Pens 5, Blue Jackets 3

Jordan Staal may or may not be a Penguin in a couple weeks but he seems to be making as much of an impact as he can before he goes. Staal has scored 3 goals, all of them shorthanded, with 2 of them coming in this one. He came close to getting the hat-trick by just missing on an empty net chance also shorthanded. He got the first one following up a Recchi shot and got the second one of a Penalty Shot. The Penalty Shot went off the post, off the goalie, and then just over the line. The Ref first waved off the goal but after review the goal counted. It is going to be a difficult decision in the coming couple of weeks for GM Ray Shero.

While Staal was shining on the Penalty Kill it was the rest of the Pens that were shining on the Power Play. The Pens went 3 for 9 on the Power Play. They got off to a quick 2 - 0 start on goals by Ouellet and Gonchar. The first was a slight deflection goal off a Gonchar point shot which was first given to Gonchar and then switched to Ouellet. Gonchar was able to get one of his own later when he found a rebound in the high slot and put it into the mostly open net. Malkin was then able to get his 3rd goal in 3 games on a nice feed from Crosby again on the Power play.

The Pens were also able to break one bad string with this win. They were able to win for the first time on a night other then Thursday after going 0-2 on Sat and 0-1 on Wed. They are still 3-0 on Thurs.

Next up the Devils again on Tue