Penguins VS Blues 4-2, 12/30/23

 

Tristan Jarry will start in goal tonight vs. St. Louis. pic.twitter.com/YoMqu5KbNc

— Pittsburgh Penguins (@penguins) December 30, 2023

*Sorry for the lack of photos! Hoping to get permission eventually.*

   It was a hockey night in Pittsburgh! The Penguins played against the St. Louis Blues on Saturday, December 30th. They won with a 4-2 score!

Here's the Penguins lineup against the Blues:

Guentzel - Crosby - Rakell

Smith - Malkin - O'Connor

Zohorna - Eller - Puustinen

Harkins - Acciari - Carter

Pettersson - Letang

Graves - Karlsson

Ludvig - Ruhwedel

Jarry

Nedeljkovic

   Drew O'Connor scores first for the Penguins close to the end of first! That being the only goal in first period, the score being 1-0.

   Robert Thomas ties the game in second. Evgeni Malkin scores and gets the Penguins back in the lead! The final score for second period being 2-1.

   Jeff Carter gets the Penguins to a 3-1 score in third! Kasperi Kapanen scores the last goal the Blues get for the rest of the game. CROSBY SCORES AN EMPTY-NETTER!! The final score being 4-2.

"We want to trend in the right way," Tristan Jarry said. "We need the point - I think playing a good solid team game and having actions really help. It helps our team play the right way and play the way we want to."

- Erik Karlsson became the 8th fastest defenseman in NHL history to record 600 career assists in his 954th career game!

- Evgeni Malkin stats:

   - 14 Goals

   - 17 Assists

   - 31 Points

- Sidney Crosby stats:

   - 20 Goals

   - 16 Assists

   - 36 Points

- Drew O'Connor stats:

   - 4 Goals

   - 6 Assists

   - 10 Points

 

 

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POST-GAME : Jake Guentzel

POST-GAME : Drew O'Connor

POST-GAME : Mike Sullivan