Who were those guys clad in black-and-gold at PPG Paints Arena last night? And, more important, how do we get them to come back?
For one brilliant period at least, our present-day Penguins channeled the Stanley Cup champions of yore. We completely throttled the visiting Oilers, ringing up four…count ‘em four…first-period goals!
Rickard Rakell broke the scoring ice just 3:19 into the fray with his 21st goal of the campaign, followed in relatively short order by Bryan Rust (7:22) and big Kevin Hayes (9:46). In the process, making Oilers goalie Stuart Skinner resemble a 6’4” hunk of Swiss cheese.