• Who: Penguins (15-12-9) vs. Blackhawks (14-17-5) • What: NHL regular season, Game 37 • When: 7:08 p.m. Eastern • Where: United Center • Goaltenders: Arturs Silovs (5-5-6, .889 SV%) vs. Spencer Knight (10-10-5 .914 SV%) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Stream: SNP 360 • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Blackhawks
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Penguins take a 4-0 lead after one period and don't take the foot off the gas. Final:Penguins 7, Blackhawks 3
• GOAL: Bertuzzi adds one to beat the buzzer. His 19th of the season. Penguins 7, Blackhawks 3
• Blackhawks have really put more pressure on Silovs. Six shots now in the period. Silovs standing tall.
• Two big saves there by Silovs. He's been pretty good here tonight. Hasn't been challenged as much as his counterparts, but still good. Doing what he needs to in order to keep them up by five.
• Pretty uneventful period here. Only one shot. Belongs to the Penguins, who are up 23-15 in that category.
• Third period underway. Knight is back in goal for Chicago.
• Something to watch in the third period: Acciari's an assist away from the GordieHowe hat trick.
• Have to give a ton of well-deserved credit to the pairing of Shea and St. Ivany. Both have been noticeable in a good way. Shea with three assists tonight. St. Ivany with two helpers, four hits and a blocked shot. Also leads the team with four shots.
• End second period: Blackhawks get two, but the Penguins are still staying aggressive. Good to see.
• GOAL: Penguins get a lucky bounce, too. Shot deflects off the end boards and right to Acciari in front. He buries his third of the season. Assists: St. Ivany, Lizotte. Time: 18:46. Penguins 7, Blackhawks 2
• Silovs stops Bertuzzi on a breakaway. Handful of those opportunities here tonight.
• Brazeau does get credit for the sixth goal. That's a hatty for him. Dewar and Shea get the assists. That's his first NHL hat trick.
• GOAL: Blackhawks get a lucky one. Puck goes off the end boards and deflects off of Silovs and in. Kaiser gets credit for the goal. Assists: Greene, Murphy. Time: 13:30. Penguins 6, Blackhawks 2
• GOAL: Dewar buries a shot past Soderblom. Really thought Brazeau might have deflected it. Assists: Shea, St. Ivany. Time: 13:17. Penguins 6, Blackhawks 1
• GOAL: Brazeau has his second goal of the night just eight seconds into the power play. Some nice stick work before sneaking one past Soderblom on the back hand. Assists: Kindel, Koivunen. Time: 12:20. Penguins 5, Blackhawks 1
• Penguins will go on the power play once again. Chicago penalized for too many men on the ice.
• GOAL: Foligno scores on the back hand in front to put the Blackhawks on the board in his first game back. First goal of the season. Assists: Dach, Lafferty. Time: 10:50. Penguins 4, Blackhawks 1
• Rakell gets a breakaway opportunity, too. Wasn't in alone like Crosby, though. Crevier gets a stick in his way to disrupt him.
• Soderblom stretches out to rob Crosby on a breakaway. Beauty of a right pad save.
• That was rough. Second power-play unit wasn't any better.
• Top unit just couldn't get anything set up there.
• Lardis is going to the box for tripping. For power play for the Penguins.
• Blackhawks are still getting some pretty good opportunities. Just not finishing. Another post hit, too.
• Second period underway.
• End first period: Penguins with an 11-7 advantage in shots. Beyond impressive start. Can't let up. Blackhawks had their share of chances, including a few on odd-man rushes and shots that doinked off the post.
• Blackhawks hit another post. This time it's Crevier with under a minute left in the period.
• Acciari and Murphy drop the gloves. Wise decision for Murphy to try and light a fire under the group.
• Bertuzzi to Slaggert on a two-on-one opportunity, but the latter whiffs on a shot. Silovs takes care of it.
• Just two shots on two power-play opportunities for the Blackhawks. Fans pleading for someone to shoot the puck.
• Letang goes to the box for high sticking with 6:15 left in the first.
• Goalie change. Knight is out after allowing four goals on seven shots. ArvidSoderblom takes over.
• GOAL: Rust scores his second goal of the period. This time, he shoots from the right circle and beats Knight blocker side. Unassisted. Time: 12:01. Penguins 4, Blackhawks 0
• Blackhawks will go on the power play for the first time. Rust gets two minutes for holding Bertuzzi with 10:04 remaining in the first.
• Quite the start for the Penguins. Three goals on six shots. But they've been in this position before. Have to stay aggressive and keep pushing. No letting off the gas.
• GOAL: Brazeau sneaks one through the legs of Knight. Mantha with a beauty of a feed from behind the net. Assists: Mantha, Novak. Time: 8:20. Penguins 3, Blackhawks 0
• GOAL: Rust buries a shot from the left circle. Assists: Crosby, Letang. Time: 7:19. Penguins 2, Blackhawks 0
• Greene with an unbelievable opportunity all alone in front of Silovs after a perfect feed from Lardis. Rings it off the left post. Penguins dodge a bullet there.
• Goal was unassisted, but I think Shea and St. Ivany deserve assists on that one. It was a give and go that led to St. Ivany's shot on goal.
• GOAL: Mantha scores on a rebound attempt after the initial shot by St. Ivany was saved by Knight. Time: 1:38. Mantha now on pace for 26 goals this season, which would set a career high. Penguins 1, Blackhawks 0
• Blackhawks with some pressure in their offensive zone here in the early going. Two shots, two saves by Silovs in the first minute and a half.
• Faceoff: Penguins vs. Blackhawks, 7:08 p.m. Eastern, Blake Lizotte vs. Colton Dach
• Penguins lines and pairings with Kevin Hayes, Ryan Graves and ConnorClifton serving as healthy scratches:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust Anthony Mantha - Tommy Novak - Justin Brazeau Rutger McGroarty - Ben Kindel - Ville Koivunen Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson Brett Kulak - Kris Letang Ryan Shea - Jack St. Ivany
• Blackhawks lines and pairings:
Tyler Bertuzzi - Jason Dickinson - Landon Slaggert Teuvo Teravainen - Ryan Donato - Andre Burakovsky Oliver Moore - Ryan Greene - Nick Lardis Nick Foligno - Colton Dach - Sam Lafferty
Alex Vlasic - Louis Crevier Wyatt Kaiser - Artyom Levshunov Matt Grzelcyk - Connor Murphy
THE ASYLUM
Final: Penguins 7, Blackhawks 3
• Who: Penguins (15-12-9) vs. Blackhawks (14-17-5)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 37
• When: 7:08 p.m. Eastern
• Where: United Center
• Goaltenders: Arturs Silovs (5-5-6, .889 SV%) vs. Spencer Knight (10-10-5 .914 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Stream: SNP 360
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Blackhawks
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Penguins take a 4-0 lead after one period and don't take the foot off the gas. Final: Penguins 7, Blackhawks 3
• GOAL: Bertuzzi adds one to beat the buzzer. His 19th of the season. Penguins 7, Blackhawks 3
• Blackhawks have really put more pressure on Silovs. Six shots now in the period. Silovs standing tall.
• Two big saves there by Silovs. He's been pretty good here tonight. Hasn't been challenged as much as his counterparts, but still good. Doing what he needs to in order to keep them up by five.
• Pretty uneventful period here. Only one shot. Belongs to the Penguins, who are up 23-15 in that category.
• Third period underway. Knight is back in goal for Chicago.
• Something to watch in the third period: Acciari's an assist away from the Gordie Howe hat trick.
• Have to give a ton of well-deserved credit to the pairing of Shea and St. Ivany. Both have been noticeable in a good way. Shea with three assists tonight. St. Ivany with two helpers, four hits and a blocked shot. Also leads the team with four shots.
• End second period: Blackhawks get two, but the Penguins are still staying aggressive. Good to see.
• GOAL: Penguins get a lucky bounce, too. Shot deflects off the end boards and right to Acciari in front. He buries his third of the season. Assists: St. Ivany, Lizotte. Time: 18:46. Penguins 7, Blackhawks 2
• Silovs stops Bertuzzi on a breakaway. Handful of those opportunities here tonight.
• Brazeau does get credit for the sixth goal. That's a hatty for him. Dewar and Shea get the assists. That's his first NHL hat trick.
• GOAL: Blackhawks get a lucky one. Puck goes off the end boards and deflects off of Silovs and in. Kaiser gets credit for the goal. Assists: Greene, Murphy. Time: 13:30. Penguins 6, Blackhawks 2
• GOAL: Dewar buries a shot past Soderblom. Really thought Brazeau might have deflected it. Assists: Shea, St. Ivany. Time: 13:17. Penguins 6, Blackhawks 1
• GOAL: Brazeau has his second goal of the night just eight seconds into the power play. Some nice stick work before sneaking one past Soderblom on the back hand. Assists: Kindel, Koivunen. Time: 12:20. Penguins 5, Blackhawks 1
• Penguins will go on the power play once again. Chicago penalized for too many men on the ice.
• GOAL: Foligno scores on the back hand in front to put the Blackhawks on the board in his first game back. First goal of the season. Assists: Dach, Lafferty. Time: 10:50. Penguins 4, Blackhawks 1
• Rakell gets a breakaway opportunity, too. Wasn't in alone like Crosby, though. Crevier gets a stick in his way to disrupt him.
• Soderblom stretches out to rob Crosby on a breakaway. Beauty of a right pad save.
• That was rough. Second power-play unit wasn't any better.
• Top unit just couldn't get anything set up there.
• Lardis is going to the box for tripping. For power play for the Penguins.
• Blackhawks are still getting some pretty good opportunities. Just not finishing. Another post hit, too.
• Second period underway.
• End first period: Penguins with an 11-7 advantage in shots. Beyond impressive start. Can't let up. Blackhawks had their share of chances, including a few on odd-man rushes and shots that doinked off the post.
• Blackhawks hit another post. This time it's Crevier with under a minute left in the period.
• Acciari and Murphy drop the gloves. Wise decision for Murphy to try and light a fire under the group.
• Bertuzzi to Slaggert on a two-on-one opportunity, but the latter whiffs on a shot. Silovs takes care of it.
• Just two shots on two power-play opportunities for the Blackhawks. Fans pleading for someone to shoot the puck.
• Letang goes to the box for high sticking with 6:15 left in the first.
• Goalie change. Knight is out after allowing four goals on seven shots. Arvid Soderblom takes over.
• GOAL: Rust scores his second goal of the period. This time, he shoots from the right circle and beats Knight blocker side. Unassisted. Time: 12:01. Penguins 4, Blackhawks 0
• Blackhawks will go on the power play for the first time. Rust gets two minutes for holding Bertuzzi with 10:04 remaining in the first.
• Quite the start for the Penguins. Three goals on six shots. But they've been in this position before. Have to stay aggressive and keep pushing. No letting off the gas.
• GOAL: Brazeau sneaks one through the legs of Knight. Mantha with a beauty of a feed from behind the net. Assists: Mantha, Novak. Time: 8:20. Penguins 3, Blackhawks 0
• GOAL: Rust buries a shot from the left circle. Assists: Crosby, Letang. Time: 7:19. Penguins 2, Blackhawks 0
• Greene with an unbelievable opportunity all alone in front of Silovs after a perfect feed from Lardis. Rings it off the left post. Penguins dodge a bullet there.
• Goal was unassisted, but I think Shea and St. Ivany deserve assists on that one. It was a give and go that led to St. Ivany's shot on goal.
• GOAL: Mantha scores on a rebound attempt after the initial shot by St. Ivany was saved by Knight. Time: 1:38. Mantha now on pace for 26 goals this season, which would set a career high. Penguins 1, Blackhawks 0
• Blackhawks with some pressure in their offensive zone here in the early going. Two shots, two saves by Silovs in the first minute and a half.
• Faceoff: Penguins vs. Blackhawks, 7:08 p.m. Eastern, Blake Lizotte vs. Colton Dach
• Penguins lines and pairings with Kevin Hayes, Ryan Graves and Connor Clifton serving as healthy scratches:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Anthony Mantha - Tommy Novak - Justin Brazeau
Rutger McGroarty - Ben Kindel - Ville Koivunen
Connor Dewar - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson
Brett Kulak - Kris Letang
Ryan Shea - Jack St. Ivany
• Blackhawks lines and pairings:
Tyler Bertuzzi - Jason Dickinson - Landon Slaggert
Teuvo Teravainen - Ryan Donato - Andre Burakovsky
Oliver Moore - Ryan Greene - Nick Lardis
Nick Foligno - Colton Dach - Sam Lafferty
Alex Vlasic - Louis Crevier
Wyatt Kaiser - Artyom Levshunov
Matt Grzelcyk - Connor Murphy
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