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Legare gives it his best shot — and it often goes in

Nathan Legare probably won't ever forget the first game he played at PPG Paints Arena.

Veini Vehvilainen likely will remember it for a long time, too.

No matter how hard he tries not to.

Legare, the Penguins' third-round draft choice in June, scored two goals in a 23-second span in the third period to secure the Penguins' 4-1 exhibition victory against the Blue Jackets and recognition as the game's No. 1 star for himself Thursday night.

He got the first at 6:03, collecting a loose puck off a faceoff and throwing it past Vehvilainen from below the right hash:

That goal hadn't even been announced when Legare produced the sequel, driving a low shot past Vehvilainen on the glove side from high in the slot:

"The momentum was on our side," Legare said.