• Who: Penguins (20-22-8) vs. Kraken (21-25-3) • What: NHL regular season, Game 51 • When: 4:08 p.m. Eastern • Where: Climate Pledge Arena • Goaltenders: Joel Blomqvist (3-6, .904 SV%) vs. Joey Daccord (16-11-2, .916 SV%) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Streaming: SNP360, ESPN+ (out-of-market) • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Kraken
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• Final. Penguins lose, 4-1. Sidney Crosby with the lone goal. Evgeni Malkin and Matt Nieto lost to injury. Not good.
• Penguins to the PK with 1:55 left. Kevin Hayes to the box.
• GOAL: Matty Beniers. Kraken 4, Penguins 1
• Power play comes to an end.
• Now Penguins get a power play with 10:23 left. Josh Mahura tripped Drew O'Connor.
• Now Matt Nieto is hurt. Took a puck up high, looked like to his neck. Stayed down for a brief moment then skated off on his own and went down the tunnel.
• Getting ahead of things here, but if Evgeni Malkin is to miss time: Tristan Broz is out for awhile after having mono. Boris Katchouk isn't on an NHL contract.
• GOAL: Eeli Tolvanen all alone at the right circle rattles off a one-timerKraken 3, Penguins 1
• Third period is underway.
• End of the second, Kraken lead 2-1. Shots are 20-16 Kraken.
• GOAL: Kraken take the lead with nine seconds left in the five-on-three. Just a barrage of shots, Vince Dunn finally buries one. Looked like it hit Noel Acciari on the way in. Still the remainder of the Kris Letang penalty to kill off. Kraken 2, Penguins 1.
Vince Dunn gives the Kraken the lead with a 5-on-3 bomb from the point.
• Kraken use their timeout ahead of this five-on-three. Coach Jessica Campbell is down there at the whiteboard.
• Yikes. Now Kris Letang gets called for a cross-check with 1:20 left in the Cody Glass penalty. So it'l be a five-on-three for the Kraken for 1:20.
• Noel Acciari seems to be fine, for now. He's killing this penalty.
• Penguins to the PK with 4:05 left. Cody Glass sits for two for a slash.
• Noel Acciari is in pain on the bench. Hunched over, talking with an athletic trainer. They definitely can't afford to lose another center.
• GOAL: Penguins quickly tie it. Sidney Crosby drops to one knee in the slot and finishes a Rickard Rakell feed from behind the net. Penguins 1, Kraken 1
Pittsburgh goal!
Scored by Sidney Crosby with 15:26 remaining in the 2nd period.
• Evgeni Malkin won't return to the game with a lower-body injury. He left in the first after a collision, came back a few minutes later, played one shift, and left again.
• GOAL: Kraken open the scoring. Oliver Bjorkstrand off an odd-man rush. Both Marcus Pettersson and Kris Letang slid to block a shot and took themselves out of the play. Kraken 1, Penguins 0.
Seattle goal!
Scored by Oliver Bjorkstrand with 17:44 remaining in the 2nd period.
Assisted by Andre Burakovsky and Chandler Stephenson.
• End of the first. No score. Shots are 7-6 Kraken. Evgeni Malkin never came back after leaving the second time. Not the most interesting period of hockey they've played this season.
• Evgeni Malkin just left for the locker room again at this TV timeout.
• Nothing on the power play. Eeli Tolvanen had a shot out of the box, which Joel Blomqvist got a pad on.
• Evgeni Malkin is back. Huge.
• Penguins to the power play with 5:32 left in the first. Eeli Tolvanen hooked Kevin Hayes.
• Evgeni Malkin went to the locker room. He was in pain on the bench for some time before leaving. Looked like he was stretching his leg out in the tunnel first.
• Lots of chances so far, not many actual shots on net. Shots are just 3-2 Seattle through nine minutes.
• Kraken get another good chance off a Sidney Crosby turnover.
• The Kraken get a 3-on-1 and miss the net entirely.
Vince Dunn - Adam Larsson Ryker Evans - Brandon Montour Jamie Oleksiak - Josh Mahura
• Yep, Blake Lizotte is sick again, so Boko Imama replaces him. P.O Joseph is a healthy scratch, so both Ryan Graves and Ryan Shea get back in. Third pairing was bad last game, unsurprising both those guys are out for this one.
Anthony Beauvillier - Sidney Crosby - Rickard Rakell Michael Bunting - Evgeni Malkin - Cody Glass Drew O'Connor - Kevin Hayes - Phil Tomasino Boko Imama - Noel Acciari - Matt Nieto
Marcus Pettersson - Kris Letang Matt Grzelcyk - Erik Karlsson Ryan Graves - Ryan Shea
• Boko Imama is on the ice for warmups. Blake Lizotte is not. So, there's your reason for needing a forward. With Bryan Rust out, they would have been short a forward.
• As expected, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang are back to wearing their helmets in warmups. Blame the Ducks loss.
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Taylor Haase
3:28 am - 01.25.2025SeattleFinal: Kraken 4, Penguins 1
• Who: Penguins (20-22-8) vs. Kraken (21-25-3)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 51
• When: 4:08 p.m. Eastern
• Where: Climate Pledge Arena
• Goaltenders: Joel Blomqvist (3-6, .904 SV%) vs. Joey Daccord (16-11-2, .916 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, ESPN+ (out-of-market)
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Kraken
► FOLLOW ALONG
• Final. Penguins lose, 4-1. Sidney Crosby with the lone goal. Evgeni Malkin and Matt Nieto lost to injury. Not good.
• Penguins to the PK with 1:55 left. Kevin Hayes to the box.
• GOAL: Matty Beniers. Kraken 4, Penguins 1
• Power play comes to an end.
• Now Penguins get a power play with 10:23 left. Josh Mahura tripped Drew O'Connor.
• Now Matt Nieto is hurt. Took a puck up high, looked like to his neck. Stayed down for a brief moment then skated off on his own and went down the tunnel.
• Getting ahead of things here, but if Evgeni Malkin is to miss time: Tristan Broz is out for awhile after having mono. Boris Katchouk isn't on an NHL contract.
• GOAL: Eeli Tolvanen all alone at the right circle rattles off a one-timer Kraken 3, Penguins 1
• Third period is underway.
• End of the second, Kraken lead 2-1. Shots are 20-16 Kraken.
• GOAL: Kraken take the lead with nine seconds left in the five-on-three. Just a barrage of shots, Vince Dunn finally buries one. Looked like it hit Noel Acciari on the way in. Still the remainder of the Kris Letang penalty to kill off. Kraken 2, Penguins 1.
• Kraken use their timeout ahead of this five-on-three. Coach Jessica Campbell is down there at the whiteboard.
• Yikes. Now Kris Letang gets called for a cross-check with 1:20 left in the Cody Glass penalty. So it'l be a five-on-three for the Kraken for 1:20.
• Noel Acciari seems to be fine, for now. He's killing this penalty.
• Penguins to the PK with 4:05 left. Cody Glass sits for two for a slash.
• Noel Acciari is in pain on the bench. Hunched over, talking with an athletic trainer. They definitely can't afford to lose another center.
• GOAL: Penguins quickly tie it. Sidney Crosby drops to one knee in the slot and finishes a Rickard Rakell feed from behind the net. Penguins 1, Kraken 1
• Evgeni Malkin won't return to the game with a lower-body injury. He left in the first after a collision, came back a few minutes later, played one shift, and left again.
• GOAL: Kraken open the scoring. Oliver Bjorkstrand off an odd-man rush. Both Marcus Pettersson and Kris Letang slid to block a shot and took themselves out of the play. Kraken 1, Penguins 0.
• Second period is underway
• End of the first. No score. Shots are 7-6 Kraken. Evgeni Malkin never came back after leaving the second time. Not the most interesting period of hockey they've played this season.
• Evgeni Malkin just left for the locker room again at this TV timeout.
• Nothing on the power play. Eeli Tolvanen had a shot out of the box, which Joel Blomqvist got a pad on.
• Evgeni Malkin is back. Huge.
• Penguins to the power play with 5:32 left in the first. Eeli Tolvanen hooked Kevin Hayes.
• Evgeni Malkin went to the locker room. He was in pain on the bench for some time before leaving. Looked like he was stretching his leg out in the tunnel first.
• Lots of chances so far, not many actual shots on net. Shots are just 3-2 Seattle through nine minutes.
• Kraken get another good chance off a Sidney Crosby turnover.
• The Kraken get a 3-on-1 and miss the net entirely.
• This game is underway.
• Kraken lines and pairings:
Jaden Schwartz - Matty Beniers - Kaapo Kakko
Andre Burakovsky - Chandler Stephenson - Oliver Bjorkstrand
Jared McCann - Shane Wright - Eeli Tolvanen
Tye Kartye - Mitchell Stephens - Brandon Tanev
Vince Dunn - Adam Larsson
Ryker Evans - Brandon Montour
Jamie Oleksiak - Josh Mahura
• Yep, Blake Lizotte is sick again, so Boko Imama replaces him. P.O Joseph is a healthy scratch, so both Ryan Graves and Ryan Shea get back in. Third pairing was bad last game, unsurprising both those guys are out for this one.
Anthony Beauvillier - Sidney Crosby - Rickard Rakell
Michael Bunting - Evgeni Malkin - Cody Glass
Drew O'Connor - Kevin Hayes - Phil Tomasino
Boko Imama - Noel Acciari - Matt Nieto
Marcus Pettersson - Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk - Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves - Ryan Shea
• Here's my story on Boko Imama from training camp. Required pregame reading.
• Boko Imama is on the ice for warmups. Blake Lizotte is not. So, there's your reason for needing a forward. With Bryan Rust out, they would have been short a forward.
• As expected, Sidney Crosby, Evgeni Malkin and Kris Letang are back to wearing their helmets in warmups. Blame the Ducks loss.
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