By period this season the Pittsburgh Penguins have given up 45 goals in the 1st period of games. And 40 in the 3rd period of games. In the second period? 58 goals against.
Last night against the Anaheim Ducks was another house of horrors in the second period, as they touched the Penguins up for 4 unanswered goals and used that as the difference of the game to beat the Pens 5-3 (tacking on an empty netter in the game’s last second).
Things started well for the Pens for their first game on this road trip, after a buzzsaw-like offensive zone shift for the Sidney Crosby line, a change was made and Evgeni Malkin’s group got on the ice and converted with Malkin scoring his 20th goal of the season to open the scoring in the first period.