Penguins 4 – Coyotes 2
Despite carrying the play all night, the Pittsburgh Penguins couldn’t put the Arizona Coyotes away until 14 seconds left in the third.
At the end of the day a win is a win…….
Pittsburgh blew a 2-goal lead when Max Domi and Coyotes converted off an Olli Maatta turnover in front at 9:43 of the third period.
In what should have been a routine save, Maatta and the Penguins would get redemption in the waning seconds as Maatta beat Antti Raanta with a point shot with 14.9 seconds remaining to put the Penguins ahead 3-2. Sidney Crosby would then add an empty-netter seconds later and Pittsburgh secured a 4-2 win.
“We just stayed with it,” said Penguins coach Mike Sullivan, who won his 100th career win as Penguins coach. “It was a little discouraging when they tied it up, but I thought we controlled the play most of the night.”
The Penguins were clearly the superior team all night but tonight’s game was another telling point of how it’s been a struggle for the Penguins to put away teams.
Pittsburgh out-shot Arizona 33-17 and had a 74-37 edge in shot attempts, yet, here they were in a 2-2 game with under 20 seconds left to play against an awful hockey team.
And two of their four goals were a shorthanded marker from Carter Rowney and empty-net goal from Sidney Crosby.
Anybody else scared as to what the “major shakeup” may be? Something tells me it’s going to be a trade to add more “grit” like how he f’d up the team his first year here. If Kessell goes, i’ll be pissed. Please stay away from guys like Lucic and stick to speed and hustle if you make a trade.
I’m afraid of the dumb people who post on here. You know what I mean?
That’s ok you don’t scare us that much mstartari
Yes. Kessel for Lucic rumors are heating up.
Never mind…dumb post