• Who: Penguins (24-14-11) vs. Oilers (25-18-8) • What: NHL regular season, Game 50 • When: 9:08 p.m. Eastern • Where: Rogers Place • Goaltenders: Arturs Silovs (8-6-8, .892 SV%) vs. Tristan Jarry (13-4-2, .908 SV%) • TV: SportNet Pittsburgh • Stream: SNP360(local)ESPN+ (out-of-market) • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Oilers
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final. Penguins win, 6-2. Hot start set the tone and they never let Edmonton get back into it. Now 3-0 to open the trip, on to Vancouver.
• Two minutes.
• Three minutes left.
• GOAL: Oilers make it a four-goal game with 6:03 left. Matt Savoie rips a shot that goes bar-down. Penguins 6, Oilers 2
• Lots of visible frustration from different Oilers players at the ends of their shifts. Slamming bench doors, sticks, all that.
• Penguins are seemingly trying to force chances to Anthony Mantha. I mean, they have a five-goal lead. Why not.
• GOAL: Egor Chinakhov with a release so fast not everyone even realized he scored at first. It went in and out of the net too fast. Penguins 6, Oilers 1
• Anthony Mantha gets a partial breakaway and doesn't get a great shot off, just kind of stickhandled into the save.
• Third period is underway.
• End of the second. Goals from Rickard Rakell and Evgeni Malkin make it 5-1 Penguins through 40 minutes. Shots are 22-18 Oilers.
• Penguins kill the penalty.
• Penguins to the PK with 3:03 left in the second. Ben Kindel put the puck over the glass.
• That's five goals on 15 shots for the Penguins. Arturs Silovs has stopped 16 of 17 so far.
• GOAL: Evgeni Malkin with breakaway and finishes with a backhand shot through Tristan Jarry's pads. Big celebration from him after that. Penguins 5, Oilers 1
• Evan Bouchard hits iron. Better than hitting Jack St. Ivany's ankle bone.
• GOAL: Delayed penalty call on the Oilers and the Penguins capitalize. Rickard Rakell ripped a shot from the left circle, noted warrior Jack St. Ivany screened Tristan Jarry. Penguins 4, Oilers 1
• When in Edmonton I'm obligated to remind everyone that the guy in the Oilers mascot suit used to be Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's mascot for 11 years. They develop mascots down there, too.
• Penguins kill of the rest of their power play.
• GOAL: Oilers get a shorthanded 3-on-2 rush with Ryan Shea and Ben Kindel back and Jake Walman finishes. Penguins 3, Oilers 1
• Penguins get another power play with 16:13 left in the second. Connor McDavid slashed the stick out of Erik Karlsson's hands. Can't do that.
• Second period is underway.
• No way. Jack St. Ivany comes flying out of the tunnel for the start of the second. He couldn't even put weight on that ankle before.
• End of the first. Penguins lead 3-0 off of a pair of goals from Anthony Mantha and another from Sidney Crosby. Oilers lead 13-9. Arturs Silovs has been excellent.
• Wow. Arturs Silovs makes a save on Zach Hyman on a breakaway, but the puck was sitting on the goal line after. Parker Wotherspoon swept in with a stick to help keep it out, and Silovs was able to cover it.
• Jack St. Ivany is hurt. Left Leg. He couldn't even move for a few seconds, ended up finishing his shift and was still laying out to try to block shots and make plays. He finally makes it to the bench and hobbles down the tunnel with help. Hopping on one leg.
• And the power play ends 31 seconds in. Sidney Crosby gets a slashing penalty when Edmonton gets a shorthanded rush.
• Penguins go on the power play. Spencer Stastney sits for two.
• Penguins get a pair of quick shots -- a redirect and a rebound. Their first since the last goal.
• Per Sportsnet: The three goals in 37 seconds were the fastest three goals ever scored on the Oilers in their franchise history.
• Brett Kulak and Stuart Skinner get a joint tribute video at this TV timeout, really well done. Kulak goes and stands with Skinner after and they salute the crowd together, huge standing ovation with "STUUUUUUU" chants from the crowd.
• Connor Dewar gets one past Tristan Jarry but hits the crossbar. They haven't had an actual shot on goal since the last goal.
• Big applause when the Sidney Crosby goal is announced. I mean, there are Penguins fans here, but not that many.
• Oilers should trade for a goalie.
• That's three goals on four shots. Tristan Jarry has let in the last three shots faced.
• GOAL: Insane deflection from Sidney Crosby on a Ryan Shea shot and the Penguins have a three-goal lead 2:57 into the game. And the Oilers wasted their timeout on the first goal. Penguins 3, Oilers 0
• GOAL: Anthony Mantha AGAIN on a breakaway. Penguins 2, Oilers 0
• Oilers are using a timeout to decide whether to challenge this for offside.
• GOAL: Great redirect off a rush from Anthony Mantha from Justin Brazeau. Penguins 1, Oilers 0
• Nice touch by Dan Muse to start Brett Kulak in his hometown, against his former team.
• This is underway.
• Oilers' lines and pairings:
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman Vasily Podkolzin - Leon Draisaitl - Jack Roslovic Isaac Howard - Trent Frederic - Matt Savoie Andrew Mangiapane - Curtis Lazar - Mattias Janmark
• No surprises with the Penguins' lines and pairings. Erik Karlsson slots right back in with Parker Wotherspoon, and Brett Kulak just slides down to replace the injured Ryan Graves next to Connor Clifton:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust Evgeni Malkin - Tommy Novak - Egor Chinakhov Anthony Mantha - Ben Kindel - Justin Brazeau Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson Ryan Shea - Jack St. Ivany Brett Kulak - Connor Clifton
• Well, that's a surprise. The videoboard just showed Leon Draisaitl in full gear, getting ready in the Oilers room. He had been away from the team for a family matter, Kris Knoblauch said this morning he wasn't expected back until Saturday.
THE ASYLUM
Final: Penguins 6, Oilers 2
• Who: Penguins (24-14-11) vs. Oilers (25-18-8)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 50
• When: 9:08 p.m. Eastern
• Where: Rogers Place
• Goaltenders: Arturs Silovs (8-6-8, .892 SV%) vs. Tristan Jarry (13-4-2, .908 SV%)
• TV: SportNet Pittsburgh
• Stream: SNP360 (local) ESPN+ (out-of-market)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Oilers
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final. Penguins win, 6-2. Hot start set the tone and they never let Edmonton get back into it. Now 3-0 to open the trip, on to Vancouver.
• Two minutes.
• Three minutes left.
• GOAL: Oilers make it a four-goal game with 6:03 left. Matt Savoie rips a shot that goes bar-down. Penguins 6, Oilers 2
• Lots of visible frustration from different Oilers players at the ends of their shifts. Slamming bench doors, sticks, all that.
• Penguins are seemingly trying to force chances to Anthony Mantha. I mean, they have a five-goal lead. Why not.
• GOAL: Egor Chinakhov with a release so fast not everyone even realized he scored at first. It went in and out of the net too fast. Penguins 6, Oilers 1
• Anthony Mantha gets a partial breakaway and doesn't get a great shot off, just kind of stickhandled into the save.
• Third period is underway.
• End of the second. Goals from Rickard Rakell and Evgeni Malkin make it 5-1 Penguins through 40 minutes. Shots are 22-18 Oilers.
• Penguins kill the penalty.
• Penguins to the PK with 3:03 left in the second. Ben Kindel put the puck over the glass.
• That's five goals on 15 shots for the Penguins. Arturs Silovs has stopped 16 of 17 so far.
• GOAL: Evgeni Malkin with breakaway and finishes with a backhand shot through Tristan Jarry's pads. Big celebration from him after that. Penguins 5, Oilers 1
• Evan Bouchard hits iron. Better than hitting Jack St. Ivany's ankle bone.
• GOAL: Delayed penalty call on the Oilers and the Penguins capitalize. Rickard Rakell ripped a shot from the left circle, noted warrior Jack St. Ivany screened Tristan Jarry. Penguins 4, Oilers 1
• When in Edmonton I'm obligated to remind everyone that the guy in the Oilers mascot suit used to be Wilkes-Barre/Scranton's mascot for 11 years. They develop mascots down there, too.
• Penguins kill of the rest of their power play.
• GOAL: Oilers get a shorthanded 3-on-2 rush with Ryan Shea and Ben Kindel back and Jake Walman finishes. Penguins 3, Oilers 1
• Penguins get another power play with 16:13 left in the second. Connor McDavid slashed the stick out of Erik Karlsson's hands. Can't do that.
• Second period is underway.
• No way. Jack St. Ivany comes flying out of the tunnel for the start of the second. He couldn't even put weight on that ankle before.
• End of the first. Penguins lead 3-0 off of a pair of goals from Anthony Mantha and another from Sidney Crosby. Oilers lead 13-9. Arturs Silovs has been excellent.
• Wow. Arturs Silovs makes a save on Zach Hyman on a breakaway, but the puck was sitting on the goal line after. Parker Wotherspoon swept in with a stick to help keep it out, and Silovs was able to cover it.
• Jack St. Ivany is hurt. Left Leg. He couldn't even move for a few seconds, ended up finishing his shift and was still laying out to try to block shots and make plays. He finally makes it to the bench and hobbles down the tunnel with help. Hopping on one leg.
• And the power play ends 31 seconds in. Sidney Crosby gets a slashing penalty when Edmonton gets a shorthanded rush.
• Penguins go on the power play. Spencer Stastney sits for two.
• Penguins get a pair of quick shots -- a redirect and a rebound. Their first since the last goal.
• Per Sportsnet: The three goals in 37 seconds were the fastest three goals ever scored on the Oilers in their franchise history.
• Brett Kulak and Stuart Skinner get a joint tribute video at this TV timeout, really well done. Kulak goes and stands with Skinner after and they salute the crowd together, huge standing ovation with "STUUUUUUU" chants from the crowd.
• Connor Dewar gets one past Tristan Jarry but hits the crossbar. They haven't had an actual shot on goal since the last goal.
• Big applause when the Sidney Crosby goal is announced. I mean, there are Penguins fans here, but not that many.
• Oilers should trade for a goalie.
• That's three goals on four shots. Tristan Jarry has let in the last three shots faced.
• GOAL: Insane deflection from Sidney Crosby on a Ryan Shea shot and the Penguins have a three-goal lead 2:57 into the game. And the Oilers wasted their timeout on the first goal. Penguins 3, Oilers 0
• GOAL: Anthony Mantha AGAIN on a breakaway. Penguins 2, Oilers 0
• Oilers don't challenge, it'll stand. Surprising.
• Oilers are using a timeout to decide whether to challenge this for offside.
• GOAL: Great redirect off a rush from Anthony Mantha from Justin Brazeau. Penguins 1, Oilers 0
• Nice touch by Dan Muse to start Brett Kulak in his hometown, against his former team.
• This is underway.
• Oilers' lines and pairings:
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin - Leon Draisaitl - Jack Roslovic
Isaac Howard - Trent Frederic - Matt Savoie
Andrew Mangiapane - Curtis Lazar - Mattias Janmark
Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse - Ty Emberson
Jake Wallman - Spencer Stastney
• No surprises with the Penguins' lines and pairings. Erik Karlsson slots right back in with Parker Wotherspoon, and Brett Kulak just slides down to replace the injured Ryan Graves next to Connor Clifton:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Evgeni Malkin - Tommy Novak - Egor Chinakhov
Anthony Mantha - Ben Kindel - Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea - Jack St. Ivany
Brett Kulak - Connor Clifton
• Well, that's a surprise. The videoboard just showed Leon Draisaitl in full gear, getting ready in the Oilers room. He had been away from the team for a family matter, Kris Knoblauch said this morning he wasn't expected back until Saturday.
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