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GAME RECAP: Penguins at Canucks (02.27.24) | Crosby Assist Makes His 1,000th Even Strength Point



Starting off their road trip of four games, the Pittsburgh Penguins traveled to Vancouver to face the Canucks. Vancouver took the lead in the 1st period with two goals scored by Nils Hoglander and Brock Boeser. The Penguins responded in the 2nd Period. Sidney Crosby collected a loose puck in the high slot and dished it to space for Rickard Rakell. Rakell controlled the puck through traffic in front and banged it into the net. With his assist, Crosby became the fourth fastest player in NHL history to record 1,000 even strength points. Later in the period and on the power play, Evgeni Malkin gave a slap pass to Crosby on the far side of the ice. Crosby drew some defenders towards him and found Rakell on the backdoor for his second of the game. Vancouver responded less than a minute later with a goal from J.T. Miller to regain the lead, 3-2. Mid-way through the 3rd, Kris Letang kept the puck in at the point passing to Valtteri Puustinen. Seeing Lars Eller fresh off the bench, Puustinen gave a backhand pass to Eller who took the puck with speed to the net for the tying goal. That goal forced overtime. The puck was bouncing loose in front of the Vancouver goalie where Erik Karlsson collected the puck and scored the game-winning goal for the Penguins. The final score was 4-3.

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47 Comments

  1. Exhale…..Whew!
    I don't know how long I held my breath
    Good win over a great Canucks team.
    This game had a little of everything. LetsGoPens🐧

  2. First 20 seconds of the game, the 36 year old smokes everyone and gets a clean chance. Unbelievable!

  3. Second Rakell goal was straight filth. A video game goal. Precision passing to find the open man on the weak side. That’s in the net every time.

  4. I called that we were gonna win this game. Told my friends “after the last outing versus Vancouver,
    We can easily do it”

  5. Good job but can't win in regulation again . I see that nobody has taught Letang how to play D yet . Retire already .

  6. Hope letang will figure it out down the stretch we can’t have him making these mistakes too often… love the guy but he needs to be better because he is.

  7. Do the pens have the best color commentator roster or what?? Rupper, Army, and Bourque! Love listening to these guys

  8. A win is a win, but come on… the shorthanded goals this season ???!!!! 🤮🤮🤮

  9. What a game bye pens 🐧 let's go pens 🖤💛🐧💪🏻🥅🏒🙌🏻 don't give up pens 💪🏻🐧 and play smart hockey pens and fast pass and fast shot pens 🖤💛🐧💪🏻🥅🏒🙌🏻 and believe in your self pens 🐧🐧 let's go pens let's go pens 🐧🐧🖤💛💪🏻🥅🏒🙌🏻🙌🏻

  10. Finally showing some heart ,keep it up ! I went to bed after the first Canuk goal I thought it was going to be a blow out and could not bear to watch .

  11. Anyone else missing “Party Hard” as their outro song to the winning videos like when they score at home or is it just me? Regardless, let’s go pens ! Gotta love that Karlsson action 🖤💛🖤💛

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