The Last Dance | Pittsburgh Penguins [NHL 22]

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Seeing Stars
Last second goal has the Penguins taking their first loss of the season


ABOVE: Dallas Stars captain Jamie Benn would get the last laugh after slipping a late third-period goal past Penguins goaltender Casey DeSmith.

Dallas Stars at Pittsburgh Penguins
Oct 19, 2021 1 2 3 F DAL (3-0-1) 0 0 2 2 PIT (3-1-0) 1 0 0 1 Three Stars Dallas: Jamie Benn - Left Wing Game-winning goal Dallas: Ben Bishop - Goaltender 28 saves Pittsburgh: Casey DeSmith- Goaltender 26 saves	Team Stats Comparison DAL PIT Shots on Goal 28 29 Hits 12 13 Faceoffs Won-Lost 17 16 Penalty Minutes 07:00 22:00 Power Plays Converted 1 0 Power Play Opportunities 3 1 Time on Attack 06:13 05:05
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD PIT 05:59 - Kasperi Kapanen (1) - Assisted By: Evgeni Malkin THIRD PERIOD DAL 06:51 - Denis Gurianov (1) - Assisted By: None DAL 19:59 - Jamie Benn (2) - Assisted By: John Klingberg & Roope Hintz
Dallas Stars - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Ben Bishop 29 28 97% 1.00
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Casey DeSmith 28 26 93% 2.00

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Wizard of Croz
Penguins Captain comes alive and fuels Pens past Maple Leafs


ABOVE: Pittsburgh Penguins captain Sidney Crosby terrorized Maple Leafs goaltender Petr Mrazek for three goals.

Toronto Maple Leafs at Pittsburgh Penguins
Oct 23, 2021 1 2 3 F TOR (3-2-0) 0 1 1 2 PIT (4-1-0) 0 2 2 4 Three Stars Pittsburgh: Sidney Crosby - Center 3 goals Pittsburgh: Brian Dumoulin - Defenseman 2 assists Pittsburgh: Tristan Jarry - Goaltender 23 saves	Team Stats Comparison TOR PIT Shots on Goal 25 25 Hits 5 15 Faceoffs Won-Lost 21 10 Penalty Minutes 00:00 08:00 Power Plays Converted 2 0 Power Play Opportunities 4 0 Time on Attack 06:15 04:37
Scoring Summary SECOND PERIOD PIT 00:23 - Sidney Crosby (1) - Assisted By: Brian Dumoulin PIT 02:12 - Sidney Crosby (2) - Assisted By: Jake Guentzel & Brian Dumoulin TOR 13:51 - Mitch Marner (4) - Assisted By: William Nylander & Auston Matthews THIRD PERIOD PIT 01:57 - Sidney Crosby (3) - Assisted By: None TOR 14:15 - Nick Ritchie (3) - Assisted By: Jason Spezza & Alexander Kerfoot PIT 19:55 - Danton Heinen (1) - Assisted By: Marcus Pettersson & Jeff Carter
Toronto Maple Leafs - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Petr Mrazek 24 21 88% 3.00
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Tristan Jarry 25 23 92% 2.00

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Not a Cloud in sight
Penguins continue red-hot start, beatdown Tampa once again


ABOVE: The Penguins' depth continues to pay off, as Teddy Blueger picks up his second goal of the year.

Tampa Bay Lightning at Pittsburgh Penguins
Oct 26, 2021 1 2 3 F TAM (3-3-1) 1 2 0 3 PIT (5-1-0) 0 2 3 5 Three Stars Pittsburgh: Teddy Blueger - Left Wing Game-winning goal, assist Pittsburgh: Evgeni Malkin - Center 2 assists Pittsburgh: Chad Ruhwedel - Defenseman 2 assists	Team Stats Comparison TAM PIT Shots on Goal 18 46 Hits 19 14 Faceoffs Won-Lost 18 16 Penalty Minutes 04:00 04:00 Power Plays Converted 2 0 Power Play Opportunities 2 2 Time on Attack 04:12 07:08
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD TAM 06:18 - Brayden Point (2) - Assisted By: Steven Stamkos & Ryan McDonagh SECOND PERIOD TAM 03:01 - Anthony Cirelli (2) - Assisted By: Alex Killorn & Mathieu Joseph PIT 03:32 - Kasperi Kapenen (2) - Assisted By: Evgeni Malkin & Chad Ruhwedel PIT 03:58 - Jason Zucker (3) - Assisted By: Evgeni Malkin & Chad Ruhwedel TAM 11:08 - Nikita Kucherov (7) - Assisted By: Brayden Point & Victor Hedman THIRD PERIOD PIT 09:56 - Bryan Rust (3) - Assisted By: Jeff Carter PIT 19:15 - Teddy Blueger (2) - Assisted By: None PIT 19:27 - Danton Heinen (2) - Assisted By: Teddy Blueger & John Marino
Tampa Bay Lightning - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Andrei Vasilevskiy 45 41 91% 4.00
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Tristan Jarry 18 15 83% 3.00

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Ice Cold
Malkin steps up with a big goal as the Pens lose Crosby


[b]ABOVE: Pittsburgh Penguins superstar Evgeni Malkin tees home the game-winning one-timer.[b]

Calgary Flames at Pittsburgh Penguins
Oct 28, 2021 1 2 3 F CGY (1-3-3) 0 0 2 2 PIT (6-1-0) 1 1 1 3 Three Stars Pittsburgh: Evgeni Malkin - Center Game-winning goal, 1 assist Pittsburgh: Kris Letang - Defenseman 1 goal, 1 assist Calgary: Sean Monahan - Left Wing 1 goal, 1 assist	Team Stats Comparison CGY PIT Shots on Goal 21 41 Hits 17 7 Faceoffs Won-Lost 14 22 Penalty Minutes 13:00 11:00 Power Plays Converted 2 2 Power Play Opportunities 4 3 Time on Attack 04:10 08:49
Scoring Summary FIRST PERIOD PIT 18:49 - Danton Heinen (3) - Assisted By: Jeff Carter & Bryan Rust SECOND PERIOD PIT 14:49 - Kris Letang (1) - Assisted By: Evgeni Malkin & Brian Boyle THIRD PERIOD CGY 05:45 - Matthew Tkachuk (6) - Assisted By: Sean Monahan & Nikita Zadorov CGY 07:40 - Sean Monahan (3) - Assisted By: Andrew Mangiapane PIT 19:20 - Evgeni Malkin (3) - Assisted By: Jeff Carter & Kris Letang
Calgary Flames - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Jacob Markstrom 41 38 93% 3.00
Pittsburgh Penguins - Goalies GOALIES SHOTS SAVES SV % GAA Casey DeSmith 21 19 90% 2.00

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[johnstone1987]

Whats your plan for Crosby, Malkin, and Letang? Are you gonna try to resign them before the Seasons over?

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Quote: Originally Posted by johnstone1987

Whats your plan for Crosby, Malkin, and Letang? Are you gonna try to resign them before the Seasons over?

Sid still has some term so the challenge is going to be the likes of Kapanen, Letang, Malkin, Carter, and Rust. Ideally, I want to ensure that this team is competitive beyond this year. The idea is to be challenging for the Cup until Crosby is retired and the best way to do that is to keep the three-headed monster together.

It's going to be on hell of a challenge, but I'm hoping I get one or two contracts for the above mentioned five finished during the regular season, however, my hopes are to keep this fairly realistic and most of these types of contracts don't get done until the end of the season.

[SENS_AK27]

Quote: Originally Posted by GoldenJet

Sid still has some term so the challenge is going to be the likes of Kapanen, Letang, Malkin, Carter, and Rust. Ideally, I want to ensure that this team is competitive beyond this year. The idea is to be challenging for the Cup until Crosby is retired and the best way to do that is to keep the three-headed monster together. It's going to be on hell of a challenge, but I'm hoping I get one or two contracts for the above mentioned five finished during the regular season, however, my hopes are to keep this fairly realistic and most of these types of contracts don't get done until the end of the season.

I wonder if they will be asking for decreased contract amounts given their age. Wasn't Malkin making something like 9.5M a year? It will definitely make your offseason interesting.