• Who: Penguins (29-15-12) vs. Devils (28-28-2) • What: NHL regular season, Game 57 • When: 7:09 p.m. • Where: PPG Paints Arena • Goaltenders: Arturs Silovs (11-7-8 .896 SV%) vs. Jacob Markstrom (15-13-1, .882 SV%) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Stream: SNP360(local), ESPN+(out-of-market) • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Devils
Taylor Haase's in-game commentary will be in the comments.
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Ballgame.
• GOAL. Lizotte empty-netter.
• The Penguins have just taken this over. Firing away at Markstrom. Took a while.
• GOAL. Chinakhov. My God. Geno whirls and whips a head-man pass to spring the young man, and he just makes it look criminally easy. Time: 7:20, third period. Penguins, 3-1
• GOAL. Clifton. Markstrom totally lost where the puck was after Shea banged one off the bar. Weird sequence. Assists: Shea, Mantha. Time: 6:30, third period. Penguins, 2-1
• Oh, man, the Rakell line suddenly brings all kinds of heat, including a break for Hayes. Doesn't matter. Markstrom's on everything. Just everything. Making it look like a breeze.
• Choppy kinda start here for the Penguins, but then, the whole game's felt that way.
• The third's underway.
• That's period. A couple of good chances for Geno on that power play. No swirl. Shots are 21-17 for Pittsburgh. Markstrom's been the best player on either side.
• Nemec off for holding the sick. Power play to finish this period.
• Dewar with ANOTHER short-handed breakaway. Markstrom makes it look easy.
• Letang interferes with Bratt, then makes fun of him for taking a spill. Letang's livid. Just livid.
• Rakell with slick moves, stopped. Geno alone at the left dot, stopped. Telling you, the Penguins need something to alter this momentum. Even if it's fluky.
• Hayes atones with a strong rush that draws a New Jersey penalty.
• The Penguins are being outshot by only 14-12, but this game's been badly imbalanced in New Jersey's favor. Like, really badly.
• Another kill.
• Lizotte and Rust nearly team up for a shorty. Markstrom's been really good.
• Yet another power play for New Jersey. Hayes with a neutral-zone slash. Bad.
• Chinakhov misses with a vicious wrister from the right dot. Had two going to the net.
• Penalty's killed. Dan Muse off the hook.
• Yep, it's upheld. They literally have no idea.
• Cotter did make contact with Silovs' glove. Doesn't matter. This league has no idea how to adjudicate this rule. None.
• GOAL. Hamilton. Or Cotter. But Muse is challenging for goaltender interference. He'll lose, of course. These are always losses. Time: 6:56, second period. Tie, 1-1
• Short-handed breakaway for Dewar. Markstrom stands tall and stops him with the blocker.
• Geno will sit for a high stick.
• Second period underway.
• Not a bad crowd in here tonight. Not sold out.
• Goal change: Yeah, it's Novak's. Now official. Assists to Letang, Geno.
• That's period. Shots were 8-6 for Pittsburgh. Didn't feel like it. They're reviewing the goal to see if Novak might've made contact with the shot.
• GOAL. Letang. Power play. Didn't get all of it, but didn't need to. Screens by Novak, Mantha. Assists: Geno, Novak. Time: 18:51, first period. Penguins, 1-0
• Rakell in alone, but Markstrom sticks out the left toe. Tremendous save.
• Slash on Gritsyuk.
• This is now officially bad. Just so ragged. In fairness, the Devils did get their legs loose last night against the Sabres. That matters.
• Man, the Devils still cheat up as much as any team in the league. Love the stretch.
• Sharp stop by Silovs on a Hischier attempt in tight.
• Clifton's struggle through 11 minutes is real.
• Golden chance for Brazeau at the left dot. Takes too long. Easy for Markstrom.
• Brazeau with an ill-advised backward pass out of the New Jersey zone hands the Devils a full minute of possession. Again, can't happen. Shots are 2-2.
• This Hayes-Rakell-Rust line's gonna take some time. Can see that already.
• More fire from the Geno line. Shea off the pipe.
• Geno nearly scores off a sweet feed down low from Karlsson. Can't turn his wrists around.
• FACEOFF: Penguins vs. Devils, Blake Lizotte vs. Hughes, 7:09 p.m.
• All Olympians from U.S. and Canada recognized for the medals, and a long, especially loud standing ovation for Hughes. He seemed genuinely moved, twice raising his stick to the crowd.
• The opening will be delayed by a minute for an Olympic welcome home. Reminder that Jack Hughes is hear tonight for the bad guys.
THE ASYLUM
Final: Penguins 4, Devils 1
• Who: Penguins (29-15-12) vs. Devils (28-28-2)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 57
• When: 7:09 p.m.
• Where: PPG Paints Arena
• Goaltenders: Arturs Silovs (11-7-8 .896 SV%) vs. Jacob Markstrom (15-13-1, .882 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Stream: SNP360 (local), ESPN+ (out-of-market)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Devils
Taylor Haase's in-game commentary will be in the comments.
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Ballgame.
• GOAL. Lizotte empty-netter.
• The Penguins have just taken this over. Firing away at Markstrom. Took a while.
• GOAL. Chinakhov. My God. Geno whirls and whips a head-man pass to spring the young man, and he just makes it look criminally easy. Time: 7:20, third period. Penguins, 3-1
• GOAL. Clifton. Markstrom totally lost where the puck was after Shea banged one off the bar. Weird sequence. Assists: Shea, Mantha. Time: 6:30, third period. Penguins, 2-1
• Oh, man, the Rakell line suddenly brings all kinds of heat, including a break for Hayes. Doesn't matter. Markstrom's on everything. Just everything. Making it look like a breeze.
• Choppy kinda start here for the Penguins, but then, the whole game's felt that way.
• The third's underway.
• That's period. A couple of good chances for Geno on that power play. No swirl. Shots are 21-17 for Pittsburgh. Markstrom's been the best player on either side.
• Nemec off for holding the sick. Power play to finish this period.
• Dewar with ANOTHER short-handed breakaway. Markstrom makes it look easy.
• Letang interferes with Bratt, then makes fun of him for taking a spill. Letang's livid. Just livid.
• Rakell with slick moves, stopped. Geno alone at the left dot, stopped. Telling you, the Penguins need something to alter this momentum. Even if it's fluky.
• Hayes atones with a strong rush that draws a New Jersey penalty.
• The Penguins are being outshot by only 14-12, but this game's been badly imbalanced in New Jersey's favor. Like, really badly.
• Another kill.
• Lizotte and Rust nearly team up for a shorty. Markstrom's been really good.
• Yet another power play for New Jersey. Hayes with a neutral-zone slash. Bad.
• Chinakhov misses with a vicious wrister from the right dot. Had two going to the net.
• Penalty's killed. Dan Muse off the hook.
• Yep, it's upheld. They literally have no idea.
• Cotter did make contact with Silovs' glove. Doesn't matter. This league has no idea how to adjudicate this rule. None.
• GOAL. Hamilton. Or Cotter. But Muse is challenging for goaltender interference. He'll lose, of course. These are always losses. Time: 6:56, second period. Tie, 1-1
• Short-handed breakaway for Dewar. Markstrom stands tall and stops him with the blocker.
• Geno will sit for a high stick.
• Second period underway.
• Not a bad crowd in here tonight. Not sold out.
• Goal change: Yeah, it's Novak's. Now official. Assists to Letang, Geno.
• That's period. Shots were 8-6 for Pittsburgh. Didn't feel like it. They're reviewing the goal to see if Novak might've made contact with the shot.
• GOAL. Letang. Power play. Didn't get all of it, but didn't need to. Screens by Novak, Mantha. Assists: Geno, Novak. Time: 18:51, first period. Penguins, 1-0
• Rakell in alone, but Markstrom sticks out the left toe. Tremendous save.
• Slash on Gritsyuk.
• This is now officially bad. Just so ragged. In fairness, the Devils did get their legs loose last night against the Sabres. That matters.
• Man, the Devils still cheat up as much as any team in the league. Love the stretch.
• Sharp stop by Silovs on a Hischier attempt in tight.
• Clifton's struggle through 11 minutes is real.
• Golden chance for Brazeau at the left dot. Takes too long. Easy for Markstrom.
• Brazeau with an ill-advised backward pass out of the New Jersey zone hands the Devils a full minute of possession. Again, can't happen. Shots are 2-2.
• This Hayes-Rakell-Rust line's gonna take some time. Can see that already.
• More fire from the Geno line. Shea off the pipe.
• Geno nearly scores off a sweet feed down low from Karlsson. Can't turn his wrists around.
• FACEOFF: Penguins vs. Devils, Blake Lizotte vs. Hughes, 7:09 p.m.
• All Olympians from U.S. and Canada recognized for the medals, and a long, especially loud standing ovation for Hughes. He seemed genuinely moved, twice raising his stick to the crowd.
• The opening will be delayed by a minute for an Olympic welcome home. Reminder that Jack Hughes is hear tonight for the bad guys.
• Dan Muse's lineup:
Egor Chinakhov-Tommy Novak-Evgeni Malkin
Avery Hayes-Rickard Rakell-Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha-Ben Kindel-Justin Brazeau
Connor Dewar-Blake Lizotte-Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon-Erik Karlsson
Sam Girard-Kris Letang
Ryan Shea-Connor Clifton
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