In a virtual replay of their loss to the Lightning on Sunday, our Penguins threw everything but the proverbial kitchen sink at the visiting Kraken last night at PPG Paints Arena, only to come out on the short end of a 4-2 score. All that was missing was a second empty-netter by Dan Bylsma’s crew.
For the second straight game, the locals climbed all over a visiting foe early, piling up an obscene 16-2 first-period edge in shots on goal.
Unfortunately, all we had to show for near total domination was a 1-1 deadlock. Due in no small part to Evgeni Malkin’s wonky wrist and Tristan Jarry, who allowed an imminently stoppable shorthanded shot by Chandler Stephenson from the top of the right circle to trickle through his pads.