• Who: Penguins vs. Blue Jackets • What: NHL preseason, Game 2 • When: 7:08 p.m. • Where: Nationwide Arena • Goaltenders: Filip Larsson and Arturs Silovs vs. Nolan Lalonde and Jet Greaves • TV: None • Stream:PittsburghPenguins.com • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Blue Jackets
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final. Penguins lose, 4-1. Zach Gallant with the lone goal. Next two games are Friday against the Red Wings and Saturday against these Blue Jackets, both at home.
•. Penguins are getting another power play with 1:05 left, down three goals. Dan Muse calls timeout.
• GOAL: Dante Fabbro hits the empty net on the PK. Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 1
• Penguins pull Filip Larsson for the extra attacker on the power play
• Penguins to the power play with 3:42 left
• Alexander Alexeyev with a big reach at the blue line to keep the puck in the Columbus end.
• Ben Kindel drives to the net on the PK and nearly gets one shorthanded.
• GOAL: Kent Johnson scores on the five-on-three, wrister from top of the left circle. First shot Filip Larsson let in on seven shots. Blue Jackets 3, Penguins 1
• Blue Jackets get a five-on-three power play for 1:14. Connor Dewar took a holding penalty 46 seconds into the PK.
• Blake Lizotte is out there for the start of the PK, along with Connor Dewar, Jack St. Ivany, Phil Kemp.
• Penguins are once again on the PK. Connor Clifton for tripping with 10:26 left.
• Oof. Blake Lizotte is hurt. Got hit with something up high and went sliding on the ice. Was down for a bit, got up under his own power and is now on the bench with an athletic trainer.
• Ben Kindel, Justin Brazeau are a PK forward unit.
• Penguins to the PK with 14:07 left. Ville Koivunen gets two for boarding.
• Real boring start to the third here. Dud of a game.
• Third period is underway. Someone asked about Tristan Broz not being out there at the end, he wasn't on the top unit to begin with. Everyone's still there, nobody missing.
• End of the second. Blue Jackets lead, 2-1. Zach Gallant still with the Penguins' lone goal. shots are 15-13 Columbus. Penguins will have 38 seconds on the power play to open the third.
• Another power play for the Penguins. Dante Fabbro sits for two with 1:22 left. Tripping.
• Nothing on the power play.
• Filip Larsson is in now for Arturs Silovs, as planned. Silovs stopped 12 of 14. Fine outing.
• Penguins get a power play with 10:18 left. James Malatesta for roughing.
• Penguins' possession leaders so far (as in, actual time with the puck on their stick): Jack St. Ivany (31 seconds), Caleb Jones (30), Ben Kindel (20).
• Penguins kill the penalty.
• Penguins going on the PK yet again with 14:44 left in the second. Aidan McDonough sits for two for hooking.
• GOAL: Another long-range shot gets past Arturs Silovs. Jake Christiansen from back by the blue line with 28 seconds left in the Blue Jackets power play. Blue Jackets 2, Penguins 1
• On the PK: Filip Hallander, Tristan Broz, Philip Kemp, Connor Clifton
• Penguins are going right back on the PK with 16:39 left in the second. Zach Gallant sits for hooking.
• Back to full strength. Good save by Arturs Silovs in the last few seconds.
• Second period is underway, still on the PK for 38 seconds. Connor Clifton, Caleb Jones. Blake Lizotte, Connor Dewar start.
• Ben Kindel's line was largely out there against the Boone Jenner, Adam Fantilli, Kent Johnson line. NHL players. Kindel looked fine, won both his faceoffs. Wrote about it a couple of times now, but the worry over his skating has snowballed into people making it into such a bigger issue than it actually is.
• Aidan McDonough was the only Penguin to have multiple shots on goal (two) or multiple shot attempts (three).
• End of the first, it's tied 1-1. Zach Gallant with the Penguins' lone goal. Shots are 9-6 Columbus. Penguins have 38 seconds left on the PK to open the second.
• Connor Dewar, Blake Lizotte, Jack St. Ivany, Connor Clifton start the PK.
• Penguins back on the PK with 1:22 left. Alexander Alexeyev for high-sticking.
• Tristan Broz is 3-for-3 in faceoffs so far. Ben Kindel 2-for-2. Nice to see from young guys against some NHL players.
• GOAL: Blue Jackets tie it. Laser of a shot from the top of the left circle from Yegor Chinakov. No traffic, clean shot. Penguins 1, Blue Jackets 1
• Penguins have managed to swing momentum back their way with that last power play. Pretty evenly-matched, now.
• Nothing on the power play, though they did finally spend some time in the Columbus end.
• Second power play: Jack St. Ivany, Tristan Broz, Filip Hallander, Aidan McDonough, Aaron Huglen
• Starting the power play: Caleb Jones, Ben Kindel, Phil Tomasino, Ville Koivunen, Justin Brazeau.
• Penguins getting a power play with 7:56 left in the first. Kent Johnson gets two for tripping.
• GOAL: Zach Gallant gets the Penguins on the board, Ville Koivunen with an assist. He's an interesting one -- former Red Wings pick who went pro in the Sharks' system, didn't get qualified and went to Canadian university hockey. Went pro again last year and was just way too good in Wheeling, came up to WBS and did well there, too. He's 26 so past being a prospect, but still an interesting story. Penguins 1, Blue Jackets 0.
• Nine minutes in and shot attempts are 12-5 Columbus, actual shots are 4-3 Columbus. Loooots of time in the Penguins' end.
• Penguins to the PK with 12:41 left in the first. Sebastian Aho sits for two for slashing.
• Arturs Silovs with a few nice saves early.
• This is underway.
• Packed house:
TAYLOR HAASE / DKPS
• The cannon got me.
• In case you missed it this morning, Arturs Silovs will start and Filip Larsson will come in halfway through.
• Kirk MacDonald is in the Penguins management box here with Jason Spezza and Kyle Dubas. Amanda Kessel, Andy Saucier, Vukie Mpofu watching from the press box.
• Filip Hallander, who was exclusively a wing in Sweden, has started at wing in camp, and said he hasn't played center in a "long time" is starting at left wing here. Can people stop calling him a center now?
• Scratches are Brayden Edwards and Quinn Beauchesne.
• Lines and pairings:
Filip Hallander - Tristan Broz - Ville Koivunen Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Justin Brazeau Aidan McDonough - Ben Kindel - Phil Tomasino Zach Gallant - Aaron Huglen - Atley Calvert
Caleb Jones - Connor Clifton Alexander Alexeyev - Jack St. Ivany Sebastian Aho - Phil Kemp
• Warmups are underway. I see Connor Dewar and Blake Lizotte are wearing 'A's.
THE ASYLUM
Final: Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 1
• Who: Penguins vs. Blue Jackets
• What: NHL preseason, Game 2
• When: 7:08 p.m.
• Where: Nationwide Arena
• Goaltenders: Filip Larsson and Arturs Silovs vs. Nolan Lalonde and Jet Greaves
• TV: None
• Stream: PittsburghPenguins.com
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Blue Jackets
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final. Penguins lose, 4-1. Zach Gallant with the lone goal. Next two games are Friday against the Red Wings and Saturday against these Blue Jackets, both at home.
•. Penguins are getting another power play with 1:05 left, down three goals. Dan Muse calls timeout.
• GOAL: Dante Fabbro hits the empty net on the PK. Blue Jackets 4, Penguins 1
• Penguins pull Filip Larsson for the extra attacker on the power play
• Penguins to the power play with 3:42 left
• Alexander Alexeyev with a big reach at the blue line to keep the puck in the Columbus end.
• Ben Kindel drives to the net on the PK and nearly gets one shorthanded.
• GOAL: Kent Johnson scores on the five-on-three, wrister from top of the left circle. First shot Filip Larsson let in on seven shots. Blue Jackets 3, Penguins 1
• Blue Jackets get a five-on-three power play for 1:14. Connor Dewar took a holding penalty 46 seconds into the PK.
• Blake Lizotte is out there for the start of the PK, along with Connor Dewar, Jack St. Ivany, Phil Kemp.
• Penguins are once again on the PK. Connor Clifton for tripping with 10:26 left.
• Oof. Blake Lizotte is hurt. Got hit with something up high and went sliding on the ice. Was down for a bit, got up under his own power and is now on the bench with an athletic trainer.
• Ben Kindel, Justin Brazeau are a PK forward unit.
• Penguins to the PK with 14:07 left. Ville Koivunen gets two for boarding.
• Real boring start to the third here. Dud of a game.
• Third period is underway. Someone asked about Tristan Broz not being out there at the end, he wasn't on the top unit to begin with. Everyone's still there, nobody missing.
• End of the second. Blue Jackets lead, 2-1. Zach Gallant still with the Penguins' lone goal. shots are 15-13 Columbus. Penguins will have 38 seconds on the power play to open the third.
• Another power play for the Penguins. Dante Fabbro sits for two with 1:22 left. Tripping.
• Nothing on the power play.
• Filip Larsson is in now for Arturs Silovs, as planned. Silovs stopped 12 of 14. Fine outing.
• Penguins get a power play with 10:18 left. James Malatesta for roughing.
• Penguins' possession leaders so far (as in, actual time with the puck on their stick): Jack St. Ivany (31 seconds), Caleb Jones (30), Ben Kindel (20).
• Penguins kill the penalty.
• Penguins going on the PK yet again with 14:44 left in the second. Aidan McDonough sits for two for hooking.
• GOAL: Another long-range shot gets past Arturs Silovs. Jake Christiansen from back by the blue line with 28 seconds left in the Blue Jackets power play. Blue Jackets 2, Penguins 1
• On the PK: Filip Hallander, Tristan Broz, Philip Kemp, Connor Clifton
• Penguins are going right back on the PK with 16:39 left in the second. Zach Gallant sits for hooking.
• Back to full strength. Good save by Arturs Silovs in the last few seconds.
• Second period is underway, still on the PK for 38 seconds. Connor Clifton, Caleb Jones. Blake Lizotte, Connor Dewar start.
• Ben Kindel's line was largely out there against the Boone Jenner, Adam Fantilli, Kent Johnson line. NHL players. Kindel looked fine, won both his faceoffs. Wrote about it a couple of times now, but the worry over his skating has snowballed into people making it into such a bigger issue than it actually is.
• Aidan McDonough was the only Penguin to have multiple shots on goal (two) or multiple shot attempts (three).
• End of the first, it's tied 1-1. Zach Gallant with the Penguins' lone goal. Shots are 9-6 Columbus. Penguins have 38 seconds left on the PK to open the second.
• Connor Dewar, Blake Lizotte, Jack St. Ivany, Connor Clifton start the PK.
• Penguins back on the PK with 1:22 left. Alexander Alexeyev for high-sticking.
• Tristan Broz is 3-for-3 in faceoffs so far. Ben Kindel 2-for-2. Nice to see from young guys against some NHL players.
• GOAL: Blue Jackets tie it. Laser of a shot from the top of the left circle from Yegor Chinakov. No traffic, clean shot. Penguins 1, Blue Jackets 1
• Penguins have managed to swing momentum back their way with that last power play. Pretty evenly-matched, now.
• Nothing on the power play, though they did finally spend some time in the Columbus end.
• Second power play: Jack St. Ivany, Tristan Broz, Filip Hallander, Aidan McDonough, Aaron Huglen
• Starting the power play: Caleb Jones, Ben Kindel, Phil Tomasino, Ville Koivunen, Justin Brazeau.
• Penguins getting a power play with 7:56 left in the first. Kent Johnson gets two for tripping.
• GOAL: Zach Gallant gets the Penguins on the board, Ville Koivunen with an assist. He's an interesting one -- former Red Wings pick who went pro in the Sharks' system, didn't get qualified and went to Canadian university hockey. Went pro again last year and was just way too good in Wheeling, came up to WBS and did well there, too. He's 26 so past being a prospect, but still an interesting story. Penguins 1, Blue Jackets 0.
• Nine minutes in and shot attempts are 12-5 Columbus, actual shots are 4-3 Columbus. Loooots of time in the Penguins' end.
• Penguins to the PK with 12:41 left in the first. Sebastian Aho sits for two for slashing.
• Arturs Silovs with a few nice saves early.
• This is underway.
• Packed house:
TAYLOR HAASE / DKPS
• The cannon got me.
• In case you missed it this morning, Arturs Silovs will start and Filip Larsson will come in halfway through.
• Kirk MacDonald is in the Penguins management box here with Jason Spezza and Kyle Dubas. Amanda Kessel, Andy Saucier, Vukie Mpofu watching from the press box.
• Filip Hallander, who was exclusively a wing in Sweden, has started at wing in camp, and said he hasn't played center in a "long time" is starting at left wing here. Can people stop calling him a center now?
• Scratches are Brayden Edwards and Quinn Beauchesne.
• Lines and pairings:
Filip Hallander - Tristan Broz - Ville Koivunen
Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Justin Brazeau
Aidan McDonough - Ben Kindel - Phil Tomasino
Zach Gallant - Aaron Huglen - Atley Calvert
Caleb Jones - Connor Clifton
Alexander Alexeyev - Jack St. Ivany
Sebastian Aho - Phil Kemp
• Warmups are underway. I see Connor Dewar and Blake Lizotte are wearing 'A's.
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