The Penguins defeated the Golden Knights of Vegas 5: 3 (0: 3, 2: 0, 3: 0) away, giving their opponents a fifth loss in the last five matches.
The home team took the lead 3: 0 in the first period, with Chandler Stevenson and Nicholas Roy, as well as Yevgeny Dadonov of Russia, scoring at times.
In the second period, the Penguins scored two goals. First, the majority was realized by the American Jason Zaker.
49 seconds later, Blugers stood out, who was the first in the quick counter-attack after the teammate’s shot.
Things are looking up!
Penguins points recap (thus far):
Sugar 1G
Blueger 1G
Carter 1A
Kapanen 1A
Boyle 1A
Matheson 1A pic.twitter.com/R2fgyx1fvF— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) January 18, 2022
In the third period, after 28 seconds, Zakers scored his second goal in the match, reaching a draw of 3: 3.
The victory of the Penguins was decided by the team leader. A short time later, the American Jake Gencel scored his 20th goal this season, and the captain of the team, Sydney Crosby, scored 68 seconds before the end of the regular time of the match.
Blugers spent 13 minutes and 16 seconds on the court (2:02 in the minority), performed four strengths, blocked one throw, threw once in a goal, won six of 11 throws and finished the game with a positive efficiency of +1.
The 27-year-old Blugers has scored eight goals in 37 matches this season, completed eight assists and has a +5 efficiency.
The Penguins are third in the Metropolitan Division with 51 points in 38 matches, while the Golden Knights are the leader of the Pacific Division with 48 points in 40 games.
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