In their second of two match-ups this weekend, the Pittsburgh Penguins hosted the Vegas Golden Knights. Wasting no time, Lars Eller in the offensive zone put a ton of pressure on the Vegas defense, causing a scramble in front of the net. Ryan Graves crashing low into the zone found the loose puck and, with a wrist shot, got his first goal with the Penguins. The remainder of the 1st was fast-paced, hard-played hockey. The Penguins continued to push the pace in the 2nd. With the puck stuck in a scrum below the Vegas goal line, Jeff Carter, Matt Nieto, and Noel Acciari battled to regain possession. The puck bounced backward out of the pile, catching the Vegas goaltender looking the wrong way. Acciari shot the puck in for his first as a Penguin as well. That goal also marked Nieto’s first assist with the Penguins. Pittsburgh led 2-0 against the defending Stanley Cup champions heading into the 3rd. Continuing to use their speed, the Penguins kept the pressure on the Golden Knights, generating chance after chance. Late in the period, Vegas pulled their goaltender. Evgeni Malkin shot the puck in the empty net to secure the victory for the Penguins. For the final first of the night, Alex Nedeljkovic got his first shutout as a Penguin, the eighth of his career. The Penguins won 3-0.
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I love you boys! Thank you for the birthday gift!! 🖤💛🐧
knight of firsts is crazy
great game Ned
All around GREAT WIN boys 🐧💪
Good win. Full 60 minutes played, nice for neddy to earn a shutout, and good on gravy and cookie for their first goals as penguins. This was a turnaround game, and we took
the opportunity
Great game boys. Alex, you were STELLAR!!! Tonight belong to the newbies.
I’m coming to a game soon 🎉 congrats on the win boys🎉
Great work by Nedeljkovic!
Let's go!!!!
What a game pens 💪🏻 let's go pens let's go pens 🖤💛🐧🥅🏒🙌🏻💪🏻🐧🖤💛 don't give up pens 💪🏻🐧
Before that game, I could not understand why Nedelkovic was not playing at least a few NHL games. After that game… still don't get it
Last two games have been solid….. bottom six, I’m liken it.
Keep working boys, Go Pens 🐧
Ned should start on Wednesday as well!!! 🐧
A great team win thankful for Alex he is a very good goalie and would like to see him play some more
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The pens should get rid of jarry and go with nedelkovic and hellberg. Get rid of rakell while you're at it.
38 saves!?
Boys played different in front of 39 – more complete on both sides of the puck. Reminds me of Matt Murray’s early days when Fleury was going through a rough patch and the team played differently in front of him as well.
Felt bad due to the Steelers loss so I missed out on this. A little sad I missed out on a great game but happy the Penguins got the win.
Good Win Penguins!! I definitely needed it from the last game!!
When they play defense 1st they win games. When they get into track meets with younger faster teams like the devils and hurricanes they lose. This team is older and needs to play defense 1st to be successful. Good win tonight
Delco deserves the nod on the next game after that showing especially since 6 million jarry is playing inconsistently right now, but not just jarry.