No, it wasn’t pretty but the black and gold closed out the year with a win, riding a 6 game winning streak, defeating Minnesota 3 – 2. The Goaltending, Sidney Crosby, Phil Kessel and the Power Play (PP) all continued to sparkle. There was even some contribution from the bottom of the lineup. The Penguins defense, well that is a horse of a different color.
Miikko Koivu opened up the scoring following a Riley Sheahan hooking call (drawn by Jason Zucker). The Penguins’ Penalty Killing (PK) unit dumped the puck deep into the Wild zone.