• Who: Penguins vs. Canadiens • What: NHL preseason, Game 1 • When: 7:08 p.m. • Where: Bell Centre • Goaltenders: Joel Blomqvist and Sergei Murashov vs. Jacob Fowler and Sam Montembeault • TV: NHL Network (national) • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Canadiens
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Round 5: Kapanen scores, got one past Murashov's pads Hayes is stopped. Canadiens win
• Round 4: Mesar is stopped Kindel is stopped.
• Round 3: Farrell gets a lucky bounce. Murashov got a blocker on it. It popped straight up and landed in. Broz with a sick move to score and keep this alive.
• Round 2: Laine goes wide Novak is stopped
• Round 1 of the shootout, Canadiens electing to shoot first: Murashov stops Demidov Mantha is stopped 0-0
• Shootout. Let's not have another Jansen Harkins game here.
• Final minute of OT.
• Sergei Murashov coming up huge here.
• Halfway through OT.
• Matt Dumba, Tristan Broz, Anthony Mantha start OT.
• Overtime.
• Final minute.
• Two minutes left in regulation.
• Both goalies have just been outstanding. Blomqvist obviously wasn't tested as much. Nice to see Murashov step up once the Canadiens start pushing.
• Back to full strength.
• Penguins going back on the PK with 15:15 left. Valtteri Puustinen for tripping.
• GOAL: Canadiens tie it. Owen Beck. Sergei Murashov made the first two saves, was down on his back after the last one and Beck just popped it up and in. Not a whole lot he could have done there. Penguins 1, Canadiens 1
• Starting the five-on-three kill: Matt Dumba, Connor Clifton, Joona Koppanen
• Aaaand another five-on-three kill. Ryan Graves gets called for hooking with 37 seconds left in the Ryan Shea penalty. His second penalty of the game, both came when they were already on the kill.
• Penguins start the second on the kill.
• End of the second. Still 1-0, no score that period.
• Ryan Shea gets called for holding with 54.4 left in the second.
• Make that two saves now for Sergei Murashov. Not exactly seeing a lot of action down there. Canadiens have missed the net a couple times since he's been in.
• Took almost four minutes but Canadiens finally get a shot on Sergei Murashov. He makes the save.
• Fun thing about Sergei Murashov is at the start of a game/period/appearance he puts his arms and legs out in like a starfish position then goes into a squat and jumps in the air. He's ready.
• Ryan Shea went and put his arm around Sergei Murashov and said some words to him before play resumes.
• The fight came with 9:55 left in the second, so Penguins make their goalie switch. Joel Blomqvist comes out after stopping all 11 shots faced. Sergei Murashov makes his preseason debut.
• Fight, and a good one. Sam Poulin and Jared Davidson go at it. Poulin got knocked down early but gets back up. Pretty long fight. Briefly chatted with Poulin on Day 1 and he looks like he's bulked up in a good way.
• Sergei Murashov is getting ready in the tunnel.
• Penguins are just playing so tight defensively. Dan Muse has said that he wasn't trying to instill too much systematic work the first couple days of camp. They haven't even had anything like a scrimmage yet. So I don't know how much of this you can attribute to a coaching change. But it's nice to see.
• Look, it's 1-0, shots are 15-7, with as prospect-heavy as a lineup as you can have against a team playing their NHL guys. Crazy impressive start.
• Nothing on the power play.
• Expect Joel Blomqvist to come out in about 10 minutes. Sergei Murashov has the second half.
• Second period is underway. Still some power play time to finish.
• Just a general note: The NHL has minimum "veteran" requirements for preseason lineups, the Penguins took the absolute minimum here to Montreal. It can't be an entirely-prospect group.
• End of the first. Tristan Broz has the Penguins up 1-0. Shots are 11-7 Penguins. They'll have 1:19 on the power play to open the third.
• Another Penguins power play with 41.3 left. Josh Anderson for tripping Connor Clifton.
• Power play comes to an end. They got a shot out of it, good zone time, no goals. Came very close early on.
• Starting the power play: Harrison Brunicke, Danton Heinen, Tristan Broz, Valtteri Puustinen, Rafael Harvey-Pinard.
• Robby Fabbri getting run at by a couple of the Canadiens players, just drawing ire after a hit where he left his feet but primarily from the momentum of the hit, which is legal. Josh Anderson looked like he wanted to fight Fabbri and make him answer for it, Fabbri said no thank you, Anderson goes to the box for roughing. Smart, given that the biggest thing for Fabbri this camp is to escape it uninjured. Penguins to the power play with 5:11 left.
• Alex Belzile with a big hit on Boko Imama, looked like he caught him a little high or at least the hit made Imama's head hit the glass. He's OK, it seems.
• GOAL: Penguins strike first. Tristan Broz on the power play from the right circle after a quick pass from Valtteri Puustinen. Harrison Brunicke with the other assist. Penguins 1, Canadiens 0
• Starting the power play: Matt Dumba, Anthony Mantha, Ben Kindel, Tommy Novak, Avery Hayes. Same group.
• Shots are 5-5 before this power play starts.
• Penguins getting another power play with 11:09 left. Jared Davidson boarded Tristan Broz and will sit for two.
• Now Ryan Graves is free, too. Full strength. In their end the whole time there but managed to get out of it.
• Boko Imama is out of the box.
• Another big save from Joel Blomqvist to get the Penguins out of danger on this kill.
• Starting this five-on-three kill: Ryan Shea, Connor Clifton, Tristan Broz.
• Ryan Graves takes a penalty for slashing 29 seconds into the kill. So, it'll be a 1:31 five-on-three for Montreal.
• Huge glove save from Joel Blomqvist three seconds into the kill.
• Ben Kindel goes to the crease and fights for a loose puck, takes a bit of a beating in the process. Boko Imama steps in after and gets a roughing penalty out of it. Penguins to the PK.
• Took over four minutes but Ryan Shea gets the Penguins' first shot of the game.
• No shots on the power play.
• Second power play: Harrison Brunicke, Valtteri Puustinen, Danton Heinen, Tristan Broz, Rafael Harvey-Pinard
• Starting the power play: Matt Dumba, Tommy Novak, Anthony Mantha, Avery Hayes, Ben Kindel
• Penguins get a power play 1:59 into the game. Harrison Brunicke drew a hooking call, Adam Engstrom sits for two.
• Canadiens actually are dressing a decent amount of their NHL lineup, so there's a definitely mismatch here. But pretty good test for the Penguins' young guys.
• This is underway.
• Probably no cooler building to play your first NHL "game," even a preseason one. The energy is great in here and it's not totally full. Public transit here is interrupted by a strike and there's a bunch of construction around so might be a later-arriving crowd.
• A couple cheers for local guy Anthony Mantha in the starting lineup introductions.
• Quick "What I'm looking for here" from the below lines: Broz as a top-six center, Kindel in general but in particular his skating, the Pickering-Brunicke pairing, does Hayes even have a weakness to his game?
• Atley Calvert and Finn Harding are the scratches. Hope to see them get in at some point. Harding's a legitimate late-season option for a recall at RHD, Calvert is a legitimate NHL contract candidate.
• Lines and pairings:
Danton Heinen - Tristan Broz - Anthony Mantha Rafael Harvey-Pinard - Tommy Novak - Valtteri Puustinen Robby Fabbri - Joona Koppanen - Avery Hayes Sam Poulin - Ben Kindel - Boko Imama
Ryan Graves - Connor Clifton Ryan Shea - Matt Dumba Owen Pickering - Harrison Brunicke
• Hi from Montreal. Joel Blomqvist leads the Penguins out for warmups, as expected. He'll play the first half.
THE ASYLUM
Final: Canadiens 2, Penguins 1, shootout
• Who: Penguins vs. Canadiens
• What: NHL preseason, Game 1
• When: 7:08 p.m.
• Where: Bell Centre
• Goaltenders: Joel Blomqvist and Sergei Murashov vs. Jacob Fowler and Sam Montembeault
• TV: NHL Network (national)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Canadiens
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Round 5:
Kapanen scores, got one past Murashov's pads
Hayes is stopped. Canadiens win
• Round 4:
Mesar is stopped
Kindel is stopped.
• Round 3:
Farrell gets a lucky bounce. Murashov got a blocker on it. It popped straight up and landed in.
Broz with a sick move to score and keep this alive.
• Round 2:
Laine goes wide
Novak is stopped
• Round 1 of the shootout, Canadiens electing to shoot first:
Murashov stops Demidov
Mantha is stopped
0-0
• Shootout. Let's not have another Jansen Harkins game here.
• Final minute of OT.
• Sergei Murashov coming up huge here.
• Halfway through OT.
• Matt Dumba, Tristan Broz, Anthony Mantha start OT.
• Overtime.
• Final minute.
• Two minutes left in regulation.
• Both goalies have just been outstanding. Blomqvist obviously wasn't tested as much. Nice to see Murashov step up once the Canadiens start pushing.
• Back to full strength.
• Penguins going back on the PK with 15:15 left. Valtteri Puustinen for tripping.
• GOAL: Canadiens tie it. Owen Beck. Sergei Murashov made the first two saves, was down on his back after the last one and Beck just popped it up and in. Not a whole lot he could have done there. Penguins 1, Canadiens 1
• Starting the five-on-three kill: Matt Dumba, Connor Clifton, Joona Koppanen
• Aaaand another five-on-three kill. Ryan Graves gets called for hooking with 37 seconds left in the Ryan Shea penalty. His second penalty of the game, both came when they were already on the kill.
• Penguins start the second on the kill.
• End of the second. Still 1-0, no score that period.
• Ryan Shea gets called for holding with 54.4 left in the second.
• Make that two saves now for Sergei Murashov. Not exactly seeing a lot of action down there. Canadiens have missed the net a couple times since he's been in.
• Took almost four minutes but Canadiens finally get a shot on Sergei Murashov. He makes the save.
• Fun thing about Sergei Murashov is at the start of a game/period/appearance he puts his arms and legs out in like a starfish position then goes into a squat and jumps in the air. He's ready.
• Ryan Shea went and put his arm around Sergei Murashov and said some words to him before play resumes.
• The fight came with 9:55 left in the second, so Penguins make their goalie switch. Joel Blomqvist comes out after stopping all 11 shots faced. Sergei Murashov makes his preseason debut.
• Fight, and a good one. Sam Poulin and Jared Davidson go at it. Poulin got knocked down early but gets back up. Pretty long fight. Briefly chatted with Poulin on Day 1 and he looks like he's bulked up in a good way.
• Sergei Murashov is getting ready in the tunnel.
• Penguins are just playing so tight defensively. Dan Muse has said that he wasn't trying to instill too much systematic work the first couple days of camp. They haven't even had anything like a scrimmage yet. So I don't know how much of this you can attribute to a coaching change. But it's nice to see.
• Look, it's 1-0, shots are 15-7, with as prospect-heavy as a lineup as you can have against a team playing their NHL guys. Crazy impressive start.
• Nothing on the power play.
• Expect Joel Blomqvist to come out in about 10 minutes. Sergei Murashov has the second half.
• Second period is underway. Still some power play time to finish.
• Just a general note: The NHL has minimum "veteran" requirements for preseason lineups, the Penguins took the absolute minimum here to Montreal. It can't be an entirely-prospect group.
• End of the first. Tristan Broz has the Penguins up 1-0. Shots are 11-7 Penguins. They'll have 1:19 on the power play to open the third.
• Another Penguins power play with 41.3 left. Josh Anderson for tripping Connor Clifton.
• Power play comes to an end. They got a shot out of it, good zone time, no goals. Came very close early on.
• Starting the power play: Harrison Brunicke, Danton Heinen, Tristan Broz, Valtteri Puustinen, Rafael Harvey-Pinard.
• Robby Fabbri getting run at by a couple of the Canadiens players, just drawing ire after a hit where he left his feet but primarily from the momentum of the hit, which is legal. Josh Anderson looked like he wanted to fight Fabbri and make him answer for it, Fabbri said no thank you, Anderson goes to the box for roughing. Smart, given that the biggest thing for Fabbri this camp is to escape it uninjured. Penguins to the power play with 5:11 left.
• Alex Belzile with a big hit on Boko Imama, looked like he caught him a little high or at least the hit made Imama's head hit the glass. He's OK, it seems.
• GOAL: Penguins strike first. Tristan Broz on the power play from the right circle after a quick pass from Valtteri Puustinen. Harrison Brunicke with the other assist. Penguins 1, Canadiens 0
• Starting the power play: Matt Dumba, Anthony Mantha, Ben Kindel, Tommy Novak, Avery Hayes. Same group.
• Shots are 5-5 before this power play starts.
• Penguins getting another power play with 11:09 left. Jared Davidson boarded Tristan Broz and will sit for two.
• Now Ryan Graves is free, too. Full strength. In their end the whole time there but managed to get out of it.
• Boko Imama is out of the box.
• Another big save from Joel Blomqvist to get the Penguins out of danger on this kill.
• Starting this five-on-three kill: Ryan Shea, Connor Clifton, Tristan Broz.
• Ryan Graves takes a penalty for slashing 29 seconds into the kill. So, it'll be a 1:31 five-on-three for Montreal.
• Huge glove save from Joel Blomqvist three seconds into the kill.
• Ben Kindel goes to the crease and fights for a loose puck, takes a bit of a beating in the process. Boko Imama steps in after and gets a roughing penalty out of it. Penguins to the PK.
• Took over four minutes but Ryan Shea gets the Penguins' first shot of the game.
• No shots on the power play.
• Second power play: Harrison Brunicke, Valtteri Puustinen, Danton Heinen, Tristan Broz, Rafael Harvey-Pinard
• Starting the power play: Matt Dumba, Tommy Novak, Anthony Mantha, Avery Hayes, Ben Kindel
• Penguins get a power play 1:59 into the game. Harrison Brunicke drew a hooking call, Adam Engstrom sits for two.
• Canadiens actually are dressing a decent amount of their NHL lineup, so there's a definitely mismatch here. But pretty good test for the Penguins' young guys.
• This is underway.
• Probably no cooler building to play your first NHL "game," even a preseason one. The energy is great in here and it's not totally full. Public transit here is interrupted by a strike and there's a bunch of construction around so might be a later-arriving crowd.
• A couple cheers for local guy Anthony Mantha in the starting lineup introductions.
• Quick "What I'm looking for here" from the below lines: Broz as a top-six center, Kindel in general but in particular his skating, the Pickering-Brunicke pairing, does Hayes even have a weakness to his game?
• Atley Calvert and Finn Harding are the scratches. Hope to see them get in at some point. Harding's a legitimate late-season option for a recall at RHD, Calvert is a legitimate NHL contract candidate.
• Lines and pairings:
Danton Heinen - Tristan Broz - Anthony Mantha
Rafael Harvey-Pinard - Tommy Novak - Valtteri Puustinen
Robby Fabbri - Joona Koppanen - Avery Hayes
Sam Poulin - Ben Kindel - Boko Imama
Ryan Graves - Connor Clifton
Ryan Shea - Matt Dumba
Owen Pickering - Harrison Brunicke
• Hi from Montreal. Joel Blomqvist leads the Penguins out for warmups, as expected. He'll play the first half.
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