Beau Bennett scored the only goal of the game in the third round of the shootout and Jeff Zatkoff made 23 saves in the Penguins' win against the Columbus Blue Jackets at Nationwide Arena. Blue Jackets goalie Joonas Korpisalo, a third-round pick (No. 62) at the 2012 NHL Draft, played the entire game and made 39 saves. Penguins goalie Tristan Jarry relieved Zatkoff at the start of the third period and made seven saves. He denied Oliver Bjorkstrand, Alexander Wennberg and Ryan Murray in the shootout. Pittsburgh was 0-for-5 on the power play; Columbus was 0-for-4.
PIT - Lines
57 Perron - 7 Cullen - 19 Bennett
22 Mouillierat - 23 Wilson - 43 Sheary
40 Sundqvist - 24 Farnham - 45 Archibald
47 Sestito - 48 Zlobin - 59 Kostopoulos
D - 5 Warsofsky - 12 Lovejoy - 33 McNeill - 38 Anderson - 44 Erixon - 65 Oleksy
G - 37 Zatkoff - 35 Jarry
CBJ - Lines
LW 43 Hartnell - 21 Rychel - 22 Milano - 24 Pihlstrom
C 41 Wennberg - 25 Karlsson - 32 Sheppard - 39 Chaput
RW 13 Atkinson - 28 Bjorkstrand - 40 Boll - 34 Anderson
D - 2 Bodnarchuk - 4 Connauton - 27 Murray - 36 Paliotta - 47 Prout - 58 Savard
G - 70 Korpisalo - 60 Thiessen
Penguins v Carolina Hurricanes 7-3 - Tuesday, September 22
Phil Kessel had two goals in his Penguins debut, and Sidney Crosby had a goal and two assists in a 7-3 victory against the Hurricanes at Consol Energy Center.
Kessel, who was traded from the Toronto Maple Leafs on July 1, had four shots playing on a line with Crosby and Chris Kunitz. Kris Letang had a goal and three assists, Olli Maatta and Daniel Sprong each had a goal and an assist.
Sergei Gonchar, 41, who was signed to a professional tryout contract by the Penguins, had a power-play goal. Kunitz, Evgeni Malkin and Patric Hornqvist each had two assists. James Wisniewski, Justin Faulk and Jeff Skinner scored for the Hurricanes. Cam Ward started for Carolina and allowed six goals on 21 shots in 29:12. Rasmus Tirronen allowed one goal on eight shots in 27:57.
Marc-Andre Fleury started for the Penguins and made 22 saves on 25 shots. Backup Mathew Murray stopped all six shots he faced.
PIT - Lines
14 Kunitz - 87 Crosby - 81 Kessel
61 Plotnikov - 71 Malkin - 72 Hornqvist
9 Dupuis - 46 Uher - 41 Sprong
11 Porter - 39 Dea - 42 Biggs
D - 58 Letang, 3 Maatta, 55 Gonchar, 2 Clendening, 8 Dumoulin, 28 Cole
G - 29 Fleury - 30 Murray
Penguins @ Detroit Red Wings 1-6 - Thursday, September 24
Dylan Larkin and Teemu Pulkkinen each scored two goals to lead the Red Wings to a 6-1 win against the Penguins at Joe Louis Arena. Tyler Bertuzzi (three assists) and Pulkkinen each had four points for Detroit. Larkin, a 19-year-old center trying to crack the Red Wings lineup in his first full season as a professional, scored a power-play goal at 16:44 of the first period to put Detroit ahead 2-0. He scored his second goal with 10 seconds remaining in the game.
Pulkinnen scored a power-play goal with 1:49 left in the first to give the Red Wings a 3-0 lead. He scored his second goal at 1:08 of the third to make it 5-0.
Beau Bennett scored for the Penguins at 10:44 of the third period. Jimmy Howard played the entire game for the Red Wings and made 34 saves.
Matthew Murray played the entire game for the Penguins and made 21 saves.
Detroit was 2-for-4 on the power play; Pittsburgh was 0-for-4.
PIT - Lines
LW - 61 Plotnikov - 22 Mouillierat - 43 Sheary
C - 71 Malkin - 46 Uher - 40 Sundqvist - 11 Porter - 49 Simon
RW - 72 Hornqvist - 19 Bennett - 17 Rust - 34 Kuhnhackl
D - 4 Scuderi - 12 Lovejoy - 27 O'Neill - 38 Andersen - 51 Pouliot - 55 Gonchar
G - 30 Murray - 35 Jarry
DET - Lines
LW - 20 Miller - 56 Pulkkinen - 59 Bertuzzi
C - 15 Sheahan - 18 Andersson - 22 Miele - 29 Ferraro - 41 Glendening - 71 Larkin - 72 Athanasiou
RW - 93 Franzen - 39 Mantha
D - 2 Smith - 3 Jensen - 23 Lashoff - 47 Marchenko - 48 Sproul - 51 Russo
G - 35 Howard - 38 McCollum
Penguins v Columbus Blue Jackets 2-4 - Saturday, September 26
Ryan Johansen scored twice and had an assist in the Blue Jackets' 4-2 preseason win against the Penguins at Consol Energy Center. Johansen scored in the first and second period as the Blue Jackets built a 4-0 lead. Boone Jenner and Scott Hartnell also scored. Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel scored in the second period for the Penguins. Sergei Bobrovsky made 33 saves for Columbus. Jeff Zatkoff made 25 for Pittsburgh.
PIT - Lines
LW - 14 Kunitz - 61 Plotnikov - 23 Wilson - 47 Sestito
C - 71 Malkin - 7 Cullen - 36 Marcantuoni - 39 Dea
RW - 81 Kessel - 17 Rust - 41 Sprong - 45 Archibald
D - 3 Maatta - 2 Clendening - 51 Pouliot - 28 Cole - 8 Dumoulin - 65 Oleksey
G - 37 Zatkoff - 30 Murray
CBJ - Lines
LW - 20 Saad - 43 Hartnell - 71 Foligno - 56 Gallant
C - 19 Johansen - 17 Dubinsky - 25 Karlsson - 38 Jenner - 41 Wennberg
RW - 13 Atkinson - 18 Bourque - 40 Boll
D - 7 Johnson - 27 Murray - 47 Prout - 51 Tyutin - 58 Savard - 66 Yevenko
G - 72 Bobrovsky - 70 Korpisalo
Penguins @ Montreal Canadiens 1-4 - Monday, September 28
The Canadiens played what was supposed to be a home game. It just didn't feel like one. Playing the first NHL game at the brand new Videotron Centre, a building the city hopes will be home to its own NHL team one day, the Canadiens hosted the Penguins in a preseason game in what was once extremely hostile territory. It's been 20 years since that was the case, when the Quebec Nordiques moved away and became the Colorado Avalanche in 1995-96. An entire generation of people were born and have come of age since then, but that feeling remains. Quebec City remains hostile territory for the Canadiens.
There were many red Canadiens jerseys among the sellout crowd of 18,259, but the people wearing those jerseys weren't very loud, or at least they weren't allowed to be. When the Canadiens took the ice for warmups, they were met by timid cheers and a smattering of boos. Fans who attempted to get a "Go Habs Go" chant going were met immediately with a chorus of boos. They were completely drowned out the first time and stopped almost immediately. The second time, they continued despite the booing. It was almost as if there was a battle going on. A battle of Quebec.
The Canadiens defeated the Penguins 4-1 on goals by Alexander Semin, his first in a Montreal uniform, Lars Eller, Brian Flynn and Dale Weise, with the Pittsburgh goal coming from Beau Bennett, but that was secondary on this night. Quebecor Inc. has its expansion application for Quebec City in the hands of the NHL and has reached Stage 3 of the process, with information still being gathered on the viability of the market. Considering it has been 20 years since the Nordiques last played at the Colisée, which is across the street from the new facility, it was worth wondering whether the city's fervent love of that team survived all this time. It's hard to say whether that is the case, but one thing has most definitely survived from the old Battle of Quebec, and that is a clear dislike for the Canadiens. It once could be fairly described as a hatred, but that's probably not fair to say anymore. Still, something from that era has lingered, and it was evident Monday. What was equally evident was how much the fans of this city have missed NHL-caliber hockey. The Quebec Remparts are one of the most successful franchises in the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League, but the skill on display Monday clearly is on another level, even if it was just a preseason game.
Off the opening faceoff, the puck came back to Canadiens defenseman Andrei Markov, who curled into his zone before unleashing a backhand saucer pass that landed on the tape of Desharnais at the Penguins blue line for a breakaway. Almost immediately, the fans of this city saw what they have been missing for 20 years, and a hush came over the crowd as Marc-Andre Fleury, a native of Sorel, Quebec, about a two-hour drive away, made a pad save.
A few minutes later, Canadiens defenseman P.K. Subban spun away from Penguins forward Dominik Uher at the Pittsburgh blue line to create space for himself, and the crowd collectively let out an "Oooh" at the display of skill.
But as the game went on, the crowd settled into a bit of a lull, unsure of whether they could cheer for the Canadiens and unwilling to cheer for the Penguins despite their Quebec contingent of Fleury, Pascal Dupuis, David Perron, Kris Letang and Jean-Sebastien Dea.
At the very end, as the Canadiens saluted the fans before leaving the ice, the mix of cheers and boos was awkward, to say the least. It was as if the crowd actually wanted to cheer against the Canadiens but couldn't without having a team of its own to cheer. With a brand new building now in place and an expansion bid being considered by the NHL, perhaps one day they will.
Dupuis had to alter his regular game-day medical routine to stay in control of his blood clot condition in order to play, but it wasn't even debatable in his mind that he would.
"I didn't want to miss this. that's for sure." Dupuis said.
Canadiens center David Desharnais grew up in the area and was a young boy when the Nordiques left, he grew up a Canadiens fan because his father rooted for the enemy at the time. So the atmosphere at Videotron Centre was nothing new to him. It was almost like a family reunion. Desharnais is a native of nearby Laurier-Station, Quebec.
"I was like 8 or 9 [years old]. The memories I have are more my father fighting some uncles. Not fighting, but a battle of words with the family. It was probably 50/50 [fans in the arena]. But that's the way it is here. The people of Quebec City, sure, it's us, so maybe they were a little shy. But I'm sure when they have a team, that's going to be a loud building."
"The rivalry's still alive." Canadiens center Charles Hudon said.
Penguins v Tampa Bay Lightning 4-2 - Tuesday, September 29
The fans in Johnstown, Pa., waited more than five months for the preseason game at Cambria County War Memorial Arena between the Penguins and Lightning since the city won the inaugural title of Kraft Hockeyville USA in May.
They didn't have to wait long to have something to cheer about with the hometown Penguins scoring on the first shift in their 4-2 win. Sergei Plotnikov's backhand beat Lightning goalie Kristers Gudlevskis 14 seconds into the first period to give the Penguins a 1-0 lead. Evgeni Malkin and Patric Hornqvist, Plotnikov's linemates, assisted on the goal, which thrilled the crowd crammed in the small arena. The fans were mostly pro-Penguins; Johnstown is 90 miles from Pittsburgh and most of the residents are Penguins fans. Members from each team before the game said they expected it to feel like a playoff atmosphere, and it did all night in the sold-out arena with 4,000 fans waving rally towels and cheering "Let's go Pens!" most of the game. Brian Boyle scored for the Lightning at 13:39 with a backhand from in close past Penguins goalie Matthew Murray. Ian Cole scored at 15:22 on a wrist shot from inside the left circle to give the Penguins a 2-1 lead.
As the winner of Kraft Hockeyville USA, War Memorial Arena received $150,000 in upgrades to the scoreboard, boards and lights. Jonathan Drouin tied it 2-2 at 8:35 of the second period off a pretty passing play from Steven Stamkos and Ryan Callahan. Drouin skated into the zone and weaved around Ben Lovejoy before shooting over Murray's shoulder. Malkin gave the Penguins their third lead at 11:42 of the second when he shoveled a rebound past Lightning goalie Kevin Poulin, who stopped Hornqvist's initial shot. Poulin replaced Gudlevskis midway through the period. Adam Clendening scored a shorthanded goal at 17:57 after missing the net on a 2-on-1 break. He took his rebound off the boards and threw the puck in front; it bounced off Poulin's back and went in for a 4-2 Penguins lead.
War Memorial Arena was home to the Johnstown Jets from 1950 through 1977 and several other hockey teams, including the Johnstown Chiefs of the ECHL (1987-2010) and the North American Hockey League's Johnstown Tomahawks, who currently play at the arena. It was made famous by the 1977 movie "Slap Shot," which filmed its hockey scenes there. After the game, players from each team remained on the ice and gave autographed jerseys to 40 fans.
Sidney Crosby and Phil Kessel, and goalie Marc-Andre Fleury were among the Penguins who didn't play. Pittsburgh will play its third game in three nights Wednesday and used many players Tuesday who are fighting to make the roster.
Patric Hornqvist was trying to capture the spirit of the thing. No, he didn’t put on the foil. But Hornqvist did put on the black-rimmed glasses made famous by the Hanson brothers in the movie. And then he convinced his linemates, Evgeni Malkin and Sergei Plotniko, to join him. The trio took the ice for warmups prior to the game against the Tampa Bay Lightning in the inaugural Kraft Hockeyville USA game with the eyewear to the delight of the crowd. But that was only after posing with the original Hanson brothers in the locker room.
"Might as well, we’re here. Have fun with it. That’s what it’s all about." Hornqvist grinned of donning the glasses.
"It’s a good memory. You watch them on TV and after 30 years you meet them in life, it’s unbelievable. I have a couple pictures with these guys, and I'll show my parents, too. It’s unbelievable." Malkin said of meeting the Hansons.
PIT - Lines
Plotnikov-Malkin-Hornqvist
Kunitz-Cullen-Sheary
Porter-Archibald-Zlobin
Mouillerat-Marcantuoni-Sestito
Maatta-O’Neill
Cole-Dumoulin
Clendening-Oleksy
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Penguins v Detroit Red Wings 2-7 - Wednesday, September 30
Andreas Athanasiou scored two goals for the Red Wings in their 7-2 victory against the Penguins at Consol Energy Center. Athanasiou opened the scoring at 3:19 of the first period. Dylan Larkin and Brendan Smith also scored for Detroit in the opening 20 minutes. Riley Sheahan and Justin Abdelkader scored in the second period to build the Red Wings lead to 5-0 before Daniel Sprong got the Penguins on the board with a power-play goal at 17:01. Athanasiou, who also had an assist, scored his second goal at 11:50 of the third period after Beau Bennett had pulled the Penguins within 5-2 at 1:49 with a power-play goal.
Anthony Mantha's goal with 13 seconds left completed the scoring. Red Wings goalie Petr Mrazek made 36 saves. Jeff Zatkoff made 15 for the Penguins, who were playing for the third time in as many nights. Detroit (4-0-2) was 1-for-3 on the power play; Pittsburgh (3-4-0) was 2-for-5.
PIT - Lines
LW - 57 Perron - 23 Wilson - 43 Sheary
C - 87 Crosby - 13 Bonino - 40 Sundqvist - 11 Porter
RW - 81 Kessel - 9 Dupuis - 19 Bennett - 17 Rust - 41 Sprong
D - 5 Warsofsky - 12 Lovejoy - 44 Erixon - 51 Pouliot - 55 Gonchar - 58 Letang
G - 37 Zatkoff - 29 Fleury
DET - Lines
LW - 8 Abdelkader - 59 Bertuzzi - 83 Nosek
C - 15 Sheahan - 29 Ferraro - 41 Glendening - 71 Larkin - 72 Athanasiou
RW - 93 Franzen - 14 Nyquist - 15 Sheahan - 39 Mantha
D - 2 Smith - 3 Jensen - 48 Sproul - 51 Russo - 61 Ouellet - 65 DeKeyser
G - 34 Mrazek - 31 Coreau
Penguins @ Carolina Hurricanes 1-2 - Friday, October 02
Cam Ward made 34 saves, and the Hurricanes defeated the Penguins 2-1 at PNC Arena in the preseason finale for each team. Ward allowed a third-period goal by Pascal Dupuis but the Hurricanes (4-2-0) won their fourth consecutive game. Jordan Staal scored at 19:29 of the first period to put Carolina ahead, and James Wisniewski made it 2-0 at 2:59 of the third. The Hurricanes open the regular season at the Nashville Predators on Oct. 8. Marc-Andre Fleury made 28 saves for the Penguins, who finished the preseason 3-5-0. Pittsburgh opens the regular season at the Dallas Stars on Oct. 8.PIT - LinesLW - 14 Kunitz - 61 Plotnikov - 57 Perron
C - 87 Crosby - 71 Malkin - 13 Bonino - 7 Cullen
RW - 81 Kessel - 72 Hornqvist - 9 Dupuis - 41 Sprong - 24 Farnham
D - 2 Clendening - 3 Maatta - 4 Scuderi - 8 Dumoulin - 28 Cole - 58 Letang
G - 29 Fleury - 37 Zatkoff
CAR - Lines
LW - 14 Gerbe - 25 Terry - 53 Skinner
C - 11 J. Staal - 12 E. Staal - 15 Nestrasil - 16 Lindholm - 18 McClement - 20 Nash - 42 Nordstrom - 49 Rask
RW - 32 Versteeg
D - 5 Hanifin - 7 Murphy - 21 Wisniewski - 26 Liles - 27 Faulk - 47 Jordan
G - 30 Ward - 31 Lack
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