• Who: Penguins (17-17-5) vs. Panthers (23-14-2) • What: NHL regular season, Game 39 • When: 7:08 p.m. • Where: Amerant Bank Arena • Goaltenders: Tristan Jarry (8-6-2, .885 SV%) vs. Spencer Knight (6-6-1, .887 SV%) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, NHL Network, Scripps (Florida), Sportsnet (Canada) • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Streaming: SNP360 (local) • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Panthers
► FOLLOW THE ACTION
• Third round: Anton Lundell scores. It's over.
• Second round: Sam Reinhart scores. Sidney Crosby stopped.
• First round, Panthers opting to shoot first: Aleksander Barkov, Rickard Rakell both stopped.
• Shootout. Great OT period.
• Panthers hit iron.
• Tristan Jarry makes a save to freeze it with 60 seconds left.
• Evgeni Malkin was just stuck out there like, two minutes. Managed to get off.
• Matt Grzelcyk hit the post.
• Starting OT: Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson.
• Overtime.
• GOAL: Penguins tie it on the 6-on-4 with 39.9 left. Rickard Rakell from Michael Bunting. Penguins 2, Panthers 2.
• Tristan Jarry pulled for the extra attacker.
• Penguins to the power play. Sam Bennett to the box with 2:01 left after roughing Drew O'Connor
• Down to 3:19 left.
• Phil Tomasino won't return to the game with a lower-body injury. Unsurprising.
• Power play comes to an end. Robbery from Spencer Knight in the last second there.
• And the Penguins immediately get a power play with 10:52 left. Aaron Ekblad sits for two for hooking Sidney Crosby.
• GOAL: Panthers capitalize with nine seconds left in the power play. Puck hit Matthew Tkachuk and deflected in. Panthers 2, Penguins 1.
• Penguins to the PK with 13:03 left. P.O Joseph sits for two for cross-checking.
• Uh oh. Now Phil Tomasino is hurt. Doesn't seem to be putting full weight on his right leg. Slid into the boards and it bent awkwardly
• Just kidding. Referees conferred and decided the Penguins had the appropriate amount of men on the ice.
• Penguins to the PK now with 15:27 left. Too many men.
• Penguins kill the remainder of the penalty. Marcus Pettersson is free.
• Tristan Jarry's been pretty solid since that goal on the first shot of the second, by the way. He's had to come up with a few big saves for them.
• Third period is underway. Penguins starting on the penalty-kill.
• End of the second. It's 1-1. Sidney Crosby with the Penguins' lone goal. Shots are 21-17 Panthers. Penguins will have 1:57 to kill of the Marcus Pettersson minor to open the third.
• Panthers get a power play with 3.1 left in the second. Marcus Pettersson got called for a trip. Can't do that. Bad time, too. Panthers will get almost the full power play on fresh legs, fresh ice to open the third.
• Penguins kill the Panthers' power play off.
• Rickard Rakell sits for two for hooking. Bryan Rust and Michael Bunting get two each for roughing. Panthers get just a pair of penalties out of it, so it'll be a two-minute power play for the Panthers with 5:22 left. Matthew Tkachuk also gets a 10-minute misconduct for unsportsmanlike, I think from arguing from the penalty box. So he's out of this until the third.
• Now a big scrum erupts at the whistle. Figured something like that was coming, with all the hits.
• Big hit from Matt Nieto along the Penguins' bench.
• A whole lot of nothing on the second half of the double minor.
• GOAL: Penguins capitalize five seconds into the first half of the double minor. Bryan Rust (against his favorite team, for his 400th point, and in his 600th game) sets up Sidney Crosby. Still two minutes left on the power play. Penguins 1, Panthers 1.
• That stick was to Noel Acciari's nose. The last thing he needs.
• Yet another high-sticking penalty on Florida, and it's another double minor. A.J. Greer will sit for two for high-sticking Noel Acciari with 8:56 left in the second. That's the Panthers' third high-stick, second double-minor, and second high-stick from Greer.
• Power play comes to an end.
• Penguins get another power play with 17:44 left in the second. A.J. Greer for high-sticking.
• GOAL: Panthers take the lead on their first shot of the second period. Gustav Forsling with a wrister from the top of the right circle that beats Tristan Jarry high-glove. Panthers 1, Penguins 0.
• Second period is underway.
• End of the first, no score. Shots are 13-10 Penguins. Nice period for the visitors against a good team, really.
• Ryan Graves is back on the bench at this TV timeout. Great news, that high stick looked bad.
• Much better second half to the double-minor, four shots. Good ones, too, in close. Panthers kill it off though. Missed opportunity. Could be a momentum-booster, at least.
• No shots on goal in the first half of the double-minor. Not ideal.
• Cody Glass was briefly in the locker room after a hit as well but just returned. No sign of Graves yet.
• Penguins to the power play with 10:42 for four minutes after Gustav Forsling high-sticked Ryan Graves in the eye area. Graves went down the tunnel. Looked bad.
• A note, with Kyle Dubas in Canada for World Junior and AHL (see below) scouting: It's director of operations Vukie Mpofu and special assistant to the GM Trevor Daley as the management on this trip.
• And there it is: Five saves for Tristan Jarry. Honestly, maybe time to stop the countdown to five when he starts. He's been a lot better about that as of late.
• It took almost five minutes but the Penguins have a shot on goal. Bryan Rust off a one-timer.
• Tristan Jarry just made saves No. 3 and 4 in quick succession after the Panthers rang a shot off the crossbar and chaos ensued in the crease.
• There's two, with Tristan Jarry kicking away a pad save.
• The Panthers' first shot on goal was saved by Tristan Jarry. There's one.
• This is underway.
• Panthers' lines and pairings:
Evan Rodrigues - Aleksander Barkov - Sam Reinhart Eetu Luostarinen - Sam Bennett - Matthew Tkachuk Carter Verhaeghe - Anton Lundell - Jesper Boqvist A.J. Greer - Tomas Nosek - Mackie Samoskevich
Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad Uvis Balinskis - Dmitry Kulikov Nate Schmidt - Adam Boqvist
• Former Penguins assistant coach and current Senators advisor Jacques Martin is here.
• Just a note: Owen Pickering played on the right some in junior.
• Penguins' lines and pairings:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust Michael Bunting - Evgeni Malkin - Cody Glass Drew O'Connor - Kevin Hayes - Phil Tomasino Matt Nieto - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Matt Grzelcyk - Erik Karlsson Marcus Pettersson - P.O Joseph Ryan Graves - Owen Pickering
• Hi from Amerant Bank Arena, where its 90s Night and they have the pigeon logo on the videoboard. Chicken tenders and steak fries in the press box with ketchup, honey mustard and barbecue sauce as dip options. Wins all around so far.
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Taylor Haase
6:03 am - 01.03.2025Sunrise, Fla.Final: Panthers 3, Penguins 2 shootout
• Who: Penguins (17-17-5) vs. Panthers (23-14-2)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 39
• When: 7:08 p.m.
• Where: Amerant Bank Arena
• Goaltenders: Tristan Jarry (8-6-2, .885 SV%) vs. Spencer Knight (6-6-1, .887 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, NHL Network, Scripps (Florida), Sportsnet (Canada)
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360 (local)
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Panthers
► FOLLOW THE ACTION
• Third round: Anton Lundell scores. It's over.
• Second round: Sam Reinhart scores. Sidney Crosby stopped.
• First round, Panthers opting to shoot first: Aleksander Barkov, Rickard Rakell both stopped.
• Shootout. Great OT period.
• Panthers hit iron.
• Tristan Jarry makes a save to freeze it with 60 seconds left.
• Evgeni Malkin was just stuck out there like, two minutes. Managed to get off.
• Matt Grzelcyk hit the post.
• Starting OT: Sidney Crosby, Rickard Rakell, Erik Karlsson.
• Overtime.
• GOAL: Penguins tie it on the 6-on-4 with 39.9 left. Rickard Rakell from Michael Bunting. Penguins 2, Panthers 2.
• Tristan Jarry pulled for the extra attacker.
• Penguins to the power play. Sam Bennett to the box with 2:01 left after roughing Drew O'Connor
• Down to 3:19 left.
• Phil Tomasino won't return to the game with a lower-body injury. Unsurprising.
• Power play comes to an end. Robbery from Spencer Knight in the last second there.
• And the Penguins immediately get a power play with 10:52 left. Aaron Ekblad sits for two for hooking Sidney Crosby.
• GOAL: Panthers capitalize with nine seconds left in the power play. Puck hit Matthew Tkachuk and deflected in. Panthers 2, Penguins 1.
• Penguins to the PK with 13:03 left. P.O Joseph sits for two for cross-checking.
• Uh oh. Now Phil Tomasino is hurt. Doesn't seem to be putting full weight on his right leg. Slid into the boards and it bent awkwardly
• Just kidding. Referees conferred and decided the Penguins had the appropriate amount of men on the ice.
• Penguins to the PK now with 15:27 left. Too many men.
• Penguins kill the remainder of the penalty. Marcus Pettersson is free.
• Tristan Jarry's been pretty solid since that goal on the first shot of the second, by the way. He's had to come up with a few big saves for them.
• Third period is underway. Penguins starting on the penalty-kill.
• End of the second. It's 1-1. Sidney Crosby with the Penguins' lone goal. Shots are 21-17 Panthers. Penguins will have 1:57 to kill of the Marcus Pettersson minor to open the third.
• Panthers get a power play with 3.1 left in the second. Marcus Pettersson got called for a trip. Can't do that. Bad time, too. Panthers will get almost the full power play on fresh legs, fresh ice to open the third.
• Penguins kill the Panthers' power play off.
• Rickard Rakell sits for two for hooking. Bryan Rust and Michael Bunting get two each for roughing. Panthers get just a pair of penalties out of it, so it'll be a two-minute power play for the Panthers with 5:22 left. Matthew Tkachuk also gets a 10-minute misconduct for unsportsmanlike, I think from arguing from the penalty box. So he's out of this until the third.
• Now a big scrum erupts at the whistle. Figured something like that was coming, with all the hits.
• Big hit from Matt Nieto along the Penguins' bench.
• A whole lot of nothing on the second half of the double minor.
• GOAL: Penguins capitalize five seconds into the first half of the double minor. Bryan Rust (against his favorite team, for his 400th point, and in his 600th game) sets up Sidney Crosby. Still two minutes left on the power play. Penguins 1, Panthers 1.
• That stick was to Noel Acciari's nose. The last thing he needs.
• Yet another high-sticking penalty on Florida, and it's another double minor. A.J. Greer will sit for two for high-sticking Noel Acciari with 8:56 left in the second. That's the Panthers' third high-stick, second double-minor, and second high-stick from Greer.
• Power play comes to an end.
• Penguins get another power play with 17:44 left in the second. A.J. Greer for high-sticking.
• GOAL: Panthers take the lead on their first shot of the second period. Gustav Forsling with a wrister from the top of the right circle that beats Tristan Jarry high-glove. Panthers 1, Penguins 0.
• Second period is underway.
• End of the first, no score. Shots are 13-10 Penguins. Nice period for the visitors against a good team, really.
• Ryan Graves is back on the bench at this TV timeout. Great news, that high stick looked bad.
• Much better second half to the double-minor, four shots. Good ones, too, in close. Panthers kill it off though. Missed opportunity. Could be a momentum-booster, at least.
• No shots on goal in the first half of the double-minor. Not ideal.
• Cody Glass was briefly in the locker room after a hit as well but just returned. No sign of Graves yet.
• Penguins to the power play with 10:42 for four minutes after Gustav Forsling high-sticked Ryan Graves in the eye area. Graves went down the tunnel. Looked bad.
• A note, with Kyle Dubas in Canada for World Junior and AHL (see below) scouting: It's director of operations Vukie Mpofu and special assistant to the GM Trevor Daley as the management on this trip.
• And there it is: Five saves for Tristan Jarry. Honestly, maybe time to stop the countdown to five when he starts. He's been a lot better about that as of late.
• It took almost five minutes but the Penguins have a shot on goal. Bryan Rust off a one-timer.
• Tristan Jarry just made saves No. 3 and 4 in quick succession after the Panthers rang a shot off the crossbar and chaos ensued in the crease.
• There's two, with Tristan Jarry kicking away a pad save.
• The Panthers' first shot on goal was saved by Tristan Jarry. There's one.
• This is underway.
• Panthers' lines and pairings:
Evan Rodrigues - Aleksander Barkov - Sam Reinhart
Eetu Luostarinen - Sam Bennett - Matthew Tkachuk
Carter Verhaeghe - Anton Lundell - Jesper Boqvist
A.J. Greer - Tomas Nosek - Mackie Samoskevich
Gustav Forsling - Aaron Ekblad
Uvis Balinskis - Dmitry Kulikov
Nate Schmidt - Adam Boqvist
• Former Penguins assistant coach and current Senators advisor Jacques Martin is here.
• Just a note: Owen Pickering played on the right some in junior.
• Penguins' lines and pairings:
Rickard Rakell - Sidney Crosby - Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting - Evgeni Malkin - Cody Glass
Drew O'Connor - Kevin Hayes - Phil Tomasino
Matt Nieto - Blake Lizotte - Noel Acciari
Matt Grzelcyk - Erik Karlsson
Marcus Pettersson - P.O Joseph
Ryan Graves - Owen Pickering
• Hi from Amerant Bank Arena, where its 90s Night and they have the pigeon logo on the videoboard. Chicken tenders and steak fries in the press box with ketchup, honey mustard and barbecue sauce as dip options. Wins all around so far.
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