The Pittsburgh Penguins snapped a four-game losing streak with a 4-0 victory over the Florida Panthers last night at PPG Paints Arena. Arturs Silovs stopped all 25 shots in goal for the Penguins. Nick Robertson scored twice for the Pens, scoring the game’s opening goal in the first period, and an empty-net goal in the game’s final 2-1/2 minutes. Hendrix Lapierre and Evgeni Malkin also scored for the Pens. Malkin now has six goals this season.
Cooper Black made his NHL debut in net for the Panthers. At 6-foot-9, he became the tallest goalie to ever appear in an NHL regular-season game. He stopped 18 of 21 Penguins shots.
The Pens host the Nashville Predators Saturday night for a 7pm face-off. Pre-game on WISR begins at 6:30pm.
The Penguins have lost winger Bryan Rust for at least six weeks with a “lower-body” injury suffered in Utah. He was placed on Injured Reserve Thursday.
The Penguins gave an update on 19-year old Ben Kindel, who suffered a “vagal” response that caused him to collapse on the team’s flight home from Utah. He was hospitalized overnight there, but released and came the following day. He is expected to be okay, but was placed on Injured Reserve for the time being as he recovers.