Penguins Flip Script, Tame Wild, 4-3

What a difference a couple of days makes in the life of your favorite hockey team. Only 48 hours after suffering arguably the worst and most humiliating defeat of the Sidney Crosby-era, the Penguins flipped the script and bested the Wild, 4-3, at PPG Paints Arena. Our third victory in four games for those who are keeping track of such things.

The game itself seemed an all-too-appropriate representation of what’s been a topsy-turvy season to date. The Pens piled up an early 3-0 lead, then predictably allowed the Wild to tie the score through a series of defensive misadventures before pulling the game out of the fire.

Shaking off the stench from the Toronto debacle, the locals drew first blood at 7:39 of the opening frame. Following up a dump-in by Marcus Pettersson, Valtteri Puustinen came in hard on the forecheck and picked former Pen Alex Goligoski’s pocket before nudging the puck to Reilly Smith. Smitty slashed west-to-east through the slot and toasted former Pen draft pick Filip Gustavsson with a top-shelf backhander for his eighth goal of the campaign.

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