• Silovs with a beauty of a glove save there. Hasn't had to make too many big ones tonight, but that one's notable, in addition to that Kane breakaway he stopped in the first. He's up to 22 saves tonight. Simply getting the job done.
• Hallander to the box for interference with 12:44 to go in regulation.
• Letang credited with an assist as well, becoming the 20th defenseman in NHL history to record 600 career assists. One of four active defenseman with that honor, joining ErikKarlsson, BrentBurns and VictorHedman.
• GOAL: Brazeau continues to put the puck in the back of the net. Beauty of a pass there from Mantha, too. Even though I don't think Brazeau was even his intended target. Penguins 5, Canucks 1
• Penguins kill off a penalty and now they're going on the power play. MP29 going off for holding with 15:53 left in the third.
• A minute into the third and Malkin heads to the box for holding.
• Letang is one assist away from becoming the 20th defenseman in NHL history to record 600 career assists. Had a helper on the Novak goal in the second.
• End second period: Penguins with a 14-3 shot advantage. Shooting the puck sometimes results in goals. Crazy how that works.
• GOAL: Mantha scores on a rebound after the initial shot by Malkin. Two goals just over a minute apart from one another. Penguins 4, Canucks 1
• GOAL: Crosby buries a wrist shot off the faceoff for a 3-1 lead. Crosby now has 1,896 career points between the regular season and playoffs. Most in franchise history, passing MarioLemieux. Seventh-most in NHL history.
• Acciari slow to get to the bench there after a collision with Sherwood. Left leg got caught. Didn't look good. That guy's as tough as they come, though.
• GOAL: Novak buries a wrister from the right circle on the power play. Penguins 2, Canucks 1
• Two ugly giveaways in the first minute of the PP.
• Penguins are going back on the power play with just over seven minutes left in the period. O'Connor to the box for tripping.
• Brunicke just bailed out Jones big time. Kane skated past the latter and Brunicke skated in and was able to poke check the puck away from him to halt a key scoring chance. Occurs with 8:41 left in the second.
• Rust goes left to right and can't sneak it past the left skate of Lankinen.
• Big two-on-one opportunity there. Kindel shot attempt after a takeaway was blocked and Hallander was unable to bury it on a second attempt.
• A lot more blocked shots than actual shots here in the first five-plus minutes of the second. Canucks with a slim 2-1 shot advantage early here. A lot of unwise decisions with the puck and a failure to simply shoot when the chance presents itself.
• End first period: Penguins outshot by a 10-5 edge.
• That power-play opportunity was quite the disaster.
• Penguins back on the power play with 2:53 left. Bench penalty for too many men on the ice. Sasson will serve it.
• Silovs has settled in. Handled a couple simple shot attempts to help the Penguins kill the penalty.
• Shea's heading to the box for tripping with 6:46 left in the first period.
• GOAL: Wotherspoon takes a shot from the point and Dewar gets a piece of it as it gets past Lankinen. All tied at 1-1
• Penguins get two shots on the power play but nothing close to resulting in a goal.
• Aaron Rodgers, Zach Frazier, Mason McCormick, Ryan McCollum, Will Howard and MasonRudolph are among the Steelers players in attendance here.
• Kane's heading to the box for hooking with 11:37 remaining in the first period. Penguins still looking for shot No. 1 of the night. Good chance to get it here.
• Kane gets a breakaway following a turnover by Jones, but Silovs with the pad save to keep it a one-goal game.
• Over four minutes in and the Canucks hold a 4-0 shot advantage. Play has remained heavily in the Penguins' defensive zone.
• Elias Pettersson, the forward, and Hronek with the assists on the Garland goal.
• GOAL: Pettersson with a beauty of a feed to Garland, who then snipes one past Silovs on the first shot of the night. Came over a minute into the game. Canucks 1, Penguins 0
• Faceoff: Penguins vs. Canucks, Crosby vs. Raty, 7:08 p.m.
• The Canucks' lines and pairings:
Jake DeBrusk - Elias Pettersson - Conor Garland Evander Kane - Aatu Raty - Kiefer Sherwood Arshdeep Bains - Max Sasson - Linus Karlsson Drew O'Connor - Nils Aman - Joseph LaBate
Quinn Hughes - Filip Hronek Marcus Pettersson - Tyler Myers Elias Pettersson - P.O. Joseph
• The Penguins are deploying the same lines we saw at practice yesterday:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust Anthony Mantha - Evgeni Malkin - Justin Brazeau Tommy Novak - Ben Kindel - Filip Hallander Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson Ryan Shea - Kris Letang Caleb Jones - Harrison Brunicke
THE ASYLUM
Final: Penguins 5, Canucks 1
• Who: Penguins (4-2) vs. Canucks (4-2)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 7
• When: 7:08 p.m.
• Where: PPG Paints Arena
• Goaltenders: Arturs Silovs (2-1, .908 SV%) vs. Kevin Lankinen (1-1, .912 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Stream: SNP360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Canucks
► FOLLOW ALONG
• That's game. Penguins with a convincing W.
• Silovs with a beauty of a glove save there. Hasn't had to make too many big ones tonight, but that one's notable, in addition to that Kane breakaway he stopped in the first. He's up to 22 saves tonight. Simply getting the job done.
• Hallander to the box for interference with 12:44 to go in regulation.
• Letang credited with an assist as well, becoming the 20th defenseman in NHL history to record 600 career assists. One of four active defenseman with that honor, joining Erik Karlsson, Brent Burns and Victor Hedman.
• GOAL: Brazeau continues to put the puck in the back of the net. Beauty of a pass there from Mantha, too. Even though I don't think Brazeau was even his intended target. Penguins 5, Canucks 1
• Penguins kill off a penalty and now they're going on the power play. MP29 going off for holding with 15:53 left in the third.
• A minute into the third and Malkin heads to the box for holding.
• Letang is one assist away from becoming the 20th defenseman in NHL history to record 600 career assists. Had a helper on the Novak goal in the second.
• End second period: Penguins with a 14-3 shot advantage. Shooting the puck sometimes results in goals. Crazy how that works.
• GOAL: Mantha scores on a rebound after the initial shot by Malkin. Two goals just over a minute apart from one another. Penguins 4, Canucks 1
• GOAL: Crosby buries a wrist shot off the faceoff for a 3-1 lead. Crosby now has 1,896 career points between the regular season and playoffs. Most in franchise history, passing Mario Lemieux. Seventh-most in NHL history.
• Acciari slow to get to the bench there after a collision with Sherwood. Left leg got caught. Didn't look good. That guy's as tough as they come, though.
• GOAL: Novak buries a wrister from the right circle on the power play. Penguins 2, Canucks 1
• Two ugly giveaways in the first minute of the PP.
• Penguins are going back on the power play with just over seven minutes left in the period. O'Connor to the box for tripping.
• Brunicke just bailed out Jones big time. Kane skated past the latter and Brunicke skated in and was able to poke check the puck away from him to halt a key scoring chance. Occurs with 8:41 left in the second.
• Rust goes left to right and can't sneak it past the left skate of Lankinen.
• Big two-on-one opportunity there. Kindel shot attempt after a takeaway was blocked and Hallander was unable to bury it on a second attempt.
• A lot more blocked shots than actual shots here in the first five-plus minutes of the second. Canucks with a slim 2-1 shot advantage early here. A lot of unwise decisions with the puck and a failure to simply shoot when the chance presents itself.
• End first period: Penguins outshot by a 10-5 edge.
• That power-play opportunity was quite the disaster.
• Penguins back on the power play with 2:53 left. Bench penalty for too many men on the ice. Sasson will serve it.
• Silovs has settled in. Handled a couple simple shot attempts to help the Penguins kill the penalty.
• Shea's heading to the box for tripping with 6:46 left in the first period.
• GOAL: Wotherspoon takes a shot from the point and Dewar gets a piece of it as it gets past Lankinen. All tied at 1-1
• Penguins get two shots on the power play but nothing close to resulting in a goal.
• Aaron Rodgers, Zach Frazier, Mason McCormick, Ryan McCollum, Will Howard and Mason Rudolph are among the Steelers players in attendance here.
• Kane's heading to the box for hooking with 11:37 remaining in the first period. Penguins still looking for shot No. 1 of the night. Good chance to get it here.
• Kane gets a breakaway following a turnover by Jones, but Silovs with the pad save to keep it a one-goal game.
• Over four minutes in and the Canucks hold a 4-0 shot advantage. Play has remained heavily in the Penguins' defensive zone.
• Elias Pettersson, the forward, and Hronek with the assists on the Garland goal.
• GOAL: Pettersson with a beauty of a feed to Garland, who then snipes one past Silovs on the first shot of the night. Came over a minute into the game. Canucks 1, Penguins 0
• Faceoff: Penguins vs. Canucks, Crosby vs. Raty, 7:08 p.m.
• The Canucks' lines and pairings:
Jake DeBrusk - Elias Pettersson - Conor Garland
Evander Kane - Aatu Raty - Kiefer Sherwood
Arshdeep Bains - Max Sasson - Linus Karlsson
Drew O'Connor - Nils Aman - Joseph LaBate
Quinn Hughes - Filip Hronek
Marcus Pettersson - Tyler Myers
Elias Pettersson - P.O. Joseph
• The Penguins are deploying the same lines we saw at practice yesterday:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha - Evgeni Malkin - Justin Brazeau
Tommy Novak - Ben Kindel - Filip Hallander
Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea - Kris Letang
Caleb Jones - Harrison Brunicke
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