In many ways, the back end of the Penguins’ home-and-home set with the Sabres was the mirror image of Friday night’s affair. Uniforms for one. The Pens donned their road whites, the Sabres their home blues. Aided by a couple of early power plays, the locals started quickly and jumped to a 2-0 lead before the visitors gradually took over, culminating in a third-period charge.
However, one thing remained the same…the all-important result. The Pens won, 3-1, to sweep the two-game set.
The game was noteworthy for another reason. Less than two weeks after suffering his second stroke, Kris Letang returned to the lineup and logged a team-high 22:14 of ice time.