andre Fleury would start for the Penguins. Sergei Bobrovsky would start for the Blue Jackets. Josh Archibald, Cameron Gaunce, Chris Kunitz, Matt Murray, Chad Ruhwedel, Tom Sestito, and Mark Streit would be the scratches for the Penguins. Oscar Dansk, Lauri Korpikoski, Ryan Murray, Markus Nutivaara, Kyle Quincey, and Lukas Sedlak would be the scratches for the Blue Jackets.
Sidney Crosby would score his 1st of the playoffs and 8:31 of the first period to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Jake Guentzel and Conor Sheary would get the assists. Columbus would have 12 shots to the Penguins 7 in the 1st. Brandon Saad would score his 1st of the playoffs a the 7 minute mark of the second period to tie the game at 1. Alexander Wennberg and Seth Jones would have the assists. The penguins would answer 51 seconds later with a goal from Jake Guentzel to make it 2-1. Sidney Crosby and Ian Cole would get the assists. Nick Foligno would get called for holding the stick and Ron Hainsey would get called for holding at 12:26. Brian Dumoulin would get called for holding at 17:34. Brandon Dubinsky would get called for roughing at the end of the period. Columbus would have 16 shots to the Penguins 12 in the 2nd. Evgeni Malkin would score at 2:01 of the 3rd to make it 3-1. Sidney Crosby and Ian Cole would get the assists. Justin Schultz would get called for holding at 12:04. Patric Hornqvist would add an empty net goal at 19:14. Matt Cullen and Tom Kuhnhackl would get the assists. Matt Calvert would get called for cross checking at 19:25. Boone Jenner would get called slashing and a misconduct at the end of the game. Scott Harrington would get called for a misconduct at the end of the game. The Penguins would go 0 for 2 on the powerplay and kill 2 for 2 penalties. Marc-Andre Fleury would make 39 saves on 40 shots. Sidney Crosby would have an goal and 2 assists. Jake Guentzel would have a goal and an assist. Patric Hornqvist and Evgeni Malkin would each have a goal. Ian Cole would have 2 assists. Matt Cullen, Tom Kuhnhackl, and Conor Sheary would have an assist. The series now goes to Columbus where game 3 will be on Sunday @ 6 pm. The Stanley Cup Playoffs would open in Pittsburgh on Wednesday with the Penguins playing the Columbus Blue Jackets. Marc-Andre Fleury would start in net for the Penguins after Matt Murray left the ice in warm-ups.Sergei Bobrovsky would start for the Blue Jackets. Chad Ruhwedel, Chris Kunitz, Cameron Gaunce, Tom Sestito, Mar Streit, Josh Archibald, and Matt Murray would be the scratches for the Penguins. Kyle Quincey, Ryan Murray, Lauri Korpikoski, Lukas Sedlak, Marcus Nutivaara, and Oscar Dansk would be the scratches for the Blue Jackets.
There would be no scoring in the first period. Olli Maatta would get called for get called for hooking at 17:39. The Blue Jackets would have 16 shots in the 1st to the Penguins 3. Bryan Rust would score 1:15 into the 2nd to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Phil Kessel and Evgeni Malkin would get the assists. Matt Calvert would get called for tripping at 2:58. Phil Kessel would score on the powerplay to make it 2-0. Justin Schultz and Evgeni Malkin would get the assists. Nick Bonino would score at 16:25 to make it 3-0. Patric Hornqvist would get the lone assist. David Savard would get called for roughing at 16:48. The Penguins would have 16 shots in the 2nd to the Blue Jackets 4. David Savard would get called for interference at 5:46 of the 3rd. Carter Rowney would get called for hooking at 10:04. Matt Calvert would score at 12:41 to make it 3-1. Josh Anderson would get the lone assist. Columbus would have 12 shots to the Penguins 10 in the 3rd. The Penguins will take a 1 game to none lead in the series. Penguins would go 1 for 3 on the powerplay and kill off both penalties. Marc-Andre Fleury would make 31 saves on 32 shots. Phil Kessel would have a goal and an assist. Nick Bonino and Bryan Rust would each have a goal. Evgeni Malkin would have 2 assists. Patric Hornqvist, Olli Maatta , and Justin Schultz would each have an assist. Game 2 is on Friday on NHL Network. The Pittsburgh Penguins (50-20-11) played at New York Rangers (47-28-6) on Sunday for the last game of the regular season. Tristan Jarry would get his first career start for the Penguins. Magnus Hellberg would start for the Rangers. Ian Cole, Sidney Crosby, Matt Cullen, Trevor Daley, Jake Guentzel, Chris Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin, Matt Murray, Chad Ruhwedel, Bryan Rust, Justin Schultz, and Conor Sheary would be the scratches for the Penguins. Adam Clendening, Jesper Fast, Kevin Hayes, Steven Kampfer, Chris Krieder, Matt Puempel, Antti Raanta, and Brendan Smith would be the scratches for the Rangers.
Nick Bonino would score at 9:16 of the 1st to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Dominik Simon and Phil Kessel would get the assists. Ryan McDonagh would score at 13:54 to tie the game at 1. Michael Grabner would get the lone assist. Jean-Sebastien Dea would get called for hooking at 18:17. Derek Stepan would score on the powerplay to make it 2-1 Rangers lead. Ryan McDonagh and Mika Zibanejad would get the assists. The Penguins would have 12 shots to the Rangers 6 in the 1st period. Carter Rowney would score unassisted at 13:38 of the 2nd to tie the game at 2. The Rangers would have 7 shots to the Penguins 5 in the 2nd. Jimmy Vesey would score at 7:23 of the 3rd to give the Rangers a 3-2 lead. Mika Zibanejad would get the lone assist. The Rangers would have 12 shots to the Penguins 7 in the 3rd. The Penguins would not get any power play chances and would for 0 for 1 on the powerplay. Tristan Jarry would make 22 saves on 25 shots. Nick Bonino and Carter Rowney would each have a goal. Dominik Simon and Phil Kessel would each have an assist. The Penguins open the Stanley Cup Playoffs on Wednesday at home against the Columbus Blue Jackets. The Pittsburgh Penguins (50-19-11) played at Toronto Maple Leafs (39-26-15) on Saturday. Marc-Andre Fleury would start for the Penguins. Frederik Andersen would start for start for the Maple Leafs. Chad Ruhwedel, Brian Dumoulin, Nick Bonino, Chris Kunitz, Bryan Rust, Carl Hagelin, Evgeni Malkin, Patric Hornqvist, and Matt Murray would be the scratches for the Penguins. Alexey Marchenko, Ben Smith, Eric Fehr, Nikita Soshnikov, Josh Leivo, and Martin Marincin would be the scratches for the Maple Leafs.
Phil Kessel would score at 6:11 of the 1st to make it 1-0 Penguins. Matt Cullen and Tom Kuhnhackl would get the assists. James Van Riemsdyk would score at 6:40 to tie the game at 1. Tyler Bozak and Roman Polak would get the assists. Josh Archibald would get called for tripping at 16:51. The Maple Leafs would have 9 shots to the Penguins 4 in the 1st. Tom Sestito would get called for goaltender interference at 2:01 of the 2nd. Curtis McElhinney would replace Andersen in net as he would leave the game with an injury. Tyler Bozak would score on the powerplay at 3:30 to make it 2-1 Maple Leafs. William Nylander and Jake Gardiner would get the assists. Nikita Zaitsev would get called for delay of game at 6:41. Sidney Crosby would score on the powerplay at 7:55 to tie the game at 2. Jake Guentzel and Justin Schultz would get the assists. Matt Hunwick would get called for high sticking at 14:38. The Maple Leafs would have 9 shots to the Penguins 8 in the 2nd. Jake Guentzel scored unassisted at 6:51 of the 3rd period to give the Penguins a 3-2 lead. Mark Streit would get called for cross checking at 11:32. Kasperi Kapanen would score his 1st his 1st career goal at 14:30 to tie the game at 3. Matt Hunwick and Auston Matthews would get the assists. Connor Brown would score his 20th of the season at 17:12 to give the Maple Leafs a 4-3 lead. Jake Gardiner and Matt Hunwick would get the assists. Auston Matthews would score his 40th of the season into an empty net at 19:56 to make it 5-3. The Maple Leafs would have 12 shots to the Penguins 6 in the 3rd. With the win the Maple Leafs clinch a playoff spot The Penguins would go 1 for 2 on the powerplay and kill 2 of 3 penalties. Marc-Andre Fleury would make 25 saves on 29 shots. Jake Guentzel would have a goal and an assist. Phil Kessel and Sidney Crosby would each have a goal. Matt Cullen, Tom Kuhnhackl, and Justin Schultz would each have an assist. The Penguins play the New York Rangers(47-28-6) on Sunday night. |
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