The Penguins were back at it on Wednesday night in Buffalo, as the schedule tossed them a back-to-back this week right after coming back from a western road trip last week. Unsurprisingly, energy levels looked low to start with Pittsburgh taking and kill off two separate tripping minor penalties in the first period, perhaps a sign of leaning and reaching too much with the arms and not having the legs to keep up.
Buffalo would strike with 2:45 remaining in the first. Tage Thompson used his 6’7 wingspan to pull the puck way in and change the angle on Casey DeSmith and then snapped a really hard shot by him to open the scoring.