It wasn’t the start anyone with the Penguins wanted or expected. The Pens were blown out in their season opener on home ice against their Metro Division rival, the New York Rangers. Paul Steigerwald recaps the shutout loss. (6-0 loss.)
Coach Mike Sullivan says the Penguins didn’t show much.
Sullivan says the Pens have a lot of areas they can improve upon.
Looking for some offense, Sullivan paired up Sidney Crosby and Evgeni Malkin for some shifts, trying to find some energy in the absence of usual sparkplug Bryan Rust.
Crosby says no one is panicking in the Penguins locker room.
Goaltender Tristan Jarry is confident the Penguins will rebound from the loss.
The Penguins are right back on the ice tonight in Detroit. The gametime has been pushed back to an 8:08 faceoff. Airtime on 92.5 FM U92 is at 7.
On the injury front, Rust was on the ice with his teammates for morning skate in Cranberry. Alex Ndeljkovic, Matt Nieto, and Vasily Ponamarev all skated beforehand. Blake Lizotte, who has a concussion suffered in a preseason game, is still not skating.
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