• Who: Penguins (20-24-8) vs. Utah (21-21-7) • What: NHL regular season, Game 53 • When: 9:52 p.m. Eastern • Where: Delta Center • Goaltenders: AlexNedeljković (9-9-4, .894 SV%) vs. ConnorIngram (8-6-3 .888 SV%) • TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, TNT • Radio: Penguins Radio Network • Streaming: SNP360, MAX • Boxscore: NHL.com • Medianotes: Penguins | Utah
► FOLLOW ALONG
• GOAL. Sid. Backhander right in front. Third straight game with a goal. Penguins, 3-2, OT
• Heavy pressure from Hayes and company. Nothing doing, but a strong three-on-three.
• Good chance for Letang at the right dot. Save Ingram.
• Glass cleaned on draw. Lots of possession given up.
• Keller has a chance in front, takes an extra whack on Ned's glove, to which Ned angrily reacts by whacking right back.
• Letang loses possession deep in the Utah zone.
• Jeff Carter out to take the draw. (Just seeing how awake you are.)
• End regulation. This will end well.
• The bogeymen never stop with the stretch passes. Crazy to watch.
• Stenlund's stopped from above the circles. Good wrister. Better glove by Ned.
• Stoppage for a puck in netting. 3:13
• Rust's all revved up now, too.
• Scramble around Ingram, and he stands through it. Bunting's been quiet, but he was finally mixed up in something there. 4:15
• Five minutes.
• I say that, and Ned comes up big on an odd sequence that gave Bjugstad a great chance inside the right circle's edge.
• Ned's doing some extra sliding tonight. I'm never crazy about his game when he's doing that. And I'm talking on routine shots and even misses. Seven to go.
• Sid's line has had a strong possession night, unrewarded. Feels like they'd be the ones to come through, at the risk of stating the obvious.
• Halfway through the third.
• Cooley's just wreaking so much havoc. What a player. And he's only just begun.
• GOAL. Karlsson gets it back with a beauty from the right dot. Top-shelf, short-side. Man, did he ever pick that. That's how you treat an .880 save percentage. Unassisted. Time: 6:17, third period. Tie, 1-1
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• Stoppage at 5:53, and the Penguins still don't have a single shot.
• Imama shift in the third. He hasn't had many.
• Rakell has a good chance thwarted by Marino, who's been terrific for Utah all night. Took him a while to be available after injury, but he's showing his value.
• Two quality chances right away for Utah, both rejected by Ned.
• Third period underway. LOL you're still here!
• Anyone looking for an extra excuse to go to bed: The Penguins 2-23-2 this season when trailing after two periods.
• End period. Shots 19-19. Shot attempts 46-41 for the Penguins.
• Less than three minutes in this period. Pace hasn't changed much. Shots are 18-18. One stupid sequence has defined these 20 minutes, fair or not.
• O'Connor's really got the feet going. Wouldn't mind seeing this line get a little extra ice time here, honestly.
• Sullivan's flipped his top two D-pairs, Pettersson now with Karlsson and Grzelcyk now with Letang.
• GOAL. Carcone's stopped by Ned on a breakaway, but he scooped up his own rebound and swatted it home after Ned had fallen backward. Not exactly Karlsson's shining moment there. End of a long shift, but still, there can't ever be a rebound off a breakaway attempt. Assists: Marino, Bjugstad. Time: 8:36, second period. Utah, 2-1
• GOAL. Pittsburgh. Pettersson from center point, his third on the season and first in 20 games. Preposterous saucer from Sid. Really. Never take him for granted. Other assist: Grzelcyk. Time: 6:40, second period. Tie, 1-1
• PP2 starts it off, then commands the puck for 90 seconds before a change can be made. Glass had a good chance, then Rakell had a great chance. Ingram's equal to both.
• Power play coming up, the Penguins' first. Rust was high-sticked by Hayton.
• Good work by the new third line, O'Connor flicking a long-ranger through traffic, part of which was caused by Puljujarvi.
• Second period underway.
• Teams are back on the ice.
• End period. Shots finished 12-4 for the monsters. That's bad. Started OK, then resumed being bad, then became really bad. Lucky to be down one.
• One-timer by Crouse, gloved by Ned. Eight shots in a row.
• The bigfoots are really coming these past couple minutes. Five shots in a row. Feels like all this could go south in a raging hurry.
• Doan clangs one -- loudly -- off the post behind Ned.
• GOAL: Sergachev from the left point of the power play. He'd missed five games to injury and returned for this one. Rust had slid low and abandoned that area. Not sure why. Assists: Schmaltz, Cooley. Time: 14:51, first period. Utah, 1-0
• Lizotte's off for a hold. Needless. Reached over Hayton for absolutely no reason. Easy call.
• Stenlund's stuffed by Ned from the right circle.
• Glass, who's really moving in this period, sets up O'Connor from behind, but his shot plunks Ingram right in one of those four diagonal letters.
• There's room to be had in the neutral zone for the Penguins. Need to take it aggressively.
• I say that and Kesselring gets one through on Ned. Easily saved.
• Sid with a big-time backcheck to prevent a Utah chance. Those sasquatches haven't registered a shot in eight minutes.
• Not many shots through these first few minutes -- Pittsburgh, 3-1 -- but a high-tempo pace for both sides. Not at all like San Jose.
• First Utah flurry. Mostly Ned's fault for stumbling behind the net on what should've been a routine handle for him.
• Imama and O'Brien fight at center ice. Neither really connects, but Imama takes his opponent to the ice.
• Now Joseph clips the right pipe.
• Couple early chances, including a smooth wrister by Beauvillier. Stopped by Ingram.
• Faceoff: Penguins vs. Utah, , Sid vs. Cooley, 9:52 p.m. Eastern
• Quite the roar in here for the Penguins just being announced by the PA guy. Probably not what he was anticipating.
• Faceoff's at 9:52 p.m. Eastern time, by the way. That's a TNT issue. Because they've got to accommodate all 12 people watching this outside both markets.
• Just shot this for you, 10 seconds of warmups, to get kinda the feel of the place:
Marcus Pettersson-Kris Letang Matt Grzelcyk-Erik Karlsson Ryan Graves-P.O Joseph
That leaves Phil Tomasino, Matt Nieto and Ryan Shea out as healthy scratches. Evgeni Malkin (knee) is out week-to-week.
• André Tourigny's combos tonight:
Clayton Keller-Logan Cooley-Nick Schmaltz Alexander Kerfoot-Barrett Hayton-Josh Doan Michael Carcone-McBain-Lawson Crouse Liam O’Brien-Kevin Stenlund-Nick Bjugstad
Mikhail Sergachev-John Marino Olli Määttä-Nick DeSimone Ian Cole-Michael Kesselring
• Warmups underway. Noise booms through here.
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7:02 am - 01.29.2025Salt Lake CityFinal: Penguins 3, Utah 2, OT
• Who: Penguins (20-24-8) vs. Utah (21-21-7)
• What: NHL regular season, Game 53
• When: 9:52 p.m. Eastern
• Where: Delta Center
• Goaltenders: Alex Nedeljković (9-9-4, .894 SV%) vs. Connor Ingram (8-6-3 .888 SV%)
• TV: SportsNet Pittsburgh, TNT
• Radio: Penguins Radio Network
• Streaming: SNP360, MAX
• Boxscore: NHL.com
• Media notes: Penguins | Utah
► FOLLOW ALONG
• GOAL. Sid. Backhander right in front. Third straight game with a goal. Penguins, 3-2, OT
• Heavy pressure from Hayes and company. Nothing doing, but a strong three-on-three.
• Good chance for Letang at the right dot. Save Ingram.
• Glass cleaned on draw. Lots of possession given up.
• Keller has a chance in front, takes an extra whack on Ned's glove, to which Ned angrily reacts by whacking right back.
• Letang loses possession deep in the Utah zone.
• Jeff Carter out to take the draw. (Just seeing how awake you are.)
• End regulation. This will end well.
• The bogeymen never stop with the stretch passes. Crazy to watch.
• Stenlund's stopped from above the circles. Good wrister. Better glove by Ned.
• Stoppage for a puck in netting. 3:13
• Rust's all revved up now, too.
• Scramble around Ingram, and he stands through it. Bunting's been quiet, but he was finally mixed up in something there. 4:15
• Five minutes.
• I say that, and Ned comes up big on an odd sequence that gave Bjugstad a great chance inside the right circle's edge.
• Ned's doing some extra sliding tonight. I'm never crazy about his game when he's doing that. And I'm talking on routine shots and even misses. Seven to go.
• Sid's line has had a strong possession night, unrewarded. Feels like they'd be the ones to come through, at the risk of stating the obvious.
• Halfway through the third.
• Cooley's just wreaking so much havoc. What a player. And he's only just begun.
• GOAL. Karlsson gets it back with a beauty from the right dot. Top-shelf, short-side. Man, did he ever pick that. That's how you treat an .880 save percentage. Unassisted. Time: 6:17, third period. Tie, 1-1
• Stoppage at 5:53, and the Penguins still don't have a single shot.
• Imama shift in the third. He hasn't had many.
• Rakell has a good chance thwarted by Marino, who's been terrific for Utah all night. Took him a while to be available after injury, but he's showing his value.
• Two quality chances right away for Utah, both rejected by Ned.
• Third period underway. LOL you're still here!
• Anyone looking for an extra excuse to go to bed: The Penguins 2-23-2 this season when trailing after two periods.
• End period. Shots 19-19. Shot attempts 46-41 for the Penguins.
• Less than three minutes in this period. Pace hasn't changed much. Shots are 18-18. One stupid sequence has defined these 20 minutes, fair or not.
• O'Connor's really got the feet going. Wouldn't mind seeing this line get a little extra ice time here, honestly.
• Sullivan's flipped his top two D-pairs, Pettersson now with Karlsson and Grzelcyk now with Letang.
• GOAL. Carcone's stopped by Ned on a breakaway, but he scooped up his own rebound and swatted it home after Ned had fallen backward. Not exactly Karlsson's shining moment there. End of a long shift, but still, there can't ever be a rebound off a breakaway attempt. Assists: Marino, Bjugstad. Time: 8:36, second period. Utah, 2-1
• GOAL. Pittsburgh. Pettersson from center point, his third on the season and first in 20 games. Preposterous saucer from Sid. Really. Never take him for granted. Other assist: Grzelcyk. Time: 6:40, second period. Tie, 1-1
• PP2 starts it off, then commands the puck for 90 seconds before a change can be made. Glass had a good chance, then Rakell had a great chance. Ingram's equal to both.
• Power play coming up, the Penguins' first. Rust was high-sticked by Hayton.
• Good work by the new third line, O'Connor flicking a long-ranger through traffic, part of which was caused by Puljujarvi.
• Second period underway.
• Teams are back on the ice.
• End period. Shots finished 12-4 for the monsters. That's bad. Started OK, then resumed being bad, then became really bad. Lucky to be down one.
• One-timer by Crouse, gloved by Ned. Eight shots in a row.
• The bigfoots are really coming these past couple minutes. Five shots in a row. Feels like all this could go south in a raging hurry.
• Doan clangs one -- loudly -- off the post behind Ned.
• GOAL: Sergachev from the left point of the power play. He'd missed five games to injury and returned for this one. Rust had slid low and abandoned that area. Not sure why. Assists: Schmaltz, Cooley. Time: 14:51, first period. Utah, 1-0
• Lizotte's off for a hold. Needless. Reached over Hayton for absolutely no reason. Easy call.
• Stenlund's stuffed by Ned from the right circle.
• Glass, who's really moving in this period, sets up O'Connor from behind, but his shot plunks Ingram right in one of those four diagonal letters.
• There's room to be had in the neutral zone for the Penguins. Need to take it aggressively.
• I say that and Kesselring gets one through on Ned. Easily saved.
• Sid with a big-time backcheck to prevent a Utah chance. Those sasquatches haven't registered a shot in eight minutes.
• Not many shots through these first few minutes -- Pittsburgh, 3-1 -- but a high-tempo pace for both sides. Not at all like San Jose.
• First Utah flurry. Mostly Ned's fault for stumbling behind the net on what should've been a routine handle for him.
• Imama and O'Brien fight at center ice. Neither really connects, but Imama takes his opponent to the ice.
• Now Joseph clips the right pipe.
• Couple early chances, including a smooth wrister by Beauvillier. Stopped by Ingram.
• Faceoff: Penguins vs. Utah, , Sid vs. Cooley, 9:52 p.m. Eastern
• Quite the roar in here for the Penguins just being announced by the PA guy. Probably not what he was anticipating.
• Faceoff's at 9:52 p.m. Eastern time, by the way. That's a TNT issue. Because they've got to accommodate all 12 people watching this outside both markets.
• Just shot this for you, 10 seconds of warmups, to get kinda the feel of the place:
• And for Mike Sullivan's visitors:
Rickard Rakell-Sidney Crosby-Bryan Rust
Michael Bunting-Kevin Hayes-Anthony Beauvillier
Drew O'Connor-Cody Glass-Jesse Puljujarvi
Boko Imama-Blake Lizotte-Noel Acciari
Marcus Pettersson-Kris Letang
Matt Grzelcyk-Erik Karlsson
Ryan Graves-P.O Joseph
That leaves Phil Tomasino, Matt Nieto and Ryan Shea out as healthy scratches. Evgeni Malkin (knee) is out week-to-week.
• André Tourigny's combos tonight:
Clayton Keller-Logan Cooley-Nick Schmaltz
Alexander Kerfoot-Barrett Hayton-Josh Doan
Michael Carcone-McBain-Lawson Crouse
Liam O’Brien-Kevin Stenlund-Nick Bjugstad
Mikhail Sergachev-John Marino
Olli Määttä-Nick DeSimone
Ian Cole-Michael Kesselring
• Warmups underway. Noise booms through here.
• Hi, guys!
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