Pens Triumph in 11 Goal Game
The Pittsburgh Penguins won a titantic back and forth battle against the Toronto Maple Leafs last night for a 6-5 shootout win at the Consol Energy Center!
From the very outset, things were far from straight foward and despite Chris Connor putting the Penguins ahead after 1.57 of the first period, James Van Riemsdyk soon made thing a tie game after he scored on the powerplay after 5 minutes. From there things got very tricky for the home team as Nazem Kadri gave Toronto the lead after 11 minutes.
Less than 43 seconds into the next period- the Leafs hit Pittsburgh with a double blow as a crucial mistake by Marc-Andre Fleury as he attempted to pass the puck behind his net to Jayson Megna let in Van Riemsdyk for his second goal after only 13 seconds! Thirty seconds later Phil Kessel would score to put Toronto 4-1 in front and add to the home fans frustrations! Powerplay goals by Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang midway through help raise spirits- but when Tyler Bozak popped up to score only 2 minutes remaining- all looked lost for the Penguins.
But the third would see a major resurgence as the Pens took advantage of a powerplay to allow Malkin to pass the puck to James Neal who buried his shot past Leafs goal Jonathan Bernier to pull the score back to 5-4 after 3 minutes played. However Malkin brought the 300th straight sellout crowd to its feet when after 8 minutes he would score to incredibly bring the scores to a tie game!
In the following shootout, both Jussi Jokinen and Bozak failed score in the first round of shooters, but captain Sidney Crosby scored to finally nose Pittsburgh in front again. David Clarkson found his shot saved by Fleury for Toronto which left it to 1st star Malkin to wrist his shot past Bernier to complete an unlikely but thrilling win for Pittsburgh!
From the very outset, things were far from straight foward and despite Chris Connor putting the Penguins ahead after 1.57 of the first period, James Van Riemsdyk soon made thing a tie game after he scored on the powerplay after 5 minutes. From there things got very tricky for the home team as Nazem Kadri gave Toronto the lead after 11 minutes.
Less than 43 seconds into the next period- the Leafs hit Pittsburgh with a double blow as a crucial mistake by Marc-Andre Fleury as he attempted to pass the puck behind his net to Jayson Megna let in Van Riemsdyk for his second goal after only 13 seconds! Thirty seconds later Phil Kessel would score to put Toronto 4-1 in front and add to the home fans frustrations! Powerplay goals by Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang midway through help raise spirits- but when Tyler Bozak popped up to score only 2 minutes remaining- all looked lost for the Penguins.
But the third would see a major resurgence as the Pens took advantage of a powerplay to allow Malkin to pass the puck to James Neal who buried his shot past Leafs goal Jonathan Bernier to pull the score back to 5-4 after 3 minutes played. However Malkin brought the 300th straight sellout crowd to its feet when after 8 minutes he would score to incredibly bring the scores to a tie game!
In the following shootout, both Jussi Jokinen and Bozak failed score in the first round of shooters, but captain Sidney Crosby scored to finally nose Pittsburgh in front again. David Clarkson found his shot saved by Fleury for Toronto which left it to 1st star Malkin to wrist his shot past Bernier to complete an unlikely but thrilling win for Pittsburgh!
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