• GOAL: Bryan Rust makes it a two-goal game with 3:09 left. Went to the net front and tapped it in. No point for Sidney Crosby on that one. Oilers 5, Penguins 3
• Power play over.
• Fans are booing the power play.
• First half of the power play is over.
• Penguins to the power play. Four-minute double minor for Ty Emberson for high-sticking Ben Kindel.
• Noting this here because I've seen a few people say in the comments now that Jack St. Ivany looks like he needs a conditioning stint: He had a two-week conditioning stint already. If he needs more AHL time, he'd be going on waivers and just getting sent down.
• GOAL: Vasily Podkolzin cleans up a loose puck in the slot. Oilers 5, Penguins 2
• Pascal Dupuis is here in the stands. He's shown on the videoboard and that might have gotten the biggest applause of the night.
• Anthony Mantha has four of the Penguins' 20 shots.
• Also on the Penguins' franchise points record chase, Bryan Rust is two points away from moving into 11th place, passing Jake Guentzel.
• End of the second. Penguins trail, 4-2, and have an 18-17 lead in shots. They'll have 14 seconds left on the power play to open the third.
• Another Penguins power play coming. Alec Regula gets two for cross-checking with 1:46 left in the second.
• Nothing on the power play.
• Penguins to the power play with 5:58 left in the second. Darnell Nurse gets two for interference.
• Long review, no goal.
• They're looking at this to make sure it stayed out.
• Close one. Oilers shot from a tough angle hit Stuart Skinner's skate and rested between his pads briefly, he didn't know it was there at first. Kept it out, though.
• GOAL: Evan Bouchard on the power play, shot from the slot. Penguins are just getting killed by penalties here. Oilers 4, Penguins 2
• Sidney Crosby needs two more points here so Mario Lemieux doesn't have to go to Kanata.
• Penguins go back on the PK with 11:54 left in the second. Justin Brazeau for cross-checking.
• GOAL: Erik Karlsson brings the Penguins within one with a shot from the point on the power play. Primary assist to Sidney Crosby, who is now one away from tying the franchise record, two from passing it. Oilers 3, Penguins 2
• Penguins get a power play with 14:30 left in the second. Leon Draisaitl gets two for toughing. Just knocked down Connor Dewar.
• GOAL: Matt Savoie from the left circle, ripped a shot that snuck between the pads of Stuart Skinner. Oilers 3, Penguins 1
• Actually can't remember anything here ever like these "STUUUU" chants. It's like Steelers games and "HEAAAATH." It's every save.
• Curtis Lazar limps down Edmonton's tunnel with help.
• Second period is underway.
• End of the first. Stupid penalties 2, Penguins 1. Shots are 10-9 Oilers.
• GOAL: Tommy Novak cuts the lead in half with 44.1 left in the first. Anthony Mantha went to the net off the faceoff, Tristan Jarry's rebound pops out to Novak, Noak buries it. Oilers 2, Penguins 1
• Side note, the Ottawa-Montreal trip is the dads trip. So they're in town already, for the most part.
• More saves, more "STUUUUU" chants. Seem to be getting louder every time as more people learn the deal.
• Can't blow a lead in the third if you don't have one!
• Penguins were doing a ton of good here to start and those three penalties just swung momentum the complete other way and put them in a hole. They had the first five shots on goal, Oilers have the next seven of them.
• GOAL: And the Oilers immediately score again on the power play. Connor McDavid just flew past Parker Wotherspoon like he was a pylon in practice. Oilers 2, Penguins 0
• GOAL: Oilers score ont he power play, Zach Hyman backhands a shot between Stuart Skinner's legs. Bench empties because Leon Draisaitl got his 1,000th point on the assist. Still 1:34 left to kill. Oilers 1, Penguins 0
• Big glove save by Stuart Skinner on this long five-on-three kill and he gets the loudest "STUUUUU" chants so far. Actually cool that the fans know that's his thing already.
• Brett Kulak takes a delay of game penalty 18 seconds into the five-on-three kill. He heads to the box but Ryan Shea comes on, you can't drop below two skaters.
• Woof. Bryan Rust gets two for hooking 1:08 into the PK. So it'll be a 52-second five-on-three kill.
• Oilers finally get a shot on goal on the power play. "STUUUUU" chants for the save.
• Now the Penguins go to the PK. Danton Heinen gets two for interference with 10:48 left in the first.
• Nine minutes in and Penguins lead 5-0 in shots.
• Nothing comes of the power play.
• Offside. No goal. Not even close. Ben Kindel was over by a lot.
• Pause. Oilers are challenging for offside.
• GOAL: Justin Brazeau beats Tristan Jarry with 19 seconds left in the power play. Skates through the slot and rips a wrister.
• As expected, no "Welcome back" video for Tristan Jarry but they put a graphic on the videoboard at this TV timeout welcoming him back. Fine applause from the fans, nothing outrageous. He taps his heart and raises his hand to the crowd. Nice moment.
• Penguins get the game's first power play with 13:46 left in the first. Mattias Ekholm gets two for tripping. He disagrees with the call.
• Five minutes in and the Oilers still don't have a shot on goal. Third pairing just got pinned in their own end but both Jack St. Ivany and Brett Kulak had good plays to prevent chances.
• Took just shy of three minutes, but Erik Karlsson has the game's first shot on goal. Tristan Jarry makes the save.
• This is underway.
• Loud "STUUUUUU" when Stuart Skinner is announced in the starting lineup.
• Some boos when Tristan Jarry is announced as the Oilers' starter in the pregame setup.
• Oilers' lines and pairings:
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman Vasily Podkolzin - Leon Draisaitl - Matt Savoie Andrew Mangiapane - Adam Henrique - Mattias Janmark Trent Fredric - Curtiz Lazar - Quinn Hutson
• Tristan Jarry is over by the red line now. Gave Arturs Silovs some stick taps, Kevin Hayes came over and gave him a big hug. They're the only guys I saw go by and see him in warmups, but Jarry also doesn't stretch by the red line or anything at the beginning.
• Same lines and pairings as this morning, no surprises. Ryan Graves, Connor Clifton, Ville Koivunen sit,
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust Rutger McGroarty - Ben Kindel - Justin Brazeau Kevin Hayes - Tommy Novak - Anthony Mantha Connor Dewar - Danton Heinen - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson Ryan Shea - Kris Letang Brett Kulak - Jack St. Ivany
• Very odd seeing Tristan Jarry down there on the other side. Can only imagine how it feels for him. He's still got his Penguins mask.
• Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard are stretching next to each other at the red line and chatting.
• Absolutely going to be seeing Brett Kulak and thinking it's Jeff Carter for a split second for the next few weeks here.
• Some pregame research here: The Penguins have actually outscored opponents 38-34 in third periods this season, a differential of plus-4. But they've been outshot 329-291 (minus-38) in third periods.
• Obligatory reminder: The bar for getting a tribute video (for around the last decade or so) is winning a Stanley Cup here. If the Penguins have any kind of special video like that they usually run it hours before the building opens when they're going through the tests of the videoboard and effects and all that, and they didn't have anything for Tristan Jarry for that earlier. So, I'd guess the policy is still in effect.
THE ASYLUM
Final: Oilers 6, Penguins 4
• Who: Penguins (14-8-9) vs. Oilers (15-12-6)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 32
• When: 7:38 p.m.
• Where: PPG Paints Arena
• Goaltenders: Stuart Skinner (11-8-4, .891 SV%) vs. Tristan Jarry (10-3-1, .908 SV%)
• TV: TNT
• Stream: HBO Max
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Oilers
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final. Penguins lose, 6-4. On to Ottawa.
• GOAL: Danton Heinen scores with 13.4 left. Oilers 6, Penguins 4
• GOAL: Oilers hit the empty net.
• GOAL: Bryan Rust makes it a two-goal game with 3:09 left. Went to the net front and tapped it in. No point for Sidney Crosby on that one. Oilers 5, Penguins 3
• Power play over.
• Fans are booing the power play.
• First half of the power play is over.
• Penguins to the power play. Four-minute double minor for Ty Emberson for high-sticking Ben Kindel.
• Noting this here because I've seen a few people say in the comments now that Jack St. Ivany looks like he needs a conditioning stint: He had a two-week conditioning stint already. If he needs more AHL time, he'd be going on waivers and just getting sent down.
• GOAL: Vasily Podkolzin cleans up a loose puck in the slot. Oilers 5, Penguins 2
• Pascal Dupuis is here in the stands. He's shown on the videoboard and that might have gotten the biggest applause of the night.
• Anthony Mantha has four of the Penguins' 20 shots.
• Also on the Penguins' franchise points record chase, Bryan Rust is two points away from moving into 11th place, passing Jake Guentzel.
• End of the second. Penguins trail, 4-2, and have an 18-17 lead in shots. They'll have 14 seconds left on the power play to open the third.
• Another Penguins power play coming. Alec Regula gets two for cross-checking with 1:46 left in the second.
• Nothing on the power play.
• Penguins to the power play with 5:58 left in the second. Darnell Nurse gets two for interference.
• Long review, no goal.
• They're looking at this to make sure it stayed out.
• Close one. Oilers shot from a tough angle hit Stuart Skinner's skate and rested between his pads briefly, he didn't know it was there at first. Kept it out, though.
• GOAL: Evan Bouchard on the power play, shot from the slot. Penguins are just getting killed by penalties here. Oilers 4, Penguins 2
• Sidney Crosby needs two more points here so Mario Lemieux doesn't have to go to Kanata.
• Penguins go back on the PK with 11:54 left in the second. Justin Brazeau for cross-checking.
• GOAL: Erik Karlsson brings the Penguins within one with a shot from the point on the power play. Primary assist to Sidney Crosby, who is now one away from tying the franchise record, two from passing it. Oilers 3, Penguins 2
• Penguins get a power play with 14:30 left in the second. Leon Draisaitl gets two for toughing. Just knocked down Connor Dewar.
• GOAL: Matt Savoie from the left circle, ripped a shot that snuck between the pads of Stuart Skinner. Oilers 3, Penguins 1
• Actually can't remember anything here ever like these "STUUUU" chants. It's like Steelers games and "HEAAAATH." It's every save.
• Curtis Lazar limps down Edmonton's tunnel with help.
• Second period is underway.
• End of the first. Stupid penalties 2, Penguins 1. Shots are 10-9 Oilers.
• GOAL: Tommy Novak cuts the lead in half with 44.1 left in the first. Anthony Mantha went to the net off the faceoff, Tristan Jarry's rebound pops out to Novak, Noak buries it. Oilers 2, Penguins 1
• Side note, the Ottawa-Montreal trip is the dads trip. So they're in town already, for the most part.
• More saves, more "STUUUUU" chants. Seem to be getting louder every time as more people learn the deal.
• Can't blow a lead in the third if you don't have one!
• Penguins were doing a ton of good here to start and those three penalties just swung momentum the complete other way and put them in a hole. They had the first five shots on goal, Oilers have the next seven of them.
• GOAL: And the Oilers immediately score again on the power play. Connor McDavid just flew past Parker Wotherspoon like he was a pylon in practice. Oilers 2, Penguins 0
• GOAL: Oilers score ont he power play, Zach Hyman backhands a shot between Stuart Skinner's legs. Bench empties because Leon Draisaitl got his 1,000th point on the assist. Still 1:34 left to kill. Oilers 1, Penguins 0
• Big glove save by Stuart Skinner on this long five-on-three kill and he gets the loudest "STUUUUU" chants so far. Actually cool that the fans know that's his thing already.
• Brett Kulak takes a delay of game penalty 18 seconds into the five-on-three kill. He heads to the box but Ryan Shea comes on, you can't drop below two skaters.
• Brett Kulak, Pather Wotherspoon, Noel Acciari start this.
• Woof. Bryan Rust gets two for hooking 1:08 into the PK. So it'll be a 52-second five-on-three kill.
• Oilers finally get a shot on goal on the power play. "STUUUUU" chants for the save.
• Now the Penguins go to the PK. Danton Heinen gets two for interference with 10:48 left in the first.
• Nine minutes in and Penguins lead 5-0 in shots.
• Nothing comes of the power play.
• Offside. No goal. Not even close. Ben Kindel was over by a lot.
• Pause. Oilers are challenging for offside.
• GOAL: Justin Brazeau beats Tristan Jarry with 19 seconds left in the power play. Skates through the slot and rips a wrister.
• As expected, no "Welcome back" video for Tristan Jarry but they put a graphic on the videoboard at this TV timeout welcoming him back. Fine applause from the fans, nothing outrageous. He taps his heart and raises his hand to the crowd. Nice moment.
• Penguins get the game's first power play with 13:46 left in the first. Mattias Ekholm gets two for tripping. He disagrees with the call.
• Five minutes in and the Oilers still don't have a shot on goal. Third pairing just got pinned in their own end but both Jack St. Ivany and Brett Kulak had good plays to prevent chances.
• Took just shy of three minutes, but Erik Karlsson has the game's first shot on goal. Tristan Jarry makes the save.
• This is underway.
• Loud "STUUUUUU" when Stuart Skinner is announced in the starting lineup.
• Some boos when Tristan Jarry is announced as the Oilers' starter in the pregame setup.
• Oilers' lines and pairings:
Ryan Nugent-Hopkins - Connor McDavid - Zach Hyman
Vasily Podkolzin - Leon Draisaitl - Matt Savoie
Andrew Mangiapane - Adam Henrique - Mattias Janmark
Trent Fredric - Curtiz Lazar - Quinn Hutson
Mattias Ekholm - Evan Bouchard
Darnell Nurse - Alec Regula
Spencer Stastney - Ty Emberson
• Tristan Jarry is over by the red line now. Gave Arturs Silovs some stick taps, Kevin Hayes came over and gave him a big hug. They're the only guys I saw go by and see him in warmups, but Jarry also doesn't stretch by the red line or anything at the beginning.
• Same lines and pairings as this morning, no surprises. Ryan Graves, Connor Clifton, Ville Koivunen sit,
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Rutger McGroarty - Ben Kindel - Justin Brazeau
Kevin Hayes - Tommy Novak - Anthony Mantha
Connor Dewar - Danton Heinen - Noel Acciari
Parker Wotherspoon - Erik Karlsson
Ryan Shea - Kris Letang
Brett Kulak - Jack St. Ivany
• Very odd seeing Tristan Jarry down there on the other side. Can only imagine how it feels for him. He's still got his Penguins mask.
• Stuart Skinner and Calvin Pickard are stretching next to each other at the red line and chatting.
• Absolutely going to be seeing Brett Kulak and thinking it's Jeff Carter for a split second for the next few weeks here.
• Some pregame research here: The Penguins have actually outscored opponents 38-34 in third periods this season, a differential of plus-4. But they've been outshot 329-291 (minus-38) in third periods.
• Obligatory reminder: The bar for getting a tribute video (for around the last decade or so) is winning a Stanley Cup here. If the Penguins have any kind of special video like that they usually run it hours before the building opens when they're going through the tests of the videoboard and effects and all that, and they didn't have anything for Tristan Jarry for that earlier. So, I'd guess the policy is still in effect.
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