Saturday night the Penguins (0-1-1) would host their 2017 Stanley Cup opponent Nashville Predators (0-1). Chad Ruhwedel and Josh Archibald would be the scratches for the Penguins. Kevin Fiala, Alexei Emelin, and Samuel Girard would be the scratches for the Predators. Matt Murray would be the goalie for the Penguins. Juuse Saros would be in net for the Predators.
The Penguins would score just 1:06 into the first on an Evgeni Malkin one-timer of a Phil Kessel pass. Carl Hagelin would get the 2nd assist. Scott Hartnell would get called for tripping at 4:21 to give the Penguins their first powerplay. Jake Guentzel would score on a rebound at 10:57 to make it 2-0. Brian Dumoulin would get called for holding at 13:16 to put the Penguins on the penalty kill. The Penguins would have 11 shots to the Predators 7. Ryan Reaves and Austin Watson would drop the gloves at 3:22 of the 2nd. Ryan Reaves would redirect an Olli Maatta shot into the net at 12:52 to make it 3-0. Carter Rowney would get the 2nd assist. Phil Kessel would get called for tripping at 12:59. Yannick Weber would called for holding at 18:27. The Penguins and Predators would each have 9 shots in the 2nd. Olli Maatta would score from the top of the circle 33 seconds into the 3rd to make it 4-0. Ryan Reaves would get in a fight with Cody McLeod at 2:49. Cody McLeod would also get called for interference and a misconduct. Sidney Crosby would get called for Unsportsmanlike conduct at 3:22. Miikka Salomaki would get called for holding at 6:20. Jake Guentzel and Sidney Crosby would get called for cross-checking and Viktor Arvidsson would get called for slashing at 6:23. Scott Hartnell and Ryan Reaves would each get a roughing and misconduct at 12:27. Evgeni Malkin would get called for slashing at 13:25. Ryan Johansen would get called for hooking at 18:41. Penguins would have 14 shots to the Predators 10 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 0 for 5 on powerplay and kill all 5 penalties. Olli Maatta would have a goal and an assist. Jake Guentzel, Evgeni Malkin, and Ryan Reaves would each have a goal. Bryan Rust and Sidney Crosby would each have 2 assists. Carter Rowney, Carl Hagelin, and Phil Kessel would each have an assist. Matt Murray would make 26 saves in the shutout, his first of the season. The Penguins next game is Wednesday in Washington D.C. against the Capitals.
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The Penguins season would continue on Thursday night against the Chicago Blackhawks in Chicago. This would be the Blackhawks home and season opener. The Penguins had played the St. Louis Blues the night prior losing in overtime 5-4. Chad Ruhwedel and Josh Archibald would be the scratches for the Penguins. Cody Franson, Tommy Wingels, and Jordan Oesterle would be the scratches for the hawks. Antti Niemi would get his first start in goal for the Penguins. Corey Crawford would be the goalie for the Blackhawks.
Ryan Hartman would bury a beautiful pass from Patrick Kane at 6:21 to give the Blackhawks a 1-0 lead. Michal Kempny would have the second assist on the goal. 45 seconds later Brandon Saad would score on a 2 on 1 breakaway with the puck going off of his body and into the net to make it 2-0.. Richard Panik would get the assist. At 7:34 Nick Schmaltz would backhand a Patrick Kane pass into the net to make it 3-0. Ryan Hartman would get the 2nd assist. Brandon Saad would would score on a bad rebound from Antti Niemi at 9:16 to make it 4-0. Brent Seabrook and Duncan Keith would get the assists. Matt Murray would replace Niemi in net. Patrick Sharp would score on the rush at 17:01 to make it 5-0. Artem Anisimov and Alex DeBrincat would get the assists. Kris Letang would get called for interference at 19:58 to give the Blackhawks the powerplay that would carry over to the 2nd period. Chicago would have 21 shots to the Penguins 12 in the 1st. Jonathan Toews would get called for interference 27 seconds into the 2nd to end the powerplay for the hawks. Jan Rutta would get called for interference at 1:22 to put Pittsburgh on a 4 on 3 powerplay. At 2:05 Phil Kessel would bury a tic-tac-toe play from Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin on the powerplay to put the Penguins on the board. At 3:49 Patrick Kane would backhand the puck behind Murray to make it 6-1. Ryan Hartman and Jan Rutta would get the assists. The Penguins would let the frustration start to show with Carl Hagelin getting called for slashing at 4:21 and Evgeni Malkin getting called for hooking at 7:12. Richard Panik would put a pass from Nick Schmaltz into the net shortly after the powerplay ended to make it 7-1. Jan Rutta would get the second assist. At 10:40 Nick Schmaltz would score his 2nd of the game on a 4 on 2 rush to make it 8-1.. Patrick Kane and Ryan Hartman would get the assists. The Penguins continued to let their frustration show with Justin Schultz going to the box at 11:28 for holding, and Hagelin going back to the box at 14:57 for tripping. Both teams would have 14 shots in the 2nd. Brandon Saad would complete the hat trick with a redirect of a Jonathan Toews pass 5:21 into the 3rd to make it 9-1. Brent Seabrook would get the other assist. Brent Seabrook would score on a rebound at 13:45 to make it 10-1. John Hayden and Ryan Hartman would get the assists. Phil Kessel would get a 10 minute misconduct at 17:33. Tom Kuhnhackl would get called for cross checking at Ryan Reeves would get a 10 minute misconduct at 17:50. The Blackhawks would have 9 shots to the Penguins 3 in the 3rd. This was the first time since Jan. 13 1996 against the sharks that the penguins gave up 10+ goals in a game. The Penguins would go 1 for 2 on the powerplay and kill all 6 penalties. Phil Kessel would have a goal. Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin would each have an assist. Antti Niemi would make 9 saves on 13 shots. Matt Murray would make 25 saves on 31 shots. The Penguins next game is on Saturday at home vs. the Nashville Predators. The NHL season began on Wednesday with four games being played including the Stanley Cup Champion Penguins playing the St. Louis Blues in Pittsburgh. Before the game the team would raise their fifth and second in a row Stanley Cup Banner. Chad Ruhwedel and Josh Archibald would be the scratches for the Penguins. Nate Prosser, Ivan Barbashev, and Wade Megan would be the scratches for the Blues. Matt Murray would be the starting goalie for the Penguins. Jake Allen would be between the Pipes for the St. Louis Blues.
Sidney Crosby would get called for hooking 50 seconds into the game and by doing so would prevent the Penguins going down early. The Penalty kill would come looking great creating a few chances to score short handed. Justin Schultz would score the Penguins first goal of the season at 6:37 to give the Penguins the 1-0 lead. Jake Guentzel would provide a great screen preventing Jake Allen from seeing the puck until it was in the net. Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel would get the assists. After the goal the St. Louis Blues would score coming to life and started pressuring the Penguins. Matt Murray would make some great saves, but the Blues would get on the board at 8:31 to tie the game at one with a goal that bounced off the skate of Brayden Schenn. The Officials would look at the goal and the goal would stand. Carl Gunnarsson and Jaden Schwartz would get the assists. Olli Maatta would then get called for tripping at 16:26 to put the Penguins back on the penalty kill. The penalty kill would leave Colton Parayko open in the slot and the puck would find his way to him and he would put the puck behind Matt Murray to give the Blues the 2-1 lead. The goal would be unassisted. The Penguins and Blues would each have 12 shots in the first. The Blues would come out in the 2nd and continue to apply pressure. Sidney Crosby would get called for tripping at 6:15 to put the Penguins back on the penalty kill. The Penguins would kill the penalty then start coming to life. Jake Allen would make some great saves. Eventually the Penguins pressure would prevail and at 12:37 Olli Maatta would score from the point to tie the game at 2. Bryan Rust and Evgeni Malkin would get the assists. Robert Bortuzzo would get called for holding at 12:52 and the Penguins would get their first powerplay of the night. The Penguins powerplay would get cut short however with Jake Guentzel getting called for slashing well behind the play at 14:03. The Blues would get called for too many men on the ice just 3 seconds after Bortuzzo’s penalty had ended. The penalty would be served by Tage Thompson. Alex Pietrangelo would score to put the Blues ahead 3-2 at 15:37. Vladimir Sobotka and Paul Stastny would get the assists. The Blues would out shoot the Penguins 13-10 in the 2nd. Paul Stastny would score 3:38 into the 3rd to make it 4-2 Blues. Vladimir Sobotka and Vladimir Tarasenko would get the assists. Penguins would get their 3rd powerplay of the night as Alex Pietrangelo would get called for slashing at 5:26. The penguins would apply pressure for the entire 2 minutes, however would have no shots on goal to show for it. Robert Bortuzzo would get called for tripping at 12:10 to give the Penguins their 4th powerplay. 16 seconds later Brayden Schenn would get called for closing hand on the puck to give the penguins a 2 man advantage. The penguins would finally get some shots on the powerplay and Sidney Crosby would score on a rebound to bring the penguins within one at 13:46. Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin would get the assists. Conor Sheary would bury a beautiful pass from Greg McKegg at 14:40 to tie the game at 4. Bryan Rust would get the other assist. The Penguins would out shoot the Blues 11 to 8 in the third. The Penguins and Blues would go into overtime with it’s new 3 on 3 format. Alex Pietrangelo would score on the lone shot of overtime to give the Blues the 5-4 win. The Penguins would go 1 for 5 on the powerplay and kill 3 of 4 penalties. Sidney Crosby would have a goal and an assist. Conor Sheary, Olli Maatta, and Justin Schultz would each have a goal. Bryan Rust, Jake Guentzel, and Evgeni Malkin would each have 2 assists. Greg McKegg would have an assist. Matt Murray would make 29 saves on 34 shots. The Penguins play the Chicago Blackhawks on Thursday in Chicago. Friday Night was the first night of the NHL draft and the Pittsburgh Penguins started the night with the 31st overall pick, which would be the last pick of the 1st round, due to winning the Stanley Cup. GM Jim Rutherford would make a trade with the St. Louis Blues. The Penguins would get the 51st overall pick and right wing Ryan Reaves in exchange for the 31st overall pick and Center Oskar Sundqvist.
Ryan Reeves played 80 games last year netting 7 goals and 6 assists and 104 penalty minutes. Reaves would also play in 11 playoff game with no points and 8 penalty minutes. Reaves is 30 years old with 1 year left on his contract at 1.12 million. Oskar Sundqvist played 63 games for the Wilkes-Barre Scranton Penguins scoring 20 goals and adding 26 assists. Oskar Sundqvist is 23 years old and a Restricted free Agent.Jim Rutherford stated during the playoffs that he was going to add toughness to the team to protect his superstars and this was the 1st move in that direction. Justin’s thought on the trade: the draft picks are of no meaning with his being the weakest draft class in some time though i feel that giving up a depth center that has a high potential was too steep a price to pay for “protection” and unsure about the gamble to go away from the playing style that just won you back to back Stanley Cups The draft continues on Saturday. Please let us know your thoughts on the trade and what positions that the penguins should pick up in the draft. The Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators played game 6 of the Stanley Cup Final in Nashville Sunday Night. Matt Murray started in goal for the Penguins. Pekka Rinne would start in goal for the Predators. Chad Ruhwedel, David Warsofsky, Kevin Porter, Nick Bonino, Garrett Wilson, Frank Corrado, Cameron Gaunce, Tom Sestito, Mark Streit, Tom Kuhnhackl, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Oskar Sundqvist, Daniel Sprong, Josh Archibald, Dominik Simon, Derrick Pouliot, Sean Maguire, and Tristan Jarry would be the scratches for the Penguins. Cody Bass, Anthony Bitetto, Alexandre Carrier, Kevin Fiala, Vernon Fiddler, Petter Granberg, Brad Hunt, Ryan Johansen, Vladislav Kamenev, Marek Mazanec, PA Parenteau, Miikka Salomaki, and Harry Zolnierczyk would be the scratches for the Predators.
Ian Cole would get called for interference at 13:14 of the first. There would be no scoring in the first period. The Penguins would have 9 shots to the Predators 8 in the 1st. Colton Sissons would put a puck in the net at 1:07 of the second but the play had been called dead due to the ref losing sight of the puck. Conor Sheary would get called for tripping at 4:38. The second would end still scoreless. The Penguins would have 13 shots to the Predators 11 in the 2nd. Olli Maatta would get called for tripping at 7:19 of the third. Trevor Daley would get called for roughing at 8:47. Patric Hornqvist would score his 5th of the playoffs at 18:25 to make it 1-0 Penguins. Justin Schultz and Chris Kunitz would get the assists. Carl Hagelin would add an empty net goal at 19:46 to make it 2-0. Brian Dumoulin would get the lone assist. Nashville would have 8 shots to the Penguins 7 in the 3rd. The Penguins would kill off all 4 penalties. Matt Murray would make 27 saves in the shutout performance. Carl Hagelin and Patric Hornqvist would each have a goal. Chris Kunitz, Justin Schultz, and Brian Dumoulin would each have an assist. The Penguins won the 2017 Stanley Cup. Sidney Crosby won the Conn Smythe for Playoff MVP. Congratulations to both teams for a great season and an awesome Stanley Cup final. The Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators played game 5 of the Stanley Cup Final in Pittsburgh Thursday Night. Matt Murray started in goal for the Penguins. Pekka Rinne would start in goal for the Predators. Chad Ruhwedel, David Warsofsky, Kevin Porter, Nick Bonino, Garrett Wilson, Frank Corrado, Cameron Gaunce, Tom Sestito, Mark Streit, Tom Kuhnhackl, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Oskar Sundqvist, Daniel Sprong, Josh Archibald, Dominik Simon, Derrick Pouliot, Sean Maguire, and Tristan Jarry would be the scratches for the Penguins. Anthony Bitetto, Petter Granberg, PA Parenteau, Cody Bass, Miikka Salomaki, Brad Hunt, Vladislav Kamenev, Cody McLeod, Kevin Fiala, Alexandre Carrier, Vernon Fiddler, Ryan Johansen, and Marek Mazanec would be the scratches for the Predators.
Ryan Ellis would get called for holding 50 seconds into the first. Justin Schultz would score on the powerplay at 1:31 to make it 1-0 Penguins. Sidney Crosby and Patric Hornqvist would get the assists. Bryan Rust would score at 6:43 to make it 2-0. Chris Kunitz and Trevor Daley would get the assists. The Penguins would get called for too many men on the ice at 10:06. The penalty would be served by Scott Wilson. Sidney Crosby and P.K. Subban would each get called for holding at 18:28. Evgeni Malkin would score his 10th of the playoffs at 19:49 to make it 3-0. Phil Kessel and Ron Hainsey would have the assists. The Penguins and Predators would each have 9 shots in the 1st. Conor Sheary would score 1:19 into the second to make it 4-0. Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel would get the assists. Phil Kessel would score at 8:02 to make ti 5-0. Olli Maatta and Sidney Crosby with the assists. Filip Forsberg would get called for Goalie interference at 13:02. Ron Hainsey would score at 16:40 to make it 6-0. Evgeni Malkin and Phil Kessel with the assists. The Penguins would have 10 shots to the Predators 6 in the 2nd. Bryan Rust would get called for tripping at 3:45 of the third. James Neal would get called for cross checking at 7:31. Rosman Josi would get 2 roughing penalties, and an interference penalty at 11:32. Evgeni Malkin would get 2 roughing penalties at 11:32. P.K. Subban and Patric Hornqvist would each get a unsportsmanlike penalty at 11:32. Viktor Arvidsson and Carl Hagelin would get a fighting penalty and a misconduct at 11:32. Austin Watson would get called for charging at 12:40. Colton Sissons would get a match penalty, Austin Watson and Trevor Daley would get a misconduct, and Chris Kunitz and Yannick Weber would get 5 for fighting at 19:26. The Predators would have 9 shots to the Penguins 5 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 1 for 5 on the powerplay and kill both penalties. Matt Murray would make 24 saves in a shutout performance. Phil Kessel would have a goal and 2 assists. Evgeni Malkin and Ron Hainsey would have a goal and an assist. Bryan Rust, Conor Sheary, and Justin Schultz would have a goal each. Sidney Crosby would have 3 assists. Chris Kunitz, Jake Guentzel, Patric Hornqvist, Olli Maatta, and Trevor Daley would each have an assist. The Penguins lead the series 3-2 and have a chance to win the Cup with a win in Game 6 Sunday in Nashville. The Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators played game 4 of the Stanley Cup Final in Pittsburgh Wednesday night. Matt Murray started in goal for the Penguins. Pekka Rinne would start in goal for the Predators. Chad Ruhwedel, David Warsofsky, Kevin Porter, Nick Bonino, Garrett Wilson, Frank Corrado, Scott Wilson, Cameron Gaunce, Tom Sestito, Mark Streit, Tom Kuhnhackl, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Oskar Sundqvist, Daniel Sprong, Dominik Simon, Derrick Pouliot, Sean Maguire, and Tristan Jarry would be the scratches for the Penguins. Anthony Bitetto, Petter Granberg, Cody Bass, Miikka Salomaki, Brad Hunt, Colin Wilson, Vladislav Kamenev, Cody McLeod, Kevin Fiala, Alexandre Carrier, Vernon Fiddler, Ryan Johansen, and Marek Mazanec would be the scratches for the Predators.
Patric Hornqvist would get called for tripping at 7:15 of the first. Calle Jarnkrok would score at 14:51 to give the Predators a 1-0 lead. Craig Smith and Austin Watson would get the assists.The Penguins would challenge the goal for goaltender interference but the goal would stand. With the unsuccessful challenge the Penguins would lose their timeout. Sidney Crosby would score at 15:57 to tie the game at 1. Brian Dumoulin would get the lone assist. James Neal would get called for interference at 19:18. The Predators would have 7 shots to the Penguins 6 in the 1st. Frederick Gaudreau would score at 3:45 of the second to give the Predators a 2-1 lead. Ryan Ellis and Harry Zolnierczyk would get the assists. That goal would come after NHL officials in Toronto would review the play Ron Hainsey would get called for high sticking at 6:15. Viktor Arvidsson would score at 13:08 to make it 3-1. Mike Fisher and James Neal would get the assists. The Penguins and Predators would each have 8 shots in the 2nd. Filip Forsberg would add an empty net goal at 16:37 of the third. Mattias Ekholm and P.K. Subban would get the assists. Mattias Ekholm and Josh Archibald would each get called for slashing and Ekholm would pick up an extra 2 for roughing at 18:21. Ryan Ellis would get called for cross checking at 19:35. The Predators would have 11 shots to the Penguins 10 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 0 for 2 on the powerplay and kill off both penalties. Matt Murray would make 22 saves on 25 shots. Sidney Crosby would have a goal. Brian Dumoulin would have an assist. The Series is tied at 2 games each with game 5 on Thursday in Pittsburgh. The Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators played game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final in Pittsburgh Wednesday night. Matt Murray started in goal for the Penguins. Pekka Rinne would start in goal for the Predators. Chad Ruhwedel, David Warsofsky, Kevin Porter, Nick Bonino, Garrett Wilson, Frank Corrado, Cameron Gaunce, Tom Sestito, Mark Streit, Tom Kuhnhackl, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Oskar Sundqvist, Daniel Sprong, Josh Archibald, Dominik Simon, Derrick Pouliot, Sean Maguire, and Tristan Jarry would be the scratches for the Penguins. Anthony Bitetto, Petter Granberg, Cody Bass, Miikka Salomaki, Brad Hunt, Colin Wilson, Vladislav Kamenev, Cody McLeod, Kevin Fiala, Alexandre Carrier, Vernon Fiddler, Ryan Johansen, and Marek Mazanec would be the scratches for the Predators.
Jake Guentzel would score 2:46 into the first to give the penguins a 1-0 lead. Ian Cole and Sidney Crosby would get the assists. P.K. Subban would get called for holding at 4:50. The Predators would get called for too many men on the ice at 12:44. James Neal would serve the penalty. The Predators would have 12 shots to the Penguins 6 in the 1st. Justin Schultz would get called for holding at 4:13 of the second. Roman Josi would score on the powerplay at 5:51 to tie the game at 1. Calle Järnkrok and Mattias Ekholm would get the assists. Frederick Gaudreau would score at 6:33 to make it 2-1 Predators. Austin Watson and Roman Josi would get the assists. Ryan Ellis would get called for boarding at 16:37 James Neal would score at 19:37 to make it 3-1. Viktor Arvidsson and Roman Josi would get the assists. The Predators would have 16 shots to the Penguins 13 in the 2nd. Craig Smith would score unassisted at 4:54 of the third to make it 4-1. Carl Hagelin and Mattias Ekholm would each get called for roughing at 10:42. Sidney Crosby would get called for boarding at 12:43. Evgeni Malkin and Filip Forsberg would each get called for cross checking at 12:43. Mattias Ekholm would score on the powerplay to make it 5-1. Calle Jarnkrok and Colton Sissons would get the assists. Trevor Daley and Viktor Arvidsson would get called for holding, James Neal would get called for Unsportsmanlike conduct, and Ian Cole would get called for roughing at 15:24. Patric Hornqvist and Mattias Ekholm would each get a misconduct at 15:38. Phil Kessel would get called for roughing and Matt Cullen, Chris Kunitz, and Austin Watson would get misconducts. The Penguins would have 9 shots to the Predators 5 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 0 for 3 on the powerplay and 1 for 3 on the penalty kill. Matt Murray would make 28 saves on 33 shots. Jake Guentzel would have a goal. Sidney Crosby and Ian Cole would each have an assist. The Penguins still lead the series 2-1 with Game 4 on Monday in Nashville. The Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators played game 2 of the Stanley Cup Final in Pittsburgh Wednesday night. Matt Murray started in goal for the Penguins. Pekka Rinne started in goal for the Preds. Chad Ruhwedel, David Warsofsky, Kevin Porter, Garrett Wilson, Frank Corrado, Cameron Gaunce, Tom Sestito, Mark Streit, Tom Kuhnhackl, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Oskar Sundqvist, Daniel Sprong, Josh Archibald, Dominik Simon, Derrick Pouliot, Carl Hagelin, Sean Maguire, and Tristan Jarry would be the scratches for the Penguins. Anthony Bitetto, Petter Granberg, PA Parenteau, Cody Bass, Miikka Salomaki, Brad Hunt, Harry Zolnierczyk, Colin Wilson, Vladislav Kamenev, Kevin Fiala, Alexandre Carrier, Ryan Johansen, and Marek Mazanec would be the scratches for the Preds.
Craig Smith would get called for cross checking at 2:04 of the first. Chris Kunitz would get called for cross checking and Evgeni Malkin would get called for hooking at 9:36. Mike Fisher would get called for interference at 10:34. Pontus Aberg would score at 12:57 to give the Preds a 1-0 lead. Viktor Arvidsson and Mike Fisher would get the assists Roman Josi would get called for cross checking at 14:32. The Predators would have 18 shots to the Penguins 12 in the 1st. Austin Watson would get called for interference at 11:48 of second. Cody McLeod would get called for high sticking at 17:25. The Predators would have 14 shots to the Penguins 7 in the 2nd Jake Guentzel would score his 2nd of the game 10 seconds into the third to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead. Bryan Rust and Ron Hainsey would get the assists. Scott Wilson would score at 3:13 to make to 3-1. Phil Kessel and Matt Cullen would get the assists. Evgeni Malkin would score at 3:28 to make it 4-1. Chris Kunitz and Ian Cole would get the assists. Juuse Saros would replace Pekka RInne in net for the Preds after the Malkin goal. Pontus Aberg would get called for slashing at 4:51.Patric Hornqvist would score at 6:48 but the goal would get overturned due to being offsides. Sidney Crosby would get called for interference at 9:20. Evgeni Malkin and P.K. Subban would each get 5 for fighting at 12:14 with Malkin picking up an extra 2 minutes for roughing. The roughing penalty would be served by Scott Wilson. The Penguins would have 8 shots to the Predators 6 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 0 for 7 on the powerplay and kill all 4 penalties. Matt Murray would make 37 saves on 38 shots. Jake Guentzel would have 2 goals. Scott Wilson and Evgeni Malkin would each have a goal. Chris Kunitz would have 2 assists. Matt Cullen, Bryan Rust, Conor Sheary, Phil Kessel, Ian Cole, and Ron Hainsey would each have an assist. The Penguins are currently up in the series 2-0. Game 3 is on Saturday in Nashville. The Pittsburgh Penguins and Nashville Predators played game 1 of the Stanley Cup Final in Pittsburgh Monday night. Matt Murray started in goal for the Penguins. Pekka Rinne started in goal for the Preds. Josh Archibald, Frank Corrado, Jean-Sebastien Dea, Cameron Gaunce, Carl Hagelin, Tristan Jarry, Tom Kuhnhackl, Sean Maguire, Kevin Porter, Derrick Pouliot, Chad Ruhwedel, Tom Sestito, Dominik Simon, Daniel Sprong, Mark Streit, Oskar Sundqvist, David Warsofsky, and Garrett Wilson would be the scratches for the Penguins. Cody Bass, Anthony Bitetto, Alexandre Carrier, Kevin Fiala, Petter Granberg, Brad Hunt, Ryan Johansen, Vladislav Kamenev, Marek Mazanec, PA Parenteau, MIikka Salomaki, Colin Wilson, and Harry Zolnierczyk were the scratches for the Preds.
Calle Jarnkrok would get called for interference and James Neal would get called for cross checking at 13:50 of the first. Evgeni Malkin would score on the powerplay at 15:32 to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Trevor Daley and Sidney Crosby would get the assists. Conor Sheary would score at 16:37 to make it 2-0. Chris Kunitz and Sidney Crosby would have the assists. Nick Bonino would score at 19:43 to make it 3-0. Brian Dumoulin would get the lone assist. Nashville would have 11 shots to Pittsburgh’s 8 in the 1st. Olli Maatta would get called for interference at 3:43 of the second. Ian Cole would get called for roughing at 6:39. Ryan Ellis would score his 5th of the playoffs at 8:21 to make it 3-1. P.K. Subban and Mike Fisher would get the assists. The Preds would have 8 shots. The Penguins would not register a shot in the 2nd. Evgeni Malkin would get called for slashing at 9:36 of the third. Colton Sissons would score on powerplay at 10:06 to make it 3-2. Roman Josi and Calle Jarnkrok would get the assists. P.K. Subban would get called for delay of game at 11:24. Frederick Gaudreau would score at 13:29 to tie the game at 3. Austin Watson and Mike Fisher would get the assists. Jake Guentzel would score his 10th the playoffs at 16:43 to give the Penguins a 4-3 lead. Matt Cullen and Justin Schultz would get the assists. Nick Bonino would add an empty net goal at 18:58 to make it 5-3. Chris Kunitz would get the lone assist. The Preds would have 6 shots to the Pens 4 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 1 for 3 on the powerplay and kill 1 of 3 penalties. Matt Murray would make 23 saves on 26 shots. Nick Bonino would have 2 goals. Conor Sheary, Jake Guentzel and Evgeni Malkin would each have a goal. Chris Kunitz and Sidney Crosby would have 2 assists. Matt Cullen, Justin Schultz, Trevor Daley, and Brian Dumoulin would each have an assist. Game 2 in on Wednesday night in Pittsburgh. |
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