On a milestone night where Sidney Crosby made history with his 500th career goal, it was the Philadelphia Flyers who played spoilers and took a win out of Pittsburgh.
For the Penguins, it was a sloppy and uneven effort. While the played so sharp on the road last week, they struggled at times with basics like completing passes or effectively establishing their forecheck.
Philadelphia captain Claude Giroux struck first, scoring about mid-way through the first period on a 2-on-1 rush, snapping a hard shot past Casey DeSmith with authority.
That goal seemed to wake the Pens up as the proverbial punch in the mouth that they needed, on the very next shift the fourth line struck again.