Evgeni Malkin Penalty Causes Overtime Loss To Penguins

In another overtime thriller for the Pittsburgh Penguins, Evgeni Malkin caused a hooking penalty to Jordan Staal, leading to a goal just seconds later for Jeff Skinner.

Evgeni Malkin’s Penguins tried their hardest to fight to get back into tonight’s game against the Carolina Hurricanes.

They began their comeback down 2-0 to the Canes, after a scoreless first period, followed by goals for Carolina by Eric Staal and Kris Versteeg early in the second.

It was Kris Letang who rose to the occasion first for the Penguins, scoring a beautiful slap shot right off the faceoff at the 10:29 mark. You could tell something was obviously said in the locker room after just five shots in the first period. Tonight we started to see the bigger leadership role Letang is making with his attitude out on the ice and his hustle coming off of an injury.

Letang was outracing the Hurricanes forwards all night for the puck, and he was for sure the key role in tonight’s comeback.

Heading into the third, you could tell the pace was shifting out on the ice immediately, and the Penguins began to try their hardest to just out work the Hurricanes. Chris Kunitz was able to do so in the sixth minute of the period to tie it up. It was then up to the defense to do their best to survive the rest of the game without a goal. They were able to, and the game moved on to overtime.