{"id":322712,"date":"2025-10-22T02:35:10","date_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:35:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/322712\/"},"modified":"2025-10-22T02:35:10","modified_gmt":"2025-10-22T02:35:10","slug":"penguins-canucks-recap-pens-rock-n-roll-to-another-win","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/322712\/","title":{"rendered":"Penguins\/Canucks Recap: Pens rock \u2018n roll to another win"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Penguins keep the same 18 skaters for two games in a row for the first time all season, but continue to rotate goalies and give Arturs Silovs the game against his former team.<\/p>\n

The Vancouver Petterssons Canucks bring a banged up lineup at this point of their road trip.<\/p>\n

The Canucks strike 1:18 into the game on the first shot of the night. Ryan Shea gets caught stationary and Elias Pettersson (the good one) throws a puck up for Conor Garland. Garland fires a slapper past Silovs. 1-0 right off the bat.<\/p>\n

Each team gets a power play, the less said the better about the Pens\u2019 who pass around the perimeter when they\u2019re not getting passes intercepted and taken the other way.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh\u2019s fourth line has been their best of the night in the early going, and they grind out a goal. All three forwards circle and swarm down low and near the front of the net. Noel Acciari kicks the puck (well, passes it with a stick anyways) back out to the point and Parker Wotherspoon sends a shot in from long-range. Vancouver\u2019s P.O. Joseph just kinda stands in front of the net and lets Connor Dewar get a tip on the puck and in past Kevin Lankinen. That looked very familiar. 1-1 game.<\/p>\n

Pittsburgh gets another power play for Vancouver having too many men on the ice, it goes even worst than the first one. The camera shows Aaron Rodgers in the house and there\u2019s a joke to be made about old guys telegraphing pass attempts that the other team steps in front of, heyoo. Luckily the Canucks don\u2019t score on the Pittsburgh power play.<\/p>\n

Shots go 11-5 VAN in the first. Not unusual to have a choppy start after returning home from a long-distance road trip and the Pens certainly fell into that category.<\/p>\n

The second goes a lot better for the Pens, who get their legs under them a little more and play better than the early going. Ben Kindel did well to intercept a pass and turn it into a nice shot for himself, a little later Harrison Brunicke turned on the jets to angle off Evander Kane and interrupt him with a perfectly timed stick on the puck. Nice showing from the young players.<\/p>\n

Former Penguin Drew O\u2019Connor takes an offensive zone penalty, the first group didn\u2019t play well but Tommy Novak stepped up to score his first goal as a Penguin when he got plenty of time and space, used it and fired a hard shot by Lankinen. 2-1 Pens.<\/p>\n

The first line makes an appearance, Sidney Crosby snags a puck after an offensive zone faceoff he doesn\u2019t take, holds it and scores short side on Lankinen. 3-1 game.<\/p>\n

Then it\u2019s the second line\u2019s turn to join the party and they do in the next minute. Evgeni Malkin swoops towards the net and fires a high shot that hits Lankinen in the shoulder and drops as a juicy rebound. Fellow mutant Anthony Mantha goes hard to the crease and slams it home. 4-1 game<\/p>\n

Three goals in a 3:08 stretch towards the end of the period caps off one of the finest 20-minute segments the Pens have had in the young season so far. They deserved to punch through, out-shooting Vancouver 14-3 in the frame.<\/p>\n

Malkin goes to the penalty box early, the Pens kill off Vancouver\u2019s chance to get back in the game and then Mantha draws a penalty to send Pittsburgh to their fourth power play of the night. It\u2019s a repeat of the earlier one, the stars don\u2019t do that much, the second group scores late. Kris Letang makes a nice zone entry with a hard pass off the back wall, Mantha gains control and bumps the puck over for Justin Brazeau. Big Braz does what he\u2019s been doing so far this season, scores from in front for his fifth goal of the season. It marks Letang\u2019s 600th career assist.<\/p>\n

Filip Hallander heads to the penalty box next for another Vancouver power play chance that Pittsburgh deals with. Joseph takes a late penalty and Pittsburgh rides out the clock.<\/p>\n