The Penguins kicked off their three-game west coast swing in style last night with a resounding 6-3 victory over the Ducks at the Honda Center. While I hate to go overboard on the superlatives, the black and gold played pretty much a perfect game…or at least as close to perfection as we can get with Kris Letang and Tristan Jarry out of the lineup.
Eschewing our usual somnambulant start, we throttled…and I mean THROTTLED…the Ducks from the opening draw. The Pens piled up an astronomical 37-9 edge in first-period shot attempts and an equally staggering 25-8 advantage in shots on goal while peppering native son John Gibson from all angles.