Holiday Sweep: Penguins Beat Panthers in Pittsburgh for Second Straight Day
The Florida Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins did it all over again on Sunday afternoon. While the tenor of the game […] This article: Holiday Sweep: Penguins Beat Panthers in Pittsburgh for Second Straight Day originally appeared on Florida Hockey Now.
Screenshot The Florida Panthers and Pittsburgh Penguins did it all over again on Sunday afternoon. While the tenor of the game was different, the end result was the same with the Penguins pulling the rare weekend sweep with a 5-2 win. On Saturday, the Penguins thumped the Panthers 9-4 .
Florida, playing with a masked Dmitry Kulikov after he broke his nose last Tuesday against the Senators, played the Penguins tight early with Cole Schwindt tying the score at 1 with 3:45 remaining in the opening period. But then Sidney Crosby broke the tie, Rickard Rakell scored his first of the day, and the Panthers were chasing this one. Rakell ended up with three goals and four points in the two wins over the Panthers.
Crosby had a goal and five points. Evgeni Malkin , who had three goals and an assist on Saturday, had two assists on Sunday. The Panthers continue their final road trip of the season with a visit to Canada for the next three starting Tuesday night in Montreal.
NOTES: PANTHERS at PENGUINS With Kulikov back in the lineup, the Panthers returned Mikulas Hovorka to AHL Charlotte. He played in two games on this latest recall. Minutes before warmup, the Penguins announced that expected starting goalie Stuart Skinner was hurt, with Taylor Gauthier of the ECHL Wheeling Nailers brought in to back up Arturs Silovs .