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  When the rookies combine for @NHL milestones 🫶 pic.twitter.com/KiH4n4OdED — Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) April 4, 2025 It's a tough break for the Penguins as promising rookie forward Rutger McGroarty will be sidelined for the remainder of the season. The news, confirmed today by head coach Mike Sullivan, comes just two days after McGroarty suffered an injury on Tuesday, April 8th, while blocking a shot from Chicago Blackhawks forward Teuvo Teravainen with his left skate. With 51 seconds left in the second period on Tuesday, McGroarty blocked a shot by Teravainen on the penalty kill and hobbled to the bench, not able to put weight on his left leg. He went straight to Pittsburgh's locker room, not returning for the remainder of the game due to a lower-body injury. After the game that night, it was reported that he had been seen leaving the arena in a boot. Earlier this morning, the Penguins recalled Emil Bemstrom, Vasily Ponomarev, and Valtteri Puustinen from the Wilkes-Ba...

Devils VS Bruins 5-2, 12/30/23

 






   The Devils played in Boston on Saturday, December 30th. They were in the lead in first and a bit in second period. The Bruins won with a 5-2 score!


Here's the Devils lineup against the Bruins:

Toffoli - Hughes - Bratt

Haula - Hischier - Palat

Meier - McLeod - Mercer

Holtz - Tierney - Bastian


Siegenthaler - Nemec

Hughes - Marino

Bahl - Smith


Vanecek

Daws


Here's the Bruins lineup against the Devils:

Zacha - Geekie - Pastrnak

Marchand - Coyle - DeBrusk

Riemsdyk - Merkulov - Frederic

Heinen - Beecher - Lauko


Lohrei - McAvoy

Lindholm - Carlo

Grzeleyk - Shattenkirk


Ullmark

Swayman



   Nico Hischier strikes first, getting the Devils in the lead by 1! The final score of first period being 1-0.


   LUUUUUUUUKKKKEEEEE HUGHES SCORES! Jake DeBrusk scores the first goal for the Bruins and David Pastrnak scores, tying it up! Pastrnak scores his second of the night - Kevin Shattenkirk scores, the final score of second period being 4-2.


   Kevin Shattenkirk scores his second of the night! The final score being 5-2.



"We had a great start," Erik Haula said. "We gave ourselves a chance to win tonight again, and then we let up a little bit. It just can't happen and we got to get better from it."



- Luke Hughes stats:

   - 7 Goals

   - 14 Assists

   - 21 Points

- Nico Hischier stats:

   - 8 Goals

   - 9 Assists

   - 17 Points

- Kevin Shattenkirk hit the 100 Career Goal milestone!

- David Pastrnak stats:

   - 22 Goals

   - 26 Assists

   - 48 Points



"They are a very high skilled team," David Pastrnak said. "They feed a lot from rushes, so we wanted to play them in their zone."









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