On Thursday night, the Penguins played a near-complete intraorganization scrimmage in Wilkes Barre before 8,000+ fans of their AHL affiliate Baby Penguins team, with "Team Black" defeating "Team Gold" by a score of 3-2.
Defenseman Alex Goligoski stole the show in that one, scoring all 3 goals for his "Team Black" squad for the hat trick.
Luca Caputi and Mike Rupp scored for "Team Gold"
Post-game put them in mid-season form, as the team hopped on a plane immediately after the contest and flew back to Pittsburgh for last night's exhibition contest with the Toronto Maple Leafs at Mellon Arena.
Unlike Tuesday night when the Pens' won their first home exhibition game, Pittsburgh fell to the Maple Leafs, 4-3.
The result of last night's game certainly didn't speak highly to the Penguins' penalty killing, who gave up 4 power play goals -- all in the second period -- and allowed Toronto to overcome an early 2-0 deficit on first frame goals by Matt Cooke and Evgeni Malkin.
Sure, it didn't help that Craig Adams took a 5-minute major penalty for elbowing during that 2nd period, or that the Pens' gave up a goal while down by 2 men in that stretch, but let's hope that the peformance of the shorthanded unit rounds into better form than that over the remainder of the pre-season.
Brooks' Orpik also scored in the 3rd period for the Penguins, who actually outshot Toronto 27-17 in the game.
Pittsburgh's next pre-season game is on Monday night on the road in Montreal. That game will be televised by The NHL Network. I'll be anxious to see some of the action so I can better digest some of the guys the Penguins' have in camp, rather than just catch the highlights.
More next week.
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