The Pittsburgh Penguins in a 3-0 victory over the Columbus Blue Jackets last night at PPG Paints Arena saw Phil Kessel after 16 games without a goal, the longest stretch of his career, score his 22nd of the season on a behind-the-net feed from Evgeni Malkin at 2 minutes, 22 seconds of the first period. Matt Murray made 25 stops to record his fourth shutout of the season.
Penguins visit Columbus Saturday for a 7pm face-off. Pre-game on WISR 680am will be 6:30pm.
The Pens have seven games over the next 11 days – including back-to-back games this weekend – they host Boston Sunday night at 7:30pm. WISR pre-game is 7pm.