“And for a good part of that game, I thought we stood in awe of some of their players.” “We played a hesitant game,” Anaheim coach Dallas Eakins said. John Gibson made a franchise-record 53 saves. Mason McTavish had a goal and an assist while Trevor Zegras and John Klingberg also scored for the Ducks, who had a five-game point streak snapped. And when he’s playing that way it poses a huge challenge for our opponents from a matchup standpoint,” Sullivan said.Ĭasey DeSmith made 28 saves for the Penguins, who had 10 players record at least a point. The way he protects pucks, his vision, his offensive instincts. He has 19 points (seven goals, 12 assists) during that span. It was Malkin's seventh multi-point game in his last 11. Malkin also is the fourth active player in the league to reach 1,200 points, behind Crosby, Washington's Alexander Ovechkin (1,464) and Chicago's Patrick Kane (1,214). “It’s a big number and I’m trying to keep going.” “I don’t want to say it’s just numbers, but it’s huge,” Malkin said. He joined Mario Lemieux (1,723) and Sidney Crosby (1,472) as the only Penguins players to reach that mark.
Malkin reached his milestone with the primary assist on Rust's goal at 10:04 of the third period, which put Pittsburgh up 5-1. “We had the puck a lot and generated a numerous amount of scoring chances." “I thought it was a pretty dominant performance,” Pittsburgh coach Mike Sullivan said. Kasperi Kapanen and Bryan Rust each had a goal and an assist while Jeff Carter and Jake Guentzel also scored. Pierre-Olivier Joseph had two goals and an assist to tie a career high with three points. Malkin had two assists to become the third player in franchise history to reach 1,200 career points as the Penguins set a franchise road record with 59 shots on goal in a 6-3 victory over the Anaheim Ducks on Friday night. Evgeni Malkin and the Pittsburgh Penguins began their West Coast road trip with a milestone night. The Pittsburgh Penguins are scheduled to practice at UPMC Lemieux Sports Complex at noon Wednesday before traveling to Columbus for the regular-season finale Thursday against the Blue Jackets.Malkin reaches 1,200 points as Penguins beat Ducks 6-3ĪNAHEIM, Calif. Tyler Johnson got an empty-net goal for Chicago at 18:36, and Danton Heinen swept a rebound past Mrazek with 37.4 seconds left, Mackenzie Entwistle closed out the scoring with an empty-netter with 22.4 seconds to go. The tie didn’t last long, however, as Buddy Robinson beat Jarry from between the hash marks at 10:22 to put Chicago up, 2-1, and Andreas Athanasiou nudged a puck past Jarry while standing behind the goal line at 10:48 for what proved to be the game-winner. The Penguins killed a hooking minor assessed to Nylander at 5:45, but 19 seconds after he left the penalty box, Chicago defenseman Connor Murphy put a shot through traffic and past Jarry from the right point to make it 1-0.Ĭrosby had a chance to pull the Penguins even when he charged to the net and deflected a pass from Jake Guentzel with about seven minutes left in the period, but Mrzaek stopped him.Ĭhicago defenseman Caleb Jones was guilty of two penalties in the first four minutes of the third period, and the Penguins exploited the second of those power plays for a game-tying goal.Įvgeni Malkin scored it at 5:28, steering a Rickard Rakell pass by Mrazek for his 27th of the season. The Penguins’ second chance with the extra man came 57 seconds into the second period and, while they generated some sustained pressure, they were unable to score. Tristan Jarry had a strong showing, with his best stop probably coming on a shot from the slot by Blackhawks defenseman Seth Jones about a minute before the intermission.īoth teams had a power play during the opening period.
Sidney Crosby probably had the Penguins’ best scoring chance about four minutes in, when Bryan Rust sprung him behind the Chicago defense, but he was unable to get a backhander past goalie Petr Mrazek. The Blackhawks - who had played and traveled the night before and are anchored near the bottom of the overall standings - outshot them, 13-9, during those 20 minutes and might have had a slight edge in play.
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