Noel Acciari and Jansen Harkins are both unable to play due to injury, so the Penguins decide to use this lineup, whatever the hell it is. Lars Eller on the first line, Drew O’Connor back to center, Joona Koppanen back up from Wilkes-Barre. Of all the lineups this is definitely one of them.
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First period
It was a good start for Pittsburgh and after 13 minutes they break the ice on the scoreboard. The goal comes from unlikely offensive sources, Ryan Graves does really well to breakup the outlet pass while holding the blue-line and feed the puck back down for Jesse Puljujarvi who ends up behind the Columbus defense.