On Thursday the Penguins (6-3-1) would host the Winnipeg Jets (4-3). Frank Corrado and Josh Archibald would be the healthy scratches for the Penguins. Tucker Poolman, Ben Chiarot, and Marko Dano would be the healthy scratches for the Jets. Matt Murray would start for Penguins and Connor Hellebuyck would be the starter for the Jets.
Conor Sheary would score his 5th of the year at 1:25 off a deflection. Jake Guentzel and Sidney Crosby would have the assists. Josh Morrissey would tie game at 1 with a shot from the left point at 9:26. Brian Little would get the lone assist. Toby Enstrom would get called for hooking at 16:15.The Penguins would have 11 shots to the Jets 10 in the 1st. Patric Hornqvist would get called for hooking at 1:24 of the second. Josh Morrissey would get a delay of game penalty at 6:10. Dustin Byfuglien would get called for slashing at 10:08. Ryan Reaves would get called for high sticking and Dustin Byfuglien would get called for holding at 13:17.The Penguins would have 15 shots to the Jets 12 in the 2nd. Jake Guentzel would get called for cross-checking 32 seconds into the third. Blake Wheeler would get called for hooking at 2:40. Both teams would have 9 shots in the 3rd. The game would go into Overtime. Phil Kessel would register the only shot on goal in overtime when he put the puck behind Hellebuyck to give the Penguins the 2-1 win. The Penguins would go 0 for 4 on the powerplay and kill off both penalties. Conor Sheary and Phil Kessel would each have a goal. Sidney Crosby and Jake Guentzel would each have an assist. Matt Murray would make 30 saves on 31 shots. The Penguins travel to Minnesota where they take on the Wild (3-3-2) on Saturday.
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On Tuesday the Penguins (5-3-1) would host the Edmonton Oilers (2-5). Zach Trotman, Josh Archibald, and Thomas Di Paulo would be the scratches for the Penguins. Riley Sheahan the recently acquired player from the Detroit Red Wings would play in his first game as a Penguin. Jussi Jokinen, Anton Slepyshev, and Eric Gryba would be the scratches for the Oilers. Matt Murray would start in goal for the Penguins and Cam Talbot would start for the Oilers.
Ryan Reaves and Darnell would each get 5 for fighting at 5:19 of the first. Yohann Auvitu would get called for tripping at 15:39 to put the Penguins on the powerplay. The Penguins would have 15 shots to the Oilers 8 in the 1st. Patric Hornqvist would get called for elbowing at 7:58 of the second. Matt Benning would get called for hooking at 12:29. Ian Cole would get called for tripping at 15:22.The Oilers would have 13 shots to the Penguins 11 in the 2nd. Adam Larsson would get called for elbowing 11 seconds into the third. Ian Cole would score the first goal of the game at 3:24 to make it 1-0 Penguins. Ryan Reaves and Riley Sheahan would get the assists. Connor McDavid would tie the game at 17:07 to tie the game at 1. Patrick Maroon and Oscar Klefbom would get the assists. The Penguins would have 15 shots to the Oilers 8 in the 3rd. Phil Kessel would score the game winner on the rush 42 seconds into overtime to make it 2-1. The Penguins would have 3 shots to the Oilers 1 in Overtime. The Penguins would go 0 for 2 on the powerplay and kill all 3 penalties. Ian Cole and Phil Kessel would each have a goal. Ryan Reaves, Riley Sheahan, and Evgeni Malkin would each have an assist. Matt Murray would make 29 saves on 30 shots. The Penguins next game is on Thursday against the Winnipeg Jets (4-3). On Monday the Pittsburgh Penguins placed Antti Niemi on Waivers. Niemi career numbers are 426 games played 227 wins Career Goals against Average 2.52 and a Save Percentage of .912%. His numbers this year are not nearly as good with 3 games played no wins, Goals against average of 7.5 and a save percentage of ,797%. Neimi was also pulled 9 minutes into his first game of the season. Tuesday the Florida Panthers would be claimed Niemi due to the injury to Roberto Luongo.
The Penguins on Tuesday called up Casey DeSmith. DeSmith, 26, has no NHL experience but has been setting the AHL on fire with a 3-0 record, a .98 Goals Against Average, and a .965 save percentage this season in Wilkes-Barre Scranton. Last year in his rookie AHL campaign he went 21-5-3 with a 2.01 Goals Against Average and a .926 save percentage. DeSmith’s first NHL game may very well be on Oct. 29 against the Winnipeg Jets. On Saturday the Pittsburgh Penguins (5-2-1) would take on the Tampa Bay Lightning (6-1-1). Zach Trotman, Riley Sheahan, and Josh Archibald would be the scratches for the Penguins. Cedric Paquette, J.T. Brown, and Andrej Sustr would be the scratches for the Lightning. Antti Niemi would start in goal for the Penguins and Andrei Vasilevskiy would start for the Lightning.
Sidney Crosby would get called for cross-checking 57 seconds into the game. Nikita Kucherov would score on the powerplay at 1:36 to give the Lightning a 1-0 lead. Victor Hedman and Steven Stamkos would get the assists. Sidney Crosby would get a misconduct at 1:36. Ondrej Palat would get called for boarding at 4:11. Kris Letang would get called for slashing at 13:23. Steven Stamkos would score on the powerplay at 14:16 to make it 2-0. Vladislav Namestnikov and Nikita Kucherov would get the assists. Yanni Gourde would score with .02 seconds left to make it 3-0. Braydon Coburn and Brayden Point would get the assists. The Lightning would have 13 shots to the Penguins 7in the 1st. Brayden Point would score 30 seconds into the second off a turnover to make it 4-0. Ondrej Palat and Yanni Gourde would get the assists. Greg McKegg would called for hooking at 1:26. Anton Stralman would score at 5:58 to make it 5-0. Mikhail Sergachev would get the lone assist. Nikita Kucherov would score his 10th of the year at 7:12 to make it 6-0. Steven Stamkos and Alex Killorn would get the assists. Braydon Coburn would get called for hooking at 12:44. Phil Kessel would get called for slashing at 13:27. The Lightning would have 16 shots to the Penguins 12 in the 2nd. Patric Hornqvist would get called for cross-checking at 9:07 of the third. Mikhail Sergachev would score on the powerplay to make it 7-0. Steven Stamkos and Vladislav Namestnikov would get the assists. Ryan Callahan would get called for slashing at 11:27. Yanni Gourde would get a delay of game (closing hand on puck) penalty at 16:36. Jake Guentzel would finally get the Penguins on the board on the powerplay at 18:18. Bryan Rust and Kris Letang would have the assists. Jake Dotchin and Ryan Reaves would each get called for cross-checking at 19:37.The Penguins would have 10 shots to the Lightning 3 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 1 for 4 on the powerplay and kill 2 of 5 penalties. Jake Guentzel would have a goal. Kris Letang and Bryan Rust would get an assist each. Antti Niemi would make 25 saves on 32 shots. The Penguins w return home where they will take on the Edmonton Oilers (2-5) Tuesday night. On Saturday October 21, 2017 the Detroit Red Wings and Pittsburgh Penguins would make a trade. Pittsburgh would send Forward Scott Wilson and a 2018 3rd round pick to Detroit for Forward Riley Sheahan and 2018 5th round pick.
Scott Wilson in 4 games played for the Penguins this season. had no goals, no assists, and was a -2. In his career he’s played 107 games with 13 goals 19 assists 44 Penalty minutes and a -2. Riley Sheahan in 8 games played for the Red Wings this season has no goals, no assists, and 4 penalty minutes. In his career he has played 292 games with 38 goals, 60 assists, 56 penalty minutes and a -32. Sheahan would most likely take over the 3rd line center spot. It was a move that helped both teams, giving Pittsburgh a hopeful 3rd line center and freed up cap space for the Red Wings that was needed after signing restricted free Agent Andreas Athanasiou. Sheahan would most likely join the team for Practice on Sunday and Monday and play against the Oilers on Tuesday. Friday night the Pittsburgh Penguins (4-2-1) would travel to Miami to take on the Florida Panthers (2-3). Zach Trotman, Scott Wilson, and Josh Archibald would be the scratches for the Penguins. Ian McCoshen, Connor Brickley, and Denis Malgin would be the scratches for the Panthers. Matt Murray would start in goal for the Penguins and Roberto Luongo would start for the Panthers
Ian Cole would get called for high sticking 7 seconds into the game to put the Penguins down a man. Jamie McGinn would score off a fortuitous bounce at 4:15 to give the Panthers a 1-0 lead. Radim Vrbata and Vincent Trocheck would have the assists. Aleksander Barkov would put a shot over the glove side of Murray at 5:49 to make it 2-0 Panthers. Keith Yandle and Aaron Ekblad would get the assists. Phil Kessel would get called for hooking at 16:30. The Penguins and Panthers would have 11 shots in the 1st. Jonathan Huberdeau would get called for slashing at 2:07 of the second. At 2:14, on the powerplay Evgeni Malkin would redirect a Phil Kessel shot to make it 2-1. Kris Letang would get the other assist. At 2:41 Carter Rowney would tie the game 2-2. Tom Kuhnhackl would get the lone assist. Alex Petrovic would get called for slashing at 9:37. Sidney Crosby would redirect a Evgeni Malkin shot on the powerplay at 11:12 to make it 3-2 Penguins. Phil Kessel would get the other assist. The goal would be Crosby’s 5th of the season. The Penguins would have 22 shots to the Panthers 13 in the 2nd Derek Mackenzie would get called for Slashing at 2:56 of the third. MacKenzie Weegar would score his 1st Career goal at 9:19 to tie the game at 3. Mark Pysyk and Jonathan Huberdeau would get the assists. Radim Vrbata would get called for tripping at 15:36. Conor Sheary would score on the powerplay to give the Penguins a 4-3 lead. Olli Maatta and Justin Schultz would have the assists. The Penguins would have 15 shots to the Panthers 7 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 3 for 4 on the powerplay and kill all 4 penalties. Evgeni Malkin would have a goal and an assist. Carter Rowney, Conor Sheary, and Sidney Crosby would each have a goal. Phil Kessel would have 2 assists. Tom Kuhnhackl, Olli Maatta, Justin Schultz, and Kris Letang would each have an assist. Matt Murray would make 28 saves on 31 shots. The Penguins travel to Tampa where they will take on The Lightning(6-1-1) on Saturday night. Tuesday night the Penguins(3-2-1) would go to Madison Square Garden to take on the New York Rangers (1-5). Scott Wilson, Josh Archibald, and Chris Summers would be the scratches for the Penguins. Paul Carey, Steven Kampfer, and Nick Holden would be the scratches for the Rangers. Matt Murray would start in net for the Penguins and Henrik Lundqvist would be the starting goalie for the Rangers.
Phil Kessel would pick the corner on Lundqvist 43 seconds into the game to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Evgeni Malkin and Ian Cole would have the assists. Greg McKegg would get called for holding at 9:15 to give the Rangers the powerplay. Carl Hagelin would score from the left faceoff circle to make it 2-0. Olli Maatta would get the lone assist. The Penguins would have 12 shots to the Rangers 10 in the first. Chris Kreider would get called for high sticking at 2:12 of the second. David Desharnais would get the Rangers on the board with a shot from the right faceoff circle to make it 2-1 at 6:01. J.T. Miller and Kevin Shattenkirk would get the assists.Sidney Crosby would get a double minor for high sticking at 6:31. The Rangers would make the Penguins pay on both power plays from Crosby with Pavel Buchnevich scoring at 7:32 and J.T. Miller scoring at 8:32 to give the Rangers a 3-2 lead. Mika Zibanejad and Mats Zuccarello would have the assists on Buchnevich’s goal. Ryan McDonagh and Tony DeAngelo would get the assists on Miller’s goal. Sidney Crosby would get called for slashing at 14:32. Carl Hagelin would get called for slashing at 14:35 to put the Penguins down 2 men.Chris Kreider would get called for cross checking at 16:19. At 18:01 Patric Hornqvist would tie the game at 3 on the powerplay redirecting a Phil Kessel pass. Evgeni Malkin would have the other assist. David Desharnais would get called for slashing at 18:45. The Penguins would have 11 shots to the Rangers 8 in the 2nd. Evgeni Malkin and Kevin Shattenkirk would both go to the box for roughing at 4:52 of the third. Michael Grabner would put the Rangers ahead 4-3 at 8:00 with a back and forth play with David Desharnais. J.T. Miller would have the other assist. Bryan Rust and Kevin Shattenkirk would get called for roughing at 9:11. Chad Ruhwedel would get called for high sticking at 15:03. At 19:04 Sidney Crosby would tie the game at 4 with an amazing behind the net backhand shot. Patric Hornqvist and Evgeni Malkin would get the assists. The Rangers would have 14 shots to the Penguins 9 in the 3rd. Evgeni Malkin would net the game winner for the Penguins 58 seconds into overtime, tipping in a Phil Kessel pass, to make it 5-4. The Penguins would have the lone shot in overtime. The Penguins would go 1 for 3 on the powerplay and kill 4 of 6 penalties. Evgeni Malkin would have a goal and 3 assists. Phil Kessel would have a goal and 2 assists. Patric Hornqvist would have a goal and an assist. Carl Hagelin and Sidney Crosby would each have a goal. Olli Maatta and Ian Cole would have an assist. Matt Murray would make 28 saves on 32 shots. The Penguins next game is Friday night against the Florida Panthers (2-3). Saturday night the Penguins (2-2-1) would host the Florida Panthers (2-1). Scott Wilson, Josh Archibald, and Chris Summers would be the scratches for the Penguins. Mackenzie Weegar, and Owen Tippett would be the scratches for the Panthers. Matt Murray would start in goal for the Penguins and James Reimer would be in net for the Panthers.
Ian McCoshen would get called for slashing at 5:12 of the first to give the Penguins the powerplay. Sidney Crosby would redirect a Phil Kessel pass at 6:46, while on the powerplay to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Kris Letang would get. Chad Ruhwedel would get called for slashing at 12:43 to put the Panthers on the powerplay. The Penguins and Panthers would each have 13 shots in the 1st. Jonathan Huberdeau would score from point blank range after a Evgeni Malkin turnover at 5:25 of the second to tie the game at 1. Evgenii Dadonov would get the lone assist. Sidney Crosby would get called for tripping at 5:59. Greg McKegg would score shorthanded off a Aleksander Barkov turnout at 6:40 to make it 2-1 Penguins. Tom Kuhnhackl would get the lone assist. Carl Hagelin would get called for slashing at 7:52. Jonathan Huberdeau would score his second of the game while on the powerplay to tie the game at 2. Evgenii Dadonov and Keith Yandle would get the assists. Patric Hornqvist would score off a rebound at 13:36 to give the Penguins a 3-2 lead. Olli Maatta and Bryan Rust would get the assists. Patric Hornqvist would get called for goaltender interference at 16:35.The Panthers would have 19 shots to the Penguins 8 in the 2nd. Sidney Crosby would score his 2nd of the game by redirecting a Kris Letang shot at 1:59 of the third to make it 4-2. Conor Sheary would get the other assist. Ryan Reaves would get called for slashing at 2:25. Aaron Ekblad would blast a bullet from the top of the left circle past Murray at 6:18 to make it 4-3. Vincent Trocheck and Jamie McGinn would get the assists. Florida would get called for too many men on the ice at 11:53. Radim Vrbata would serve the penalty. Aaron Ekblad would get called for slashing at 16:23The Panthers would have 14 shots to the Penguins 12 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 1 for 3 on the power play. They would kill 4 of 5 penalties and add a short handed goal as well. Sidney Crosby would have 2 goals. Conor McKegg and Patric Hornqvist would each have a goal. Kris Letang would have 2 assists. Bryan Rust, Tom Kuhnhackl, Conor Sheary, Phil Kessel, and Olli Maatta would each have an assist. Matt Murray would make 43 saves on 46 shots. The Penguins travel to the Big Apple on Tuesday to take on the New York Rangers (1-5-0). Thursday night the Pittsburgh Penguins (2-1-1) would visit the Tampa Bay Lightning (2-1). Scott Wilson, Josh Archibald, and Chris Summers would be the scratches for the Penguins. Cedric Paquette, J.T. Brown, and Andrej Sustr would be the scratches for the Lightning. Antti Niemi would start in goal for the Penguins and Andrei Vasilevskiy would start for the Lightning.
Slater Koekkoek would score his 1st NHL goal at 6:07 of the first on a shot that deflected off a penguin on the way in to give the Lightning a 1-0 lead. Chris Kunitz and Anton Stralman would get the assists. Dan Girardi would get called for tripping at 11:42 to give the penguins a power play. Jake Guentzel would tip in a Kris Letang shot into the net just after the penalty expired to tie the game at 1. Ryan Reaves would get called for holding at 14:07 to put the Penguins on the penalty kill. Kris Letang would get called for delay of game at 18:39. Victor hedman would score on a rocket from the point with .01 seconds left in the period to give the Lightning the 2-1 lead. Alex Killorn, and Nikita Kucherov would get the assists. The Lightning would have 16 shots to the Penguins 12 in the 1st. Carter Rowney would get called for slashing at 3:37 of the second to put the Penguins down a man. Steven Stamkos would score on a one-timer while on the powerplay at 3:49 to make it 3-1. Vladislav Namestnikov and Alex Killorn would get the assists. Braydon Coburn would get called for slashing at 6:05. Conor Sheary would score on a breakaway at 8:58 to make it 3-2. Chad Ruhwedel and Antti Niemi would get the assists. Nikita Kucherov would put the Lightning up 4-2 less than a minute later (9:49). Carl Hagelin would get called for interference at 10:06. Gabriel Dumont would get called for tripping at 12:55. While on the powerplay Bryan Rust would score off a rebound to make it 4-3. Jake Guentzel and Olli Maatta would get the assists. Slater Koekkoek would get called for interference at 15:45. Slater Koekkoek would score his second of the game at 17:55 on a odd-man break to make it 5-3. Alex Killorn and Tyler Johnson would get the assists. The Penguins would have 16 shots to the Lightning 12 in the 2nd. Tyler Johnson would get called for interference at 2:14 of the third. Matt Hunwick would score his first goal as a penguin at 10:01 to make it 5-4 and bring the penguins within in 1 off a rebound. Greg McKegg and Phil Kessel would get the assists. Phil Kessel would get called for slashing at 19:02.The Penguins would have 12 shots to the Lightning 6 in the 3rd. The Penguins would go 1 for 5 on the powerplay and kill 3 of 5 penalties. Bryan Rust and Jake Guentzel would have a goal and an assist. Conor Sheary and Matt Hunwick would each have a goal.Greg Mckegg, Phil Kessel, Olli Maatta, and Kris Letang would each have an assist. Antti Niemi would make 29 saves on 34 shots and have an assist. The Penguins continue their road trip travelling to Miami where they will battle the Florida Panthers (2-1) on Saturday night. Wednesday night the Penguins(1-1-1) would be in Washington D.C to play the Capitals (2-0-1). This would be the first game against the Capitals since the penguins beat them in the 2nd round on the 2016-2017 playoffs. Scott Wilson, Josh Archibald, and Chris Summers would be the scratches for the Penguins. Taylor Chorney, Tom Wilson(suspension), and Nathan Walker would be the scratches for the Capitals. Matt Murray would be the goalie for the Penguins and Braden Holtby would be in the crease for the Capitals.
Matt Niskanen would get called for slashing to put the Penguins on the powerplay for the 1st time in the game at 3:27 of the first period. Kris Letang would score his first of the season off a rebound while the Penguins were on the powerplay at 5:22 to make it 1-0. Bryan Rust and Patric Hornqvist would get the assists. Braden Holtby would get called for delay of game at 10:33 to put the pens back on the powerplay. The Capitals would kill the penalty. Chad Ruhwedel would get called for slashing at 13:10 to put the Penguins penalty killers on the ice for the first time. The Penguins would kill off the penalty. John Carlson would get called for tripping at 17:43 to put the pens back on the powerplay. The Capitals would kill the penalty. The Penguins would have 9 shots to the Capitals 7 in the 1st. Patric Hornqvist would go to the sin bin at 1:57 of the second for slashing. The Penguins would kill off the penalty. Christian Djoos would get called for tripping at 6:26. The Penguins would get their second powerplay goal of the night at 8:20 when Patric Hornqvist put a puck that was sitting in the crease into the back of the net to make it 2-0. Tom Kuhnhackl and Sidney Crosby would get the assists. Matt Niskanen would get called for interference at 11:20. The Capitals would kill off the penalty. Christian Djoos would put the Capitals on the board at 19:07 with a laser of a shot from the left circle to make it 2-1. Lars Eller and Brett Connolly would have the assists. Alex Chiasson would get called for holding at 19:55. The Penguins would have 15 shots to the Capitals 8 in the 2nd. 38 seconds into the third while on the powerplay, Conor Sheary would redirect a Justin Schultz shot pass to make it 3-1. Olli Maatta would get the other assist. Greg McKegg would get called for slashing at 1:38 to bring the Penguins penalty killers back on the ice. At 5:56, less than 20 seconds after getting out of the box, Greg McKegg would go back for high sticking. The Penguins would kill off that penalty as well. Alex Ovechkin would continue his scoring streak and tip in a pass from Christian Djoos make it 3-2 and bring the Capitals within one. Niklas Backstrom would get the other assist. The Penguins would have 12 shots to the Capitals 7 in the 3rd. The Penguins would have a great night on special teams going 3 for 6 on the powerplay and killing all 4 penalties. Patric Hornqvist would have a goal and an assist. Conor Sheary and Kris Letang would each have a goal. Bryan Rust, Tom Kuhnhackl, Sidney Crosby, Olli Maatta, and Justin Schultz would all have an assist. Matt Murray would make 20 saves on 22 shots. The Penguins travel to Tampa Florida where they will take on the Lighting(2-1-0) on Thursday. |
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